A chance meeting at what was then North Texas State University blossomed into a half century of artistic inspiration and collaboration.
The Texas Connection: How Jim Ed Norman met the Eagles’ Don Henley
November 23, 2022 by Preston Jones
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Dallas singer-songwriter Jacob Metcalf prepares “Monitors” for release
November 21, 2022 by Preston Jones
Six years have passed between Jacob Metcalf’s last album, 2016’s exquisite Fjord, and his latest album, Monitors. He’s changed; the world’s changed — but what hasn’t changed is the sense he had — “reservations and misgivings,” as he puts it — prior to releasing the first single from Monitors, “Dizzy.” “I already knew I’m the… Read more »
Grand Prairie native Kaash Paige prepares to share the ‘Soundtrack to My Life’
November 16, 2022 by Preston Jones
The rising R&B star will play a free show Sunday in her hometown of Dallas, ahead of a national tour set for early 2023.
Armed with an expansive, Americana sound, Steep Canyon Rangers return to North Texas
November 16, 2022 by Preston Jones
The acoustic, North Carolina-based sextet will perform as part of the three-day Circle T Ranch Music Festival in Westlake.
Houston-born Beyonce leads 2023 Grammy class with nine nominations
November 15, 2022 by Preston Jones
Other Texas-tied artists with multiple nods included Lizzo, Willie Nelson, Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris.
Fort Worth Stockyards will host a new music festival
November 11, 2022 by Preston Jones
The Fort Worth Stockyards Music Festival will hit the city next year, reports Fort Worth magazine. The festival will tentatively happen over three days in March 2023. It’s not the first time such a gathering has been attempted — there was a Stockyards Music Festival which was primarily set in and around Billy Bob’s Texas… Read more »
Fort Worth’s Toadies show benefits Course of Empire drummer
November 10, 2022 by Preston Jones
Veteran rockers from the 1990s and 2000s, including the Toadies and Dallas band Doosue, are joining forces to help one of their own recover from a traumatic injury.
It’s Bandcamp Friday! Listen up to these North Texas artists
November 4, 2022 by Preston Jones
It’s Bandcamp Friday. Here are five North Texas-based artists to check out
Flower Mound singer-songwriter Jess Williamson comes home with Plains
October 27, 2022 by Preston Jones
There is beauty in evanescence — the feel of sun on your skin, the first bloom of a rose, or the hush of freshly fallen snow. Add to that list the musical duo known as Plains. For as gorgeous and transporting as the songs created by Katie Crutchfield (perhaps better known by her musical moniker… Read more »
Dallas singer-songwriter Brody Price invites listeners to “Win a Trip to Palm Springs!”
October 26, 2022 by Preston Jones
Price’s latest album is the first official release from the Fort Worth-based label Niles City Records.
