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...
Long String Instrument
Even music lovers who’ve never even heard the term New Music might find something engaging about New Music practitioner Ellen Fullman’s upcoming performances at...
Zayra Is Pretty
Zayra Alvarez is a singer-songwriter from Puerto Rico who has been living in Dallas for "a long time," she said, and is probably best...
Hope Is Alive
Fort Worth native and accomplished tenor saxophonist Rachella Parks never considered herself a jazz musician per se.
Even if her deep tones reflect past...
Boldly Going
The history of rock 'n' roll is filled with would-be messiahs. John Lennon reportedly told his fellow Beatles — after multiple hits of acid...
The Wreck Room: 1997-2007
A couple of years ago, I sat at a table at J&J's Hideaway with Wreck Room owner Brian Forella and developer Philip Poole. The...
Unbreakable
Smoothvega, back-to-back winner of best rap/R&B artist in our annual Music Awards (2006, 2007), wants to make one thing abundantly clear: He is by...
Play Him
A bout this time of year in 1960, a young, blond California high-school teacher named Chris Strachwitz got off a bus in Fort Worth’s...
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...
Bright and Loud
A couple of weeks ago at a Wreck Room show, a crowd of about 50 rowdy concertgoers trashed the place.
The next day, according to...
