Behind the Microphone
Until the age of nine, 27-year-old singer-songwriter Jerrod Niemann spent countless hours at a place where a lot of kids start developing their social...
Musical Healing
Get Well is an unusually health-conscious — and healthy-sized —band.
There are six people in the group, and they all generally dig one another....
Song of Himself
The next time Texas balladeer Steven Fromholz performs here, you might be snapping your fingers rather than applauding.
“I will be dressing all in black...
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...
Pump It Up
When Adonis Rose arrived in Fort Worth a little more than two years ago, he found the jazz scene here a little lacking.
Sure, Cowtown...
Killer or Filler?
Singer-songwriter Taylor Craig Mills’ debut album, Don’t Ever Look Back Twice, has been a long time coming, and it’s a shiny little gem of...
Blazin’ Grass
Before founding the acoustic-country-revival band 100 Damned Guns about three years ago, none of the six veteran musicians in the band had ever played...
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...
Apache 5’s Big Black Smoke
Singer-songwriter Joshua Loewen’s got a fevah, a vest-wearin’, spasmatic-dancin’, bangs-flippin’, grass-smokin’ ache for jangly guitars, snappy beats, and velveteen melodies. He’s tuned his satellite...
Business Gets Better
With an author's love of wordplay and keen eye for gritty details, 26-year-old Eaton Lake Tonics frontman Tony Ferraro draws inspiration from "dude-lit," writers...