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Bernard Wright, Sampled By Everyone, Mentored Young Musicians

Bernard Wright, Sampled By Everyone, Mentored Young Musicians

We Took Taylor Hawkins For Granted

We Took Taylor Hawkins For Granted

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Dallas Lost a True Great This Week With the Death of Dennis González

By Christian McPhate
Mar 16, 2022

Dallas jazz music legend Dennis González recognized in his music, poetry and prose that he lived in a world of spirit.
King Crimson’s Ian McDonald Proved Avant Rock and Stadium Rock Can Coexist Peacefully

By Vincent Arrieta
Feb 14, 2022

The Venn diagram for iconic rock bands Foreigner and King Crimson do not have a lot of overlap. It’s safe to say that most devoted fans of one do not own any records by the other, and the descriptor "rock band primarily active in the 1970s" is about as far as you’ll get when it comes to their similarities — except for one extraordinarily key element of both groups: multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald.
Friends and Family Remember Fort Worth Film Community Pioneer Tom Huckabee

By Danny Gallagher
Feb 8, 2022

Tom Huckabee died on Jan. 28 following his battle with cancer at the age of 66. The filmmaker, who’d spent his life working in and outside of the mainstream film industry in many capacities, had one singular goal and passion: storytelling.
Dallas Remembers State Fair Records Co-Founder Trey Johnson

By David Fletcher
Feb 2, 2022

On Monday night, the marquee of the Oak Cliff music venue The Kessler read, “The Kessler remembers Trey Johnson, Musician, RIP.” The venue has been a favorite for State Fair Records artists to celebrate album releases or simply to showcase their talents. Only hours before the lights came up on...
The Sheer Perfection of Meat Loaf’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Theater

By Vincent Arrieta
Jan 21, 2022

There can never be another Meat Loaf.The artist who was born in Dallas in 1947 as Marvin Lee Aday and died Thursday at the age of 74.
Ronnie Spector’s Top 5 Most Iconic Live Performances

By Leah Lane
Jan 13, 2022

The world wept as the news broke on Tuesday that musical trailblazer Ronnie Spector had died of cancer at 78 years old.
A Sad Note: Artists We Lost in 2021

By Danny Gallagher, David Fletcher, Bryson "Boom" Paul, Jamie Vahala and Jacob Vaughn
Dec 22, 2021

The last nearly-two-years spurred a great deal of losses of all kinds in the music industry, from shuttered venues to billions in revenue and tours and albums postponed.
Michael Nesmith Was Much Cooler Than You Knew (and Also Grew Up in Dallas)

By Vincent Arrieta
Dec 14, 2021

Here is the definition of what you would call a "fun fact": Michael Nesmith’s mother invented Wite-Out. While Bette Nesmith Graham was toiling away to perfect and market what would eventually be trademarked as Liquid Paper, her son Michael was on the precipice of becoming one of the biggest musical stars of the 1960s as a part of the breakout TV show and pop group The Monkees.
Mick Rock Made Music Photography Matter

By Carly May
Nov 19, 2021

An assignment you’ll often get when you take a photography class is to take a photo emulating your favorite photographer.
Remembering The Moody Blues’ Graeme Edge in 10 Songs

By Vincent Arrieta
Nov 16, 2021

Of all the bands in the 1960s that cracked open the colors of new musical possibilities, few are as underappreciated as The Moody Blues.
Punk Rock Fixture Olan Martin Was a Legend in His Own, Short Time

By David Fletcher
Oct 19, 2021

On Saturday night, a hardcore show took place the The Gold Room at Golden Boy Coffee & Cocktails in Denton.
Bastards of Soul's Singer Chadwick Murray Dead at 45 from Rare Illness

By Danny Gallagher
Sep 4, 2021

The Dallas music community has lost one of its most powerful voices.
Why Charlie Watts May Have Been the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Drummer

By Vincent Arrieta
Aug 25, 2021

If there’s anything we've learned from Charlie Watts, it’s that the drummer is the most important member of the band. Period.
Dallas' Hip-Hop Community Mourns the Death of Anthony 'OneSelf' Stanford

By Bryson "Boom" Paul
Aug 4, 2021

OneSelf Salaam, a renowned Dallas-based hip-hop producer and promoter, died Saturday in Dallas.
RIP Dusty Hill, the ‘Rock’ in ZZ Top’s Texas Rock ‘n’ Roll

By Vincent Arrieta
Jul 29, 2021

There’s a moment 2 minutes and 22 seconds into ZZ Top’s masterpiece “La Grange” that often goes unnoticed. It’s something normally only hardcore music nerds would catch, but it’s worth pointing out because anyone who has ever danced, driven, drank, deviated or created children to “La Grange” has felt the...
Friends Celebrate the Life of Dallas Musician Darren Eubank, Who Died of COVID

By Jacob Vaughn
Jun 2, 2021

Friends and family will celebrate Darren Eubank’s life on June 12 at Oaks Church in Red Oak. The service will be livestreamed for anyone unable to attend.
DJ GSpook Remembered for His Legacy in Latino Hip-Hop

By Danny Gallagher
Mar 23, 2021

Pedro González Radio DJs have to craft a personality for their on-air audience. Hip-hop DJ and musician Pedro González, known as GSpook, didn't need to make up a personality to reach his audience. "He was the same person," says Dallas DJ J-Kruz, who met GSpook when they worked at K104 FM...
Tragic Kingdom: Black Tie Dynasty's New Reign Is Wrecked by COVID

By Preston Jones
Jan 27, 2021

This was always going to be a bittersweet story. A story about four friends, bound together by the act of creation and love for one another, whose creative exploits are a part of Dallas-Fort Worth music history and who had rediscovered their artistic bond in time to mount a potential...
John Ashley Bellamy’s Death Marks the End of a Long-Standing Christmas Tradition in Dallas

By Atheena Frizzell
Dec 22, 2020

John Ashley Bellamy, a Dallas artist and arts patron, died Tuesday, Dec. 8, at age 77. For many Dallasites, Bellamy’s death also means an end to a long-standing holiday tradition: the annual Christmas Eve party where eclectic crowds gathered each year to celebrate at Bellamy’s home, an old church known...
North Texas Is Proud to Claim Country Legend and Native Mississippian Charley Pride

By Jacob Reyes
Dec 16, 2020

Country music trailblazer Charley Pride died Saturday at the age of 86 of complications of COVID-19. News of Pride's death was first announced through the singer’s website. Known for breaking systemic racial barriers in the country music industry, Pride became a celebrated name in a predominantly white genre. Hits such...

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