Brandon Burnett’s Breaking String
The year 2020 wasn’t kind to a lot of folks (a lot), and Brandon Burnett was no exception. After his wife and musical partner Jessica...
Big Shows, Big Shows
I know live music at lunch is not completely novel — Fred’s has been doing it on weekends for years — but I still love...
Shows of the Week(-end)
Though Lola’s Trailer Park reopened when possible, the adjacent Saloon (2736 W 6th St, 817-759-9100) remained closed.
Until now.
To celebrate the reopening of Lola’s Saloon,...
James Cook’s Other Side of Hell
On his new album, soul singer-songwriter James Cook goes from the end of the world to the place where he wanted to be all along.
Produced...
Shows of Da Week
Thanks to President Biden’s vaccination program, we’re now free to move about the cabin, though masks are still highly encouraged. If it’s been a long...
Shows of the Week
Tim Burt was a sweetheart of a man, and he worked his ass off behind the scenes at Lola’s to make it the institution that it...
New Leon Bridges Coming
Leon Bridges is back, though I’m not quite sure he ever really went away. Doesn’t he hang out at the Boiled Owl? Anyway, no matter...
The Yucca Man
Darrin Kobetich feels wanderlust in more ways than one. It’s there in his sometimes mournful, sometimes blissful, always soulful acoustic guitarwork. And it’s there...
Weekend Shows
Now that mean ol’ COVID-19 appears to be going bye-bye and since most of us non-mouth-breathers have gotten vaccinated, the time is now for...
Federal Shuttered Venue Operator Grant Monies About to Flow
The website crashed, but now it’s open.
And local venue owners and operators are hoping they, too, will stay open.
Earlier this month, the Small Business...
