Author: Preston Jones

Hardcore rap and polka? Why not? See Dallas creative Dustin Ballard and the band Saturday in Deep Ellum.

The band, led by Tim DeLaughter, reunites for a show in Deep Ellum Saturay, and maybe a new album.

A global music celebration that has its roots in France makes its way to the Lone Star State, and Dallas, on June 21. Billed as Make Music Day, this global celebration which, per press materials, “brings people of all ages and skill levels together to make music,” will unfold across 15 different Texas cities, including Dallas, Denton, Frisco and McKinney.… Read more »

After making its premiere in 2023, Pegasus Contemporary Ballet is bringing back its multi-disciplinary performance series Synergy on June 21 and 22 at the Moody Performance Hall. The inaugural staging saw rock and jazz fusion blending with dance, and for the second installment, the organizers are incorporating a wholly different sonic palette — percussion, jazz… Read more »

For Bright Skyline, his second solo album in as many years, Matt Hillyer is clearly not sitting idle. Skyline follows last year’s Glorieta, which was the singer-songwriter’s first proper solo release in nearly 10 years. It’s a looser, rowdier affair — relatively speaking — than Glorieta, even as it reunites him with that LP’s producer,… Read more »

There is a directness, beauty and clarity to Stephanie Sammons’ full-length debut that is breathtaking. The Dallas-based singer-songwriter’s freshman LP Time and Evolution — a title which often as not seems indicative of the circumstances leading to the creation of these 10 indelible songs — is incredibly self-assured. By day, she’s a a certified financial… Read more »

The 10-piece jazz-funk band, co-founded by Grammy winners Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth, will tour nationally and internationally behind its third album.

The definition of Texas music is ever elastic, and nothing better illustrates that point than these five distinct (and distinctly different) efforts.