Eaton Lake Tonics
Prolific indeed is Eaton Lake Tonics frontman Domenic "Tony" Ferraro, who's already released two of this year's most intriguing local discs under his literary-inspired...
Nice Major’s California Colors
Fort Worth-based rapper Nice Major’s California Colors is a sonic collage of West Coast-style synth, slow-riding beats, droning, mind-bending notes, and intricate rhymes with...
John Zaskoda
John Zaskoda is a staunch believer in grassroots music. The former lead guitarist for local singer-songwriter Scott Copeland and local band The Merchants opened...
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney Memory Almost Full (Mercury) On a first, casual listen, Paul McCartney’s new Memory Almost Full seems rather ordinary.
Second and subsequent listens...
Larry Joe Taylor
The guy who coined “coastal-and-western” has learned a thing through the years.
Larry Joe Taylor’s annual Texas Music festival has grown from 100 fans...
BeauSoleil Alligator Purse (YepRoc Records)
Cajun music is spirited, social, soulful stuff filled with fiddles, accordions, washboards, guitars, bass, drums, and other percussion. People party to the music. And...
Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse
Surprise: Band name and title notwithstanding, Cries from tha Ghetto isn't a hip-hop album. Rather, it's the second album from a 30-year-old trumpeter who...
Randy Rogers Band
Every decade or so, a new regional renegade comes along to symbolize Texas Music’s swaggering side, a la Jerry Jeff Walker in the 1970s,...
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Cross Canadian Ragweed has delivered great live shows for the past decade, but the band’s CDs usually don’t live up to its promise.
Much...
Dale Watson
About 10 years ago, at a Texas Music festival that featured a dozen bands, the musical group that interested me most was Shaver —...
