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Class from the Past
A gift from 40 years ago arrived in the mail just before Christmas, a CD called Betty Buckley 1967, with the semi-iconic Fort Worth...
The Crash That Took Me
Why is everybody so nostalgic all the time?
Are they worried that nothing in the present or future will be as good as what happened...
Wynton Marsalis
Good jazz is based on emotion. At its best, it colors outside the lines.
Standards become starting points for interpretations that are often, as on...
Newness En Route
Anglophilia here in the States usually - and annoyingly - takes the form of obsession with the royal family. Prince William washed his hair...
Solo Voce
Ad-libbing a new ending to a Mozart concerto changed Jordan Critz' world - not to mention his standing in the piano competition in which...
Hall of FWame
Like most cities, Fort Worth has a rich musical heritage. But for whatever reason, when the national mainstream media talk about music, our lovely...
Lou Vargo
These days, a CD titled American Disaster might sound like a political statement.
On Lou Vargo's new EP by that name, though, it's a raw...
The Red Herrings
As fans of both The White Stripes and progressive classic rock, The Red Herrings - guitarist-singer Joe Hill and drummer-backup vocalist Matt Lombard, plus...
Trout Fishing in America
On Who Knows What We Might Do, the popular, three-time Grammy-nominated "kids' duo" Trout Fishing in America produces itself for the first time and...
Looking Back
Here are some of the best and worst things, I think, that happened this year, starting with the worst: 1.) The closing of the...
