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Easy, Shannon
Listen: A giant lived here.
Ronald Shannon Jackson was born in Fort Worth on Jan. 12, 1940. He died here on Saturday, of leukemia, in...
Dr. Wu’s Diagnosis? More Blues
Like commercial-radio country, heavy metal, and hip-hop/R&B, the blues gets a bad rap. “It’s boring,” some people cry. “It’s too noodly,” lament others. And,...
R.I.P. Ronald Shannon Jackson … and Fort Worth Jazz?
Legendary free-jazz composer and drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson died of leukemia on Saturday. He was 73.
In 2003, Fort Worth musician and writer Ken Shimamoto...
Killer or Filler?
Music Awards has just come and gone (well, since late July), and look at all the dynamite new recordings that have already popped up...
Dreamy Jazz Soundz
Back in the mid-aughts, even after Caravan of Dreams was shuttered, Fort Worth was a pretty jazzy town. The Black Dog Tavern was packed...
Killer or Filler?
Dear Music Industry. On the way into work the other morning, I jumped around the commercial radio dial. And guess what? A bunch of...
Sabbath Assembly: Black Hosannas
Until Pinkish Black/The Great Tyrant came along, circa 2008, did anyone else notice a distinct lack of black metal in the Fort? There’s been...
Shadows of Jets: Time for Them to Fly
Though Shadows of Jets just released their debut album, a brilliant slice of “divorce pop” (to apply the term coined by Son of Stan’s...
Blue Peters
As you become older, you are encouraged/forced by society to become independent. As you become independent, you are encouraged/forced to accumulate responsibilities to generate...
Best Of On The Town 2013
Cheap Buzz
If you’re griping about Mondays, stop by Baker Street Pub (6333 Camp Bowie Blvd, FW) to whine over $2.50 glasses of red and...
