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As 2025 grinds to an end, I’ve been doing that annual year-end scroll through my photo albums. In general, I take crummy pictures, and...
Best Shows of ’25
One day, assuming we still reside on a habitable planet, when AI versions of Paul F. Thompkins and Michael Ian Black tackle the Big...
Arenda Lighting It Up
Arenda Light has returned. After a two-year hiatus due to other commitments and, of course, life, the hard-rocking lineup of lead guitarist Rowdy Carter, new...
Tiny Dancer
On Friday, local Americana singer-songwriter Dustin Brown is dropping a new single to digital platforms, co-releasing it with collaborators Billy Hartman and Rachel Cole....
For Music Lovers
Now that the last of the leftover stuffing we’ve been surviving on for the past week has made its way into the disposal, and...
Finding Joy in Sorrow
It could be argued that the ability to feel emotional pain is the defining human quality. Stress, fear, craving, attachment, even joy are all...
Give Them a Hand
Six years ago, Steve Troum was a Southlake hand surgeon with a yen to take his longtime love of songwriting to the next level....
Welcome to ‘Mandyland’
As a mom, Mandy Hand can’t really network out on the town like most local artists. She’s lucky she can make it to her gigs,...
Heavy Petal
It’s not that Heavy Petal is swept along on some prevailing sense of urgency, but the four-piece punk band seems to be imbued with...
R.I.P., Nick Choate
Nick Choate, who died on Wednesday at 46 after a years-long struggle against cancer, told me this one time: “If you wanna get good,...
