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Texas Troubadour Abroad: Amsterdam
My name is Keegan McInroe, and I am a singer-songwriter from Lubbock who’s been living in Fort Worth off and on since 2001, when...
Barbs’ Pop-Off Tour
So The Hanna Barbarians got a van: a 2010 15-passenger Chevy. The reason? Oh, just a short but undoubtedly intense tour through Austin, Waco,...
Man for All Seasons
Depending on which night you’re fortunate enough to catch local jazzbo Joey Carter, he could be playing anything. He’s been known to wail on...
Blogging the Cliburn (Day 5)
My fellow music critics reported feeling tired as early as the second day of the competition, but now it's all we can do to...
Blogging the Cliburn (Day 4)
On Memorial Day, we pause to remember the men and women who died defending our nation. I also pause to reflect that cultural discussion...
Blogging the Cliburn (Day 3)
This whole competition has lately reminded me of an exchange from Zero Dark Thirty, when the head of the CIA (James Gandolfini) talks to...
Blogging the Cliburn (Day 2)
The competition's second day brought our first performances of Mozart, Scriabin, Schubert, and John Adams. I missed the Champions League final on TV and...
Blogging the Cliburn (Day 1)
Hello, everyone, and welcome to my coverage of the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Unlike four years ago, we'll be keeping this blog...
P.A.T.: Urban Noir
For reasons that are either all too obvious or completely indiscernible, hip-hop is geared less toward performance and more toward recording. I mean, a...
Ice Eater: Cold Comfort
Ice Eater is not a very Fort Worth-ish band. The guys can party with the best of ’em, but their music sounds like it...
