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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...
FWSO Musicians on Strike
Bad news on the orchestral music front: The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra musicians officially went on strike today, forcing the cancellation of this weekend's...
Phantom Sensation’s Blackgrass Express
Phantom Sensation
Blackgrass Express
(Self-released)
By the end of Blackgrass Express, the debut album by the Fort Worth-by-way-of-Burleson husband-and-wife folk outfit Phantom Sensation, you can tell their...
Ridglea Room a Big Tease?
The Star-Telegram recently said that Jerry Shults has almost completed work on a key piece of rock ’n’ roll real estate. A venue inside...
A New Kind of Happy
A lot has changed for I Happy Am since its beginnings as a solo musical outlet for Fort Worth artist Rebekah Elizabeth. After about...
Bapharet Vessel’s The Good Kind of Mushroom
Bapharet Vessel
The Good Kind of Mushroom
(Self-released)
Does sophisticated songwriting and a mature sound come only with age and years of experience? Teenagers Julian Cedillo (guitar,...
Top 5 Shows
1.) Duell’s playing at Lola’s tonight. By now, you’ve probably seen them, but you might not have seen opening band Supersonic Lips, because they’re...
Jacob Furr’s Sierra Madre
Jacob Furr’s gone dark.
On the Fort Worth singer-songwriter’s fifth recording, Sierra Madre, he sprinkles his trademark acoustic balladry with some crunchy guitarwork and intense...
Playing it Forward
The Tarrant County College south campus’ jazz band was recently performing at the Live Oak. The music hall was packed. TCC jazz director Rick...
Whence Yon Lyrics?
Here’s what’s wrong with kids today. (Well, one thing.) They expect next to nothing from their pop stars, unlike back in the day, when...
