The 5 Best Moments From Erykah Badu Hosting the Soul Train Awards

Erykah Badu has been mighty busy lately. So busy, she’s almost given Leon Bridges a run for. Mostly the news has revolved around her new mixtape, BUT YOU CAIN’T USE MY PHONE  — which dropped on Apple Music back on Black Friday — including her remix of “Hotline Bling.” But…

Leon Bridges Debuts “So Long” From Will Smith Movie Concussion

Fresh off his triumphant North Texas homecoming, the earnest Leon Bridges released a new original song this morning called “So Long” for the Will Smith-starring film Concussion, which opens December 25. Bridges teased the track on Instagram last month with a 15-second clip and as Variety reported at the time,…

Announcing the 2015 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase Schedule

Now’s when the real fun begins. Voting has been open for the 2015 Dallas Observer Music Awards for just about six weeks, and we’re in the home stretch. (If you haven’t already voted, you’d better make your way over to 2015musicawardspoll.dallasobserver.com and make sure your voice is heard!) The awards…

Spillover Fest to Expand to Two Days in 2016

Can you have too much of a good thing? If the good thing is “fun,” then to the most part, no. (Until someone puts an eye out or whatever.) In the case of Dallas music festival Spillover (formerly known as Bro Fest), avoiding going overboard has always been an important…

Leon Bridges to Perform on Saturday Night Live on December 5

Now that 2015 is drawing to a close, Fort Worth phenom Leon Bridges is running out of time to pack more achievements into a year that’s already bursting with them. But there’s still time. On top of a rags-to-riches (or at least dishwasher-to-pop star) story that’s already the stuff of…

Jason Aldean’s Lil Wayne Blackface Halloween Costume Goes Viral

Thanks to the near-ubiquity of social media, it’s more difficult than ever for famous people get away with doing really stupid stuff. As Jason Aldean found out this week, the Internet will find out if you dress up in an offensive and racist Halloween costume even if you’re difficult to…

The CMAs Made a Massive Move Forward in 2015, With Only a Few Exceptions

As music snobs well know, music awards shows generally don’t do the best at showcasing a genre’s most promising talent. If anything, they’re prone to rewarding the same boring, mainstream pap that makes record executives millions of dollars every single year. This year’s CMA Awards, though, looked particularly promising. Among…