Comping the Fort Worth Co-Op
Don’t underestimate the importance of quality control. Running a venue, dancing in a ballet company, curating a gallery, being in a band, publishing a...
Jazzercise
Standards old and not so old pop up on local singer Ricki Derek's latest album.
By ANTHONY MARIANI
On his third album, the freshly released Ricki,...
No Reservations
The economic downturn has not been kind to the folks from Indian Casino Records, the plucky little Seattle-based indie record label that we've profiled...
Spurring Hipsterdom
Before Brian Forella bought it last year, 6th Street Live (formerly 6th Street Bar & Grill) was a warm but glorified hole-in-the-wall with a...
Blonde Ambition
When Texas Music singer-songwriter Charla Corn turned 19, the Panhandle native moved to Nashville to make it big. The young, fit, attractive blonde achieved...
Fou For You
When Jeevan Antony was a boy living in Dubai, he didn’t yet know how to play an instrument, but, undeterred, he filled notebooks full...
That’s Rock ’n’ Roll!
In October, Josh Baish, owner of Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios in Denton, traveled to Marfa to catch a show by his favorite band, Boris,...
The Man From Uncle (Tupelo)
It’s 2006. Pop music, even the stuff with guitars and drums, isn’t going away. And yet music lovers continue to split into increasingly arcane...
American Heart Form
Live, improvisational jazz isn't scary, it needn't be excessively mathematical or theoretical, and it doesn't require a college degree to be enjoyed.
Most jazz performers...
Leon Bridges’ Encore
Swaying tempos, ooo-ing backing vocals, splishy-splashy drums, echoing guitars, the mélange trebly yet layered to a heavenly thickness –– Coming Home sounds as if it...
