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Hogpig
It wasn’t all that long ago when the guys in Hogpig were splitting time between two stellar North Texas bands: Little Grizzly, cut from...
Blues, on Main or in the House
This much about the Main Street Blues Room is true. It is located on Main Street, in historic Grapevine.
It regularly hosts performances by blues...
Sound Waves
Some guys have all the luck.
While most workaday musicians are slaving away in the trenches, pining from the beer-soaked stages of nearly empty clubs...
Larry Joe Taylor
The guy who coined “coastal-and-western” has learned a thing through the years.
Larry Joe Taylor’s annual Texas Music festival has grown from 100 fans...
Headbangers
A news story published last week in the Star-Telegram strongly suggested that the Ridglea Theater would be closing or auctioned off due to the...
Relatively Heavy
Danny Mabe grew up the youngest of three brothers in a highly musically talented family.
But up until recently, the new Burleson High School graduate...
Charles Mingus
Legacy churns out many reissues from Columbia, RCA, and smaller, “swallowed-up” labels.
Occasionally, greatness surfaces, such as Tijuana Moods by Charles Mingus and the compilation...
Ghostcar
With no identifiable tracks — or limitations — North Texas improvisationalists Ghostcar’s Too Strong/The Art of Transition is a paradox in polycarbonate.
Recorded at Denton’s...
It’s Time to Party
Several years ago, a solo singer-songwriter with long, greasy hair, a five o'clock shadow - and a body frame that otherwise would have qualified...
It’s Time to Party
Several years ago, a solo singer-songwriter with long, greasy hair, a five o’clock shadow — and a body frame that otherwise would have qualified...
