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Killer or Filler?

Wednesday, 28 July 2010 09:47 Fort Worth Weekly Staff

Acoustic guitar virtuoso Darrin Kobetich has traveled quite a few miles –– both figuratively and literally –– since he first mixed folk and bluegrass with his metal back in the early aughts as a member of Amillion Pounds. Starting out as a weekly Friday evening happy-hour ritual at the late, lamented Wreck Room, his solo act has become a fixture at Fred’s Texas Café and Hip Pocket Theatre, and he’s toured all over Texas, Colorado, and Louisiana.

Devin Leigh Comes Home

Wednesday, 28 July 2010 09:43 LAURIE BARKER JAMES

Devin Leigh’s twisted, curvy career path has taken him miles from his Fort Worth hometown. In 2000, after a brief stint at Texas Tech University, Leigh began pl...

Inauthenticity Is the Real Deal

Wednesday, 28 July 2010 09:21 Last Call

Is there such a thing as an authentic bar? A bar totally devoid of pretense? Because, after all, the best bars ( The Chat Room , 7th Haven , Sarah’s Place ) are just ...

Shea Seger, Bible Belt Fest 2

Wednesday, 28 July 2010 08:49 Hearsay

Shea Seger ’s music is now –– finally –– available for download. Seger, the subject of a recent cover story (“Shea Seger Redux,” April 7, 2010), is a Fort Worth-...

You’ve Gotta See Big Mike

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:54 CAROLINE COLLIER

As a toddler, Michael Richardson would haul a suitcase full of 45rpm rock records around his house. He couldn’t even read, but if a family member requested a song...

High Anxieties Rise & Shine

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:52 COLE GARNER HILL

Ramon Garcia doesn’t look like your stereotypical record label owner — he’s clearly from DIY, not corporate, ranks. His label, Rise & Shine Records , is a one...

Zen and the All-Star

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:43 Last Call

There are nights when I get drunk, and there are nights when I have a drink. In the case of the latter, I find it best to find a sparsely populated bar with mut...

Chatterton’s Aldridge Solos

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:38 Hearsay

At the end of August , Chatterton frontman Kevin Aldridge will go into the studio to record what will amount to a solo album. “I want this to be its own thing,” he sa...

And the Winners Are …

Wednesday, 14 July 2010 09:31 ANTHONY MARIANI

Nearly 300 people –– all nominees in our 13th Annual Music Awards and their plus ones –– packed the Fort Worth Community Arts Center for our version of the Grammy...