New Music Is Good for the Brain
One upshot of the lockdown has been new music. Not “new” music like Xina Xurner or Sun Ship-era Coltrane –– I’m too stressed out for...
Still Streaming after all These Weeks
Streaming still seems to be a thing, thankfully. I don’t know about you, but I’m digging this newfangled-but-really-old way of seeing concerts. Not to take...
Streaming Goodness This Week
The hearts and thumbs just kept bubbling upward. Brandin Lea, with just his guitar and Katie Robertson on piano, was performing to an empty...
So Long, Farewell
Off the top of my head, I am aware that Bruce Magnus, Cherry Mantis, and Unspell have new recordings out — full-lengths with the...
Local Bands/Acts Streaming Concerts
Local Bands/Acts Streaming Concerts
I’m not sure how it plays with the women who see it beneath my profile picture, but the bio line I’ve...
Kevin Aldridge: Another Chapter
For around 20 years, Americana singer-songwriter Kevin Aldridge has earned steady accolades in the Fort Worth music scene –– first with alt-country/roots rock groups...
La Gloire for Frenchie’s Praise
You probably haven’t seen Frenchie’s Blues Destroyers from the vantage point of a lat pulldown machine, but chances are good you’ve caught the duo...
Seems Likely
I don’t know about other gyms, but at 24 Hour Fitness, about half the TVs hanging above the mirrors that line the walls broadcast...
Keeping the Wires Connected
Music scenes can be inherently incestuous. Sometimes a city’s entire musical landscape is composed of just a handful of musicians swapping around, in and...
Local News and Notes
I suppose it’s a sign that a city’s music scene is busy and vibrant when covering the output of its bands becomes a challenge....
