Music

On a cold Monday night in January 1978, Dallas got a visit from one of the most iconic and infamous music groups of all time, the Sex Pistols.

The world wept as the news broke on Tuesday that musical trailblazer Ronnie Spector had died of cancer at 78 years old.

With the years-long rollercoaster of lockdowns and venue closings across North Texas, a fistful of electronic producers and musicians of various stripes have retreated to their bedroom studios to build up their discographies.

Disney fans, aka every single millennial, can prepare to have their glass slippers knocked off. For the first time in forever, Disney Princesses- The Concert is coming to Dallas and you’ll want to be part of their world.

An Austin favorite has arrived in East Dallas. Known for its DJ-driven dance nights and Capri Sun cocktails, Green Light Social has opened its second location in the North Good Latimer District.

Supposedly, Elton John was responsible for 2% of all music sold on Earth in the mid ’70s. Frankly, that claim doesn’t seem that too far-fetched, given the absurdly large and consistently great body of work John had accumulated up to that point.

Today is the last day of voting for the 2022 Grammy Awards, but it turns out we won’t see the results as soon as we thought.

Joshua Ray Walker had us at “howdy.” Dallas’ own future country icon has kept us peeled to his unavoidable ascent since he first caught our ear with his signature honky-rock guitar with his band Ottoman Turks.

Just like clockwork, a new year ushers in a fresh batch of promising new North Texas recording artists poised to be the next big thing.

Let’s be honest – 2021 didn’t end on a cute note. Hopefully, in the new year those who are responsibly vaccinated and boosted will be able to enjoy life’s simple pleasures again,

It’s a Tuesday afternoon, and Sur Duda’s lead singer Cameron Smith takes a break from helping a group of friends hanging out at The Boiled Owl Tavern.

Is Marc Rebillet more contagious than the omicron variant? It’s a fair question, or at least it was for a few hours on Friday night at the Factory in Deep Ellum.

This week, three Jeopardy! contestants were stumped by the clue, “The stage name of this rapper and actor gets shortened to MGK,” given by host Ken Jennings.

Casie Farrell remembers the moment she decided she’d make a living by chasing the high of music. She was fitted in all-black – from her signature bangs to her sleek leather pants – and found herself among more than a thousand people entranced by the high-tempo, pulsating rhythm of techno on the basement floor of Berlin’s underground club Tresor.

Austin likes to think it’s the music capital of Texas, but we beg to differ. While Austin may be the home of famed music festivals, Dallas is the foundation that molded music icons of likes of Erykah Badu, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Usher and Blind Lemon Jefferson, who all found their musical footing in Dallas – a fact many tend to overlook.