Raise your hand if you had “Joshua Ray Walker covering Lizzo” on your 2023 bingo card.
Dallas rising star Joshua Ray Walker pays tribute to Lizzo, Cher and more on new covers LP
June 5, 2023 by Preston Jones
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Fort Worth’s Abraham Alexander talks influences, from Bill Withers to Tom Petty
May 31, 2023 by Preston Jones
Alexander performs 3 nights at the Kessler Theater in Dallas, starting Thursday. Then he’ll tour the US and Europe behind his arresting debut, SEA/SONS
Back for the first time: Dallas band Pleasant Grove celebrates 20th anniversary of “Auscultation of the Heart”
May 26, 2023 by Preston Jones
The influential band will release the album in the US for the first time and perform it in full at the Kessler.
“You could say it’ll be a Chroma summer”: Texas-based Chicano rap collective drops new single
May 25, 2023 by Preston Jones
Chroma recently pulled the wraps off “It’s Crunch Time,” a track from the group’s forthcoming mixtape The Age of Starlight, complete with a retro-themed video.
Music legend Tina Turner dead at 83
May 24, 2023 by Preston Jones
Tina Turner was one of music’s most incandescent talents. And Dallas was the scene of a pivotal moment in her life.
Summer concert preview 2023: Hot sounds on cool stages
May 23, 2023 by Preston Jones
North Texas has seen plenty of blockbuster musical performances on stages large and small thus far in 2023, but the summer months promise just as many highlights to come.
Dallas institution Top Ten Records invites you to listen up to “Sounds of Oak Cliff” concert series
May 19, 2023 by Preston Jones
Record stores are often held up as a place to discover your next favorite band, but Dallas institution Top Ten Records is taking things one step further with its “Sounds of Oak Cliff” concert series.
Willie Nelson’s 90th year rolls on with a new concert film, book on the horizon
May 18, 2023 by Preston Jones
If Willie Nelson’s year to date is any indication, 90 is the age at which the Texas icon becomes even more productive, not less.
Now hear this: New LPs from North Texas-tied artists Hannah Jadagu, Robert Ellis and the Rocket Summer
May 18, 2023 by Preston Jones
Some thoughts on a trio of recently released projects from three very different, but equally skilled, North Texas artists.
Dallas singer Ricki Derek will pay homage to Frank Sinatra in Fort Worth
May 12, 2023 by Preston Jones
To mark both Frank Sinatra’s passing and his own endurance in the music game, Ricki Derek is headlining “A Sinatra Celebration with Ricki Derek & His Orchestra,” a quartet of performances on Friday and Sunday at Fort Worth’s Scat Jazz Lounge.
