At 24, singer/songwriter Nick Fabian is starting to make a name for himself in Nashville. He was born and raised in Texas, the child of two Dallas Wind Symphony players, so music is in Fabian’s blood. His sound is a fusion of country and pop, inspired by his time between…
Elizabeth Cook is talking about geography. Specifically, the striking similarities between her native Central Florida and North Texas. “There are parts of Florida that are quite similar to Texas. Especially the inland part where there are no beach tourist towns and it’s instead cattle ranch land,” the singer-songwriter mentions. “I…
Beau Bedford remembers what it feels like to be trapped by the music machine. The music producer and Texas Gentlemen ringleader was only 19 when it happened to him. His band, Envoy, caught the eye of a producer at SXSW, who promptly signed the band to a production deal. “We…
Sunday night, the Recording Academy hosted what they and many others call “Music’s Biggest Night” at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. While the lion’s share of the Grammy Awards were handed at an afternoon ceremony before CBS’ broadcast, several artists with ties to North Texas enjoyed a decent chunk…
Bliss is scarce these days. The relentless drumbeat of grim news, wretched behavior and ugly attitudes can make moments of unadulterated pleasure feel even more intense than they might otherwise. How else to explain exiting the Granada Theater into Dallas’ frigid dampness early Sunday morning, yet feeling as if you…
A near-death experience kept Ben Kweller away from music for years, then the death of a close friend brought him back. As he releases a new album this month, called Circuit Boredom, he isn’t afraid to talk about anything. “I’m so excited,” he says with a joyful tone in his…
There are plenty of musical Valentine’s Day date opportunities this week, including post-hardcore outfit Cursive on tour supporting its latest release, Vitriola; Ben Kweller at Dada on Monday night; alt-rock darling Courtney Barnett at The Bomb Factory; and more. Cursive With Summer Cannibals and Campdogzz, 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11…
If you were to make a short list of bands that shaped music during the post-Vietnam era of the 1970s, Fleetwood Mac is arguably top five. While Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, The Eagles and a host of others were easily holding down the rock ‘n’ roll, Fleetwood Mac found massive…
For a while, Cursive seemed unlikely to put out another record after 2012’s I Am Gemini. Frontman Tim Kasher made another record with his other band, the Good Life, and made a film (and its soundtrack) called No Resolution. But Cursive will not play the breakup/reunion game like so many…
There are lots of new concert announcements this week as bands and artists continue rounding out their schedules. We’ve got a slew of singer-songwriters, a country mega-act and a couple of interesting revivals planning visits. Soul artist India.Arie is hitting the road this year in support of her upcoming album,…
As we reported in November, the aptly named King of Country is scheduled to perform an intimate show at Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena, a 14,000-seat multipurpose arena anticipated to open next fall. Predictably, thousands of George Strait fans waited patiently then in Ticketmaster’s virtual waiting room (even on the internet,…
When a child of an accomplished musician makes his own leap into the artistic wild, it’s near impossible to keep from wondering how dear old dad influenced the music, and more functionally, did he lend a musical hand in any way? For Oscar DeLaughter, the 18-year-old son of Polyphonic Spree…
Liz Rose might not be aware of the talent she has. Rose, a Grammy Award-winning songwriter, says she’s able to turn off her songwriting mode as soon as she walks out of the studio. “Before I write, all I’m thinking is, ‘God, I cannot write a song today. There is…
Homegrown Festival almost didn’t make it to its 10th birthday. Last April, just weeks before the ninth festival was set to take place in Main Street Garden Park, the leaders faced a moment of reckoning. They needed as many as 5,000 ticket buyers, and they needed them fast. “We were…
On the patio at Jakes Burgers and Beer on McKinney Avenue lies a small gazebo with a four-top table. Sitting at this table across from me is 18-year-old Mjay Denman, and across from him is half of his management team. The former is a rising hip-hop artist who performs under…
We’re only a month into the new year, and America in 2019 appears to be just as angry, acrimonious and loud as it was the last two years. What’s an artist to do? For singer-songwriter Rebecca Loebe, the answer is to look on the bright side. She takes a positive…
Catch plenty of hip-hop, punk and indie rock this week. Locals Buffalo Black and RC and the Gritz team up for a show at The Prophet Bar Wednesday night, Fleetwood Mac stops at American Airlines Center on Thursday night, up and coming singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus plays at Ruins Thursday night…
On Wednesday morning, Fort Worth electronic act Vogue Machine released their new single “Kardio” for the soundtrack of the Adult Swim animated series Rick and Morty. A 15-second video featuring the single surfaced on the television series’ Twitter page Tuesday afternoon, with animation by Titmouse Inc., the animation studio behind…
A couple of rock ‘n’ roll titans come to town and a much-missed band is back on tour and heading this way. Elsewhere, the summer calendar continues to fill, and a couple of late spring shows have popped up. Vampire Weekend is back in the limelight after a lengthy hiatus…
The Prof. Fuzz 63 is a family band born out of Mike Farmer’s love of playing music heavy on the fuzz pedal. But it didn’t start out with the intention of being a family band. What began in 2013 as a band consisting of Farmer, who is an associate professor…
You don’t hear it often, but it’s kind of refreshing when a musician admits to something few fellow artists dare utter in public. “I actually like the business part of the music business,” admits country singer-songwriter Rob Baird. Chatting before his December concert at the Kessler in Oak Cliff, where…
Underaged emo fans flocked to Deep Ellum in droves Tuesday night to see AS IT IS at Prophet Bar — some were even accompanied by a parent. The U.K.-based pop-punkers have traveled across the pond this winter for a nationwide tour supporting their third studio album, The Great Depression. Centering…
