Move Over Austin, Hot Lips and Harmolodics Dubs Dallas a Music Capital

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.

North Texas’ 10 Best Live Acts in 2021

After over a year off, the North Texas music scene came roaring back this year to make up for lost time. From the acts we saw this year, it’s clear that many artists used their extra time to build up their musicianship,

Michael Nesmith Was Much Cooler Than You Knew (and Also Grew Up in Dallas)

Here is the definition of what you would call a “fun fact”: Michael Nesmith’s mother invented Wite-Out. While Bette Nesmith Graham was toiling away to perfect and market what would eventually be trademarked as Liquid Paper, her son Michael was on the precipice of becoming one of the biggest musical stars of the 1960s as a part of the breakout TV show and pop group The Monkees.