Category: Local Music

African American Roots Music Fest spotlights banjos, fiddles in Fort Worth

The first live Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival is onstage this weekend at the Southside Preservation Hall. Brandi Waller-Pace established the festival to reclaim a tradition: Country fiddles, banjos, the jug band — they’re all part of African American traditions. Even for her, it was a discovery — that as a Black woman playing a… Read more »

Jorden Makelle’s debut single “Dark Side” comes with haunting music video

A young woman stands in front of a lake in a dark green dress

Jorden Makelle‘s mellifluous debut single “Dark Side” comes with a haunting music video shot by her very own husband of 10 years, Greg. The video features Makelle in black & white, heavy with the breaking heart of a romance on the rocks – inspired by the very real struggle of depression and anxiety amplified by… Read more »