Music

While many artists have used the pandemic and political unrest to come up with thought-provoking lyrics, a Texas duo is letting the music speak for itself, and choosing to forgo lyrics altogether.

Did you know Blue Öyster Cult’s “Godzilla” was written in Dallas?”True, that’s where it was written,” says lead guitarist and occasional singer Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser.

Yasmeen Nasir lives her life in two completely different worlds. By day, she works as a project engineer for the aerospace company Lockheed Martin Corp. She’s also an up-and-coming musician.

It’s hard to make a good music documentary.The film genre usually boils down to two different types: sanitized “peeks” into an artist’s personal life – inevitably and regrettably gatekept by those same artists (see Katy Perry’s Part of Me) or unnecessarily unfiltered portraits of raging egomaniacs (such as Madonna’s Truth or Dare).

It’s a drive, a train ride to St. Paul Station and a walk down to Main Street Garden Park. It was about screaming for equal rights – reproductive rights. And about speaking truth to power.

John Legend’s fans should expect to leave his upcoming concert feeling uplifted. We spoke to the 12-time Grammy Award-winner ahead of his Oct. 6 at tour stop at Texas Trust CU Theatre in Grand Prairie, and he discussed his love of touring and family – and getting through grief.

George Harrison once said you can tell a lot about a person based on how they tend their garden. At the moment, singer Nicole Marxen’s garden is in full bloom.

Just two weeks ago, Grapevine native Post Malone announced the star-studded lineup for his local music festival, Posty Fest.

In a ceremony on Wednesday morning attended by Mayor Eric Johnson, Dallas received its official designation as a music-friendly city.

Waxahatchee has played Dallas countless times, but something about her upcoming Friday show at Granada Theater feels especially unique.

Why We Never Die begins like a thunderstorm at sea. “Honor to Feasts” leads off Dallas doom-folk trio The Angelus’s latest album with an ominous build, brought on by a cannonade of drums layered with roaring guitars and the tolling of bells.

Some song covers have the rare distinction of becoming just as popular, if not more so, than their originals.

Just a week before the release of his second album, Driving to the Game, singer-songwriter Tusing is at Wild Detectives in Oak Cliff, where he’s set to perform just days later on Sept. 28.

On Sept. 23 Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova posted a photo to Instagram combatively holding up an American flag-themed banner. It reads: “One nation under pussy.”