Raul Malo
Lucky One (Concord Music Group)
By Tom Geddie
Raul Malo, mostly known as lead singer of the Grammy-winning country band The Mavericks, has a pleading, dramatic...
Haale
Influenced almost equally by mystic poets and American rock and psychedelic music, Haale's full-length debut, No Ceiling, isn't quite inner-directed "trance" music, but it...
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...
Smile Smile
Intentionally simple, the Dallas duo Smile Smile spotlights each discrete element of a song, enabling the plainspoken emotion of harmony to speak for itself....
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...
Jason Boland & the Stragglers
Jason Boland & the Stragglers promote themselves as country outlaws, but if their new c.d. is any indication, they might be in a transition...
Nina Simone
The very concept is a bit jarring: Take one of the most socially conscious, independent, folk-jazz, whatever-style-she-wanted-to-sing artists from the 1960s. Ask some of...
Anne Feeney
One of the reasons we learn history, teachers tell us, is so that we're not condemned to repeat it.
The songs on Anne Feeney's new...
Crosstown Sounds: Upcoming Shows in North Texas
ARLINGTON
Arlington Music Hall
224 N Center, 817-226-4400
ArlingtonMusicHall.net
FRI 4/2: Stanley Jordan Trio. SUN 4/11: John Conlee. SAT 5/1: Texas Tenors. SAT 5/8: Rumours (Fleetwood Mac Tribute)....
Various Artists
Taking its name from revolutionary rebels in Nicaragua, Sandinista!, The Clash’s groundbreaking album from 1980, is “an exciting, sprawling mess,” according to writer Jimmy...
