Beautiful
In November 2021, Fort Worth Magazine ran an oral history-style interview with the original members of Flickerstick in conjunction with the then-recent releases of...
Double Header
For more than a decade, Washed Up Rookie has been a duo. Over the years, singer/guitarist Colton Cogdill and drummer Madison Cotton have released...
Peavey-ish
There’s no more quintessential musical expression of the decade of excess that was the 1980s than the ozone-depleting glut known as hair metal. Ignoring...
Stylish Folk
Court Hoang doesn’t really fit in with the mold of society. After self-analyzing his place in the world, he said, he feels an urge...
New Local Tunes for Summer
Last week, just in time for the unseasonably torrid temps hanging in the mid-90s, every Texan’s favorite unelected regulatory body, ERCOT, called for residents...
Summer Shows
Though a handful of artists have been willing to tiptoe out to perform here and there over the last couple of years, the slate...
Left Arm Tan Swings Big
Fort Worth sextet Left Arm Tan has never felt comfortable with the confining labels assigned within country music — the genre, for good or...
Shining On
In early summer of 2020, singer-songwriter Cameron Smith was approached by local artist and friend Jeremy Joel about providing some music for a documentary...
Living from Check to Check
Four years ago, accordionist Abel Casillas had an idea to reinvent his Tejano-style of music. Combining basic Tejano polka, honkytonk, and zydeco with a...
Johnny on the Spot
Amid the backdrop of lively chatter and clinking glasses, Johnny Case launched into an upbeat blues number. Backed by drums and upright bass, the...
