The acclaimed singer-songwriter gets some island inspiration on his latest solo LP, which is due out Aug. 30.
Ray Benson gives reggae a Texas twist on ‘Swingin’ and Skankin”
August 30, 2024 by Preston Jones
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Dallas singer-songwriter Jackson Scribner returns with new single, European festival appearance
August 29, 2024 by Preston Jones
To celebrate the new single’s release, Jackson Scribner will perform Aug. 30 at Red Zeppelin Records in McKinney.
Fort Worth’s Quaker City Night Hawks ready to take wing with new music, headlining gigs
August 29, 2024 by Preston Jones
Quaker City Night Hawks weren’t gone, necessarily, so much as scarce. The beloved Fort Worth band — its sound a party-starting stew of Texas boogie, Southern soul and bluesy, funky bite — last played a local gig in October, part of a bill at the Echo Lounge & Music Hall. So the reaction was near… Read more »
PHOTOS & VIDEOS: TURKATHON celebrates 15 years of Dallas’ Ottoman Turks
August 28, 2024 by Jessica Waffles
Check out photos and videos from the 15-year anniversary of Ottoman Turks, featuring performances by Joshua Ray Walker, Nathan Mongol Wells & Ten Gallon, Billy Law & the Baby Boys, and a slew of special guests for TURKATHON.
More North Texas musicians are trying to ‘sculpt the shape of sound’ with modular synthesizers
August 23, 2024 by Stephanie Salas-Vega
Musicians are making everything from atmospheric ambient music to abrasive experimental tunes using electric circuits.
The KXT Local Show: Kali Flower, Jacob Furr, SPCMN & A-Wall
August 23, 2024 by Alec Spicer
This week, Kali Flower gives her response to an early 2000s classic, SPCMN links up with A-Wall for a new dance cut, and Jacob Furr just keeps getting better.
The Kessler becomes a “planetarium” to explore climate through jazz and projections from LightWare Labs
August 22, 2024 by Preston Jones
Tonight, Dallas pianist Thiago Nascimento wants to take you on a journey of music and projection mapping in “Requiem for the Troposphere”
Rowdy Dallas band Ottoman Turks celebrates 15 years with Turkathon
August 22, 2024 by Preston Jones
The self-described “outlaw country garage rock” quartet is working on a new studio album, but first — a party to mark 15 years as a band.
PHOTOS: Amplify 817 hosts lively annual local music showcase at Fort Brewery
August 21, 2024 by Jessica Waffles
See Fort Worth artists J/O/E, TRVR?, Celestial L’amour and The Nancys at the 2024 Amplify 817 Showcase at Fort Brewery.
Soft souls & powerful voices light up the stage at Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff
August 20, 2024 by Jessica Waffles
Check out scenes from last Friday’s singer-songwriter show with Jackie Minton, Cameron Matthew Ray and Kiara Mullins at The Kessler Theater in Dallas.
