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Jambaloo Is Back
As I mentioned in last week’s column (“Music News,” Jan 7), Jambaloo, the free week-long festival that debuted in February 2024, is back, bringing...
Randy McAllister
Randy McAllister’s eighth album, the soulful, roadhouse-bluesy Dope Slap Soup, is solid all the way through, with a couple of standout songs.
Like the...
Local Venues Ready to Roll — and Rock
Now that Gov. Greg Abbott has approved the reopening of Texas bars — and music venues — starting Friday, it seems that Fort Worth’s biggest...
Coupe de Fiddle
Although he’s a professional Nashville songwriter who’s had material covered by the likes of Brad Martin, George Strait, and Kenny Rogers, Cadillac Sky’s lead...
Summer Shows
Though a handful of artists have been willing to tiptoe out to perform here and there over the last couple of years, the slate...
The Crash That Took Me
Huge, shimmering, occasionally fuzzy guitars. Pounding, splashing drums and syrupy atmospherics. Slinky, androgynous vocals that slowly transmit Beatles-esque melodies with lyrics about transmutation, self-reflection,...
Boldly Going
The history of rock 'n' roll is filled with would-be messiahs. John Lennon reportedly told his fellow Beatles — after multiple hits of acid...
Dove Hunter Flies Home
When it comes to being on top of shit, I am No. 1. (Er, No. 2?) In 2010, I wrote that Dove Hunter was...
Wash, Rinse, Repeat
Jeff Zero is taking on the “cycles of love." On his rocking new EP Love Shampoo, the former Dallasite and current Fort Worthian channels...
Bass Family Music Grant Sparks Some Backlash
Some artists are a little P.O.’d. They don’t think of musicmaking as a smackdown-able thing. It’s more like a higher calling. To them, asking...
