December 2, 2022 by Preston Jones
It’s time once again for Bandcamp Friday. If you’re unfamiliar with the event, it’s pretty straightforward: To help musicians amid the uncertainties of the ongoing pandemic, the streaming platform Bandcamp instituted “Bandcamp Friday,” a day where the company forgoes its revenue share in order to pass on to bands an average of 93 percent of… Read more »
November 30, 2022 by Preston Jones
Max Gerl remembers it well — Wasafiri began with giving back. “One of my best friends at the time, Ben Hixon, started working at Josey Records when it opened, and I got to know [Jeff] ‘Skin’ [Wade],” Gerl said during a recent conversation. “That was sort of an interesting situation where ‘Skin’ got in touch… Read more »
November 29, 2022 by Preston Jones
One of the profound pleasures of listening to the music Bartees Strange makes is also one of its most confounding elements: Just how, precisely, is a person supposed to describe what Strange’s songs sound like? To date, the English-born, Oklahoma-bred and Washington, D.C.-based singer-songwriter hasn’t so much blurred genre boundaries as completely disregarded them. His… Read more »
November 28, 2022 by Preston Jones
In 2023, the acclaimed metal band will make its first appearance in North Texas in six years with a two-night stand at AT&T Stadium.
November 23, 2022 by Preston Jones
As the holiday shopping season gets going, North Texas record stores will have limited edition platters for sale on Friday, Nov. 25.
November 23, 2022 by Preston Jones
A chance meeting at what was then North Texas State University blossomed into a half century of artistic inspiration and collaboration.
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 »
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.
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.
November 15, 2022 by Preston Jones
Other Texas-tied artists with multiple nods included Lizzo, Willie Nelson, Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris.
