Blackgrass Revival
Phantom Sensation songwriter Brandon Burnett said that if the idea of a Southern Gothic folk band has you cringing for fear of shouted “Hey”...
Remembering the MAF
I remember a lot of the 2019 Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards Festival in snippets of funny, strange, and even mundane encounters with various...
Davis Lee Roth
A former Speedtrucker still shelves the metal for alt-country. His new sound is proof.
By JIMMY FOWLER
Singer-songwriter Josh Davis is known for his casually masterful,...
Class from the Past
A gift from 40 years ago arrived in the mail just before Christmas, a CD called Betty Buckley 1967, with the semi-iconic Fort Worth...
Everybody’s Outlaw
Even if artists such as Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Bobby Bare, and Elvis Presley have seen more chart action with...
Art of Darkness
Under normal circumstances, three guys who all work at art museums starting a band together would either be the beginning of a lame joke...
Tiny Country
What do you do when you’re a 17-year-old young woman, you haven’t graduated high school yet, and your talent is compared to that of...
Rest in Peace, Nick T.
I met Nicholas Tijerina the same place most people would have met him. Nick T., as he was known, was basically ever-present behind the...
Uncaging A Songbird
Summer Lane Emerson found herself in a deep depression earlier this year. The sudden impact of the COVID-19 pandemic brought the country-influenced gospel singer...
Gritty
Having released a third full-length album, XY, late last year, the local singer-songwriter who goes simply by Dirt feels "confident" about where he is...
