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Working-man Blues
Many people who spent their early twenties unemployed, drinking beer, crashing overnight on friends' couches, and practicing guitar consider those as "lost years," a...
Must Be Something in the Wine
I say "Grapevine," you say ... what exactly? Main Street, maybe? The only regularly bustling family-friendly retail strip in North Texas devoid of chain...
Musical Theatrics
I can't remember the last time I had a musical experience. I've been to a bunch of shows over the past year, and a...
Local Shows of Note, a.k.a. Noteworthy
Look at Fort Brewery & Pizza (2737 Tillar St, 817-923-8000), getting into ye olde live music scene. After booking more than a handful of knockout...
The Gig Dilemma
Now that venues are back open but the virus is surging again, the question for local musicians is: Should I play out, or should...
Sober Bands? Quelle Horreur!
Wow. Just wow. Apparently now in Seattle, one of the hippest cradles of indie music on our fair planet, performing musicians can't drink onstage....
The Crash That Took Me
Why is everybody so nostalgic all the time?
Are they worried that nothing in the present or future will be as good as what happened...
Readers Speak: Best Rains Songs
I promised to post videos of all-time best rain songs suggested by Blotch readers, and here they are:
Bryan F said, “ 'Thunderstorms and Neon...
Guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd Ready To Rock On Saturday
The bluesy teen-aged guitarist who stormed out of Shreveport two decades ago, got dubbed "the next Stevie Ray Vaughan," scored a big hit with...
Killer or Filler?
For a while back in the mid-aughts, Collin Herring was one of the biggest deals around, packing shows all over North Texas and doing...
