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Thursday, July 16, 2026

Notes and News

Notes and News

Music

Music

JAMBALOO Music Prize Winner

We finally caught up with Matthew McNeal after he took home the Mullen & Mullen Music Project’s inaugural JAMBALOO Music Prize for his 2025 album HIGHLONESOME....

Surfy Summer Suite 2

It’s been three years since Dave Cave gave us his first Summer Suite. Those four buoyant tracks hit all the right, sweltering, surfy notes. Now,...

Royal Sons

The timing is probably coincidental, but Royal Sons are dropping their new album on June 27, which is a day after the 150th anniversary...

Missing: Rickey Kinney

Rickey Kinney is missing. The outsider artist and electronic musician called Fort Worth home in the late 2000s through late 2010s, composing, performing, and releasing...

Songs 4 Seeds

Rays of hope amid the political maelstrom, Juneteenth events are plentiful this month. In South Main Village, The Cicada will support the national holiday...

The Music of Football

As the World Cup comes to Tarrant County, I’ve been tapped to look at the wild and extremely varied world of soccer chants. Fans...

These Tips Don’t Lie

Shakira will be entertaining the world alongside BTS and Madonna at the final at the Meadowlands in New Jersey in mid-July, but in the meantime, other big stars...

Explosive

I’m not one to deter anyone from getting drunk at a bar and belching up grandiose ideas, but when the inspiration strikes you to...

Top of the Pops

A $20,000 local music prize is down to three finalists, including two from Fort Worth.   Fort Worthian Matthew McNeal’s soulful HIGHLONESOME, a record representing the...

The McGrath Project

Gary McGrath is heading back on the bus. His classic rock-style band the McGrath Project has just returned home to Fort Worth after touring...