“When it rains, it pours” —the common expression referring to life’s trials and tribulations, also a lyric from “Rainbow,” the closing track of Kacey Musgraves’ third studio album, Golden Hour — was ultimately a message that resonated with the audience on Thursday night, at the first of two Dallas stops…
If you’re interested in attending the shows featured in this week’s announcements, you’d best start saving some money. With a limited tour schedule, in the case of The Eagles, and rare North Texas appearances, in the case of Phish’s lead singer, it seems likely that many fans will be sent…
Opinions — everyone has them. Some, like those that are constructive or well-intentioned, can make a positive difference. On the other hand, too many folks fire off hot takes with all the care of someone tossing a bag of trash into the dumpster. And, just like dumpsters contain the discarded…
If she listens closely, Amy Miller can still hear the sound of her friends’ giddy excitement as the disc jockey of the Bay Area’s Live 105 announces the winners of the latest contest. As a teenager, the KXT program director was a “radio junkie” fascinated by the medium, the contests…
Can we stop trying to make Billie Eilish a hero who’s here to save music, or teens? It’s an exaggeration, and it’s doing the talented 17-year-old a disservice. With the extra room we could appreciate what she does offer: versatile songwriting ability, a gorgeous voice, and an intuition for commanding…
Across the nation, country music with a more classic sound, often labeled “Americana,” is making a comeback. Americana has come to describe a rising class of country musicians with an unornamented western sound and a penchant for storytelling and character-driven lyrics. In Dallas, that resurgence has many young faces.
A Deep Ellum honky-tonk is dancing its way to Irving, where a second location is opening at the Toyota Music Factory. The Music Factory outpost opens Oct. 10 on Texas Lottery Plaza across from the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Mama Tried is a country bar in the truest sense. As a…
The world of rock music is filled with super star talents who out grew their original band and left to find greener pastures. Jack White doesn’t live in that world. Ever the contrarian, the Raconteurs seem to be White’s attempt to retreat, even if briefly, from the demands of being…
Before heading out on the road with Cold War Kids for a long fall and winter tour in support of the band’s new album, New Age Norms, Vol. 1, singer Nathan Willett is at home doing some last-minute packing and finishing up some coloring with his daughter. “It’s been some…
Over the course of the last three years in particular, Latin music has crossed over into the mainstream. While streaming has taken over traditional methods of music consumption, songs like Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito,” Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s “Señorita” and Cardi B’s “I Like It” are nearly inescapable for those…
Supposing God is a woman and descended to Earth in corporeal form, she would probably look and perform like Lizzo. Equal parts fed-up and friendly, eager to scold fuckboys but yearning to celebrate among her fellow women and all people, Lizzo descended upon South Side Ballroom to a rapturous reception…
Cold fronts blowing into Dallas may bring some rain in the next few days, so you’d better know where to go to stay dry and keep warm. These shows can help you do just that. Jack White is gracing Dallasites with his presence with The Raconteurs this Monday at South…
Nya Marquez is fond of saying “period,” as in “end of conversation.” She says it when she is giving dating advice to her friends (which she does often) and when she concludes a rehearsal (which she does almost as often). On a sunny Tuesday at a barren shopping center in…
The Bacon Brothers, Kevin and Michael, are wrapping up their Shaky Ground Tour in support of their 2018 eponymous album and will stop at Billy Bob’s Texas on Oct. 11. The Philadelphia natives have been making music professionally for about 25 years, with nine albums under their belts. The band…
As the calendar has technically flipped to fall, and the State Fair and college football season roar on, your concert calendar is flipping ahead to 2020. Read on for details about shows coming our way. It’s a list that features indie rockers, emerging rappers, R&B crooners and punk rioters. Power…
Stone Mecca is brimming with creative energy as he assembles his band for rehearsal at an unremarkable shopping-center studio in Northwest Dallas. The chemistry is immediately apparent between Mecca, Rakim Al-Jabbaar and DQ Hampton, two prominent Dallas hip-hop artists he has chosen to join him as opening acts at the…
Tame Impala is a big deal, and it’s a big deal that they are a big deal. When the Australian psychedelic rock outfit released its sophomore full-length, Lonerism, in 2012, they encountered a level of hype that, in hindsight, sort of mirrored Arcade Fire’s ascension to the top 15 years ago…
Regina Bugarin has become something of a household name in Denton’s music scene. At just 24, she is one of the most celebrated and active bookers in town, and there’s a reason people have lauded her work and practices. Bugarin has been booking shows in the college town since 2017,…
Globe Life Park is closing to make room for Globe Life Field, and in the former’s entire 25-year history, there have only ever been three full concerts booked at the stadium. Back in June, Paul McCartney became the first artist to ever play a full performance at the venue, and…
They say you are the company you keep, and by that logic, Tanya Tucker’s friendships and associations with figures such as Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Glen Campbell mean she is an icon of formidable stature. She is, of course, an icon for reasons far greater…
Music festivals have been in full swing around Dallas, and to kick off the fall season, Texas Latino Pride will host its sixth annual LatinX Pride Music Festival in Dallas at the Longhorn Ballroom. It will be a one-day Latin-style fiesta that takes place Saturday, Oct. 5, from 2 until…
If you ask Bruce Robison whose idea it was to take legendary country singer-songwriter Willis Alan Ramsey out on the road for four dates for The Next Waltz Live tour, he’ll swear up and down that “he was the one that suggested doing some shows, but I think his idea…
