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Beat It to FWO’s Hyrdogen Jukebox Next Year
In my recent review of Fort Worth Opera’s production of composer Jorge Martin’s Before Night Falls, I mention that the company’s 2011 festival will...
Darrin Kobetich’s Longest Winter
Darrin Kobetich and his guitars have been through a lot together over the last 33 years. When he was a howling force in thrash...
Celebrating Tone Sommer
Danny Ross and Tone Sommer’s friendship dates to the early 1980s, when the two backed Fort Worth blues legend Robert Ealey. The keyboardist and...
More on Monthly’s, Texas Music’s Neglect
Fort Worth bands might as well be from Idaho for all of the coverage they (do not) receive in Texas Monthly and Texas Music...
R.I.P., Tone Sommer
Along with the rest of the local music community, we here at the Weekly mourn the loss of Tone Sommer. The long-time musician best known...
No Restaurants in the Fort?
Whenever I pick up the Friday Star-Telegram, I immediately pull out the tabloid Go! section. I am not interested in movies and music and...
New Albums Droppin’ Like They Hot
If the date on your iPhone screen has been too subtle a reminder, the winged dollar signs flying out of your A.C. vent lately...
20th Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards Underway at Ridglea Theater
And the first winner of the evening is ... Duell. Plenty more awards, music, and free Bud Lite-fueled frivolity ahead. It's happening now at...
New Local Music
Matthew McNeal’s Compadre
The opening electric guitar lick on Matthew McNeal’s new debut album grabbed my ear from the get-go. The lick sounded kinda country,...
Safety on West 7th
A couple of weekends ago, a server at The Pour House was trying to cross West 7th Street and was struck...