Notes and News
Awooo!
It’s been only two years since one of the area’s most celebrated Americana outfits released what was supposed to be their swansong. Left Arm...
JAMBALOO Music Prize Winner
We finally caught up with Matthew McNeal after he took home the Mullen & Mullen Music Project’s inaugural JAMBALOO Music Prize for his 2025 album HIGHLONESOME....
Royal Sons
The timing is probably coincidental, but Royal Sons are dropping their new album on June 27, which is a day after the 150th anniversary...
Songs 4 Seeds
Rays of hope amid the political maelstrom, Juneteenth events are plentiful this month. In South Main Village, The Cicada will support the national holiday...
The Music of Football
As the World Cup comes to Tarrant County, I’ve been tapped to look at the wild and extremely varied world of soccer chants. Fans...
Explosive
I’m not one to deter anyone from getting drunk at a bar and belching up grandiose ideas, but when the inspiration strikes you to...
The McGrath Project
Gary McGrath is heading back on the bus. His classic rock-style band the McGrath Project has just returned home to Fort Worth after touring...
Big Shows
For those of us raised on classic rock — or as my one Gen-X-yet-still-ageist pal puts it, “Baby Boomer bullshit” — two indisputably huge...
Music Men
Fort Worth troubadour Hank Hankshaw, a.k.a. Jeff Burkett, died from complications of pneumonia and a stroke late Saturday night. He was 68 years old.
The...
Fat Drum
Translated as “fat drum,” taiko is a form of drumming drawing from the music of Japan, China, Korea, and India, and it harks to...
