Ascension
For years, monster jazz pianist Jhon Kahsen and drummer Duane Durrett have watched fellow North Texas jazzbos retire peacefully, almost too peacefully, to the...
Surreality Bites
Dada Drumming record label founder and sole employee Greg Babbitt takes a samurai’s approach to life and work: Live every moment as if you’re...
Mr. Jones
Two years ago, an obscure rapper from Houston made his national debut with a decent album of boasting, toasting, and balling that probably would...
Song of the City
The Fort Worth of bluesman James Hinkle’s music is not pretty, but is it supposed to be?
For the blues to be the blues,...
West Berry Breakdown
Childhood friends Joe Rose and Danny Weaver have tried a couple of projects before, notably Trampolean and The Action.
Now with drummer Billy Walters...
Stealing the Show
Almost a year ago, when Sessions Music first opened on White Settlement Road, owner John Zaskoda and a rotating cast of his music instructors...
The 2006 Tally
Fort Worth isn’t the same place it was as little as five years ago. It’s more populated and developed, sure, but, more importantly, it...
Old New World
Even though he’s an easy-going guy, Telegraph Canyon’s Chris Johnson has some serious convictions. Last spring, he traveled to Washington, D.C., to take part...
Year in Review
I asked our esteemed group of music writers to comment on events and developments — significant, happy, sad, or just plain entertaining — this...
Still Going Apey
Everyone knows Baboon. The local rockers have been around for nearly 16 years, and they’ve toured with The Toadies, experienced some national success, and,...
