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....
Indie-Jazz
A few years ago, before blogs took over "the internets" - and began commandeering the local-music conversation - Ghostcar often popped up when discussion...
New CDs For My Men!
Two new albums from two sweet local bands are on the way, and both have been a long time coming. One of the groups,...
Doctor’s Blues
He's feeling fine, he's been cancer-free since undergoing treatment several months ago, and he's still playing, writing, and producing. But last week, legendary Fort...
Music Awards Wrap-Up
You know your party’s going swell when you have to wait 10 minutes (or longer) for a beer. The lines to get to the...
The Orbans, AIDS, Music Awards
The show of the week has to be The Orbans’ CD release party on Friday at Lola’s Saloon (2736 W. 6th St. in the...
Wave the Flag
I do not harbor a reckless desire to build a wall around Tarrant County to keep out interloping performance artists, and I will not...
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...
Breaking In, Out
Several weeks ago, when local musician John Zaskoda opened Sessions Music, a boutique guitar store on White Settlement Road near downtown, he had grand,...
On the Horizon
One of the many (two or three) perks of being a vaunted (unknown) music critic for a million-plus-circulation magazine (Fort Worth Weekly) is getting...