Night of the Local Songwriter: Cameron Smith, James Michael Taylor
A top-tier songwriter such as James Michael Taylor can carry a show easily with just his voice, acoustic guitar, and presence. He's done it...
Toast & Jam Extra featuring Carson Taare
Carson Taare is a 17-year-old singing phenom from New Zealand making his first visit to Fort Worth. He is the protege of Gray Bartlett,...
Toast & Jam with Gray Bartlett
Gray Bartlett has been slinging a guitar professionally since the 1960s and has toured and played with Tom Jones, Herman's Hermits, and many others...
Toast & Jam with Don Young
Environmental activist Don Young has hung around Fort Worth’s Tandy Hills Natural Area since he was a kid in the 1960s. Who can blame...
Toast & Jam with Willie Williams
In 1973, Willie Williams moved to Arlington looking for a job after serving in the Vietnam war. Willie, in his early 20s, had become...
Middle-Finger Johnny Cash Painting Missing from Lola’s Saloon
An iconic piece of Lola’s Saloon has gone missing.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of the venue’s black-and-white painting of Johnny Cash giving the...
Fort Worth Opera’s Porgy and Bess Is a Multisensory Treat
There’s merit to the idea that music is a universal language. Cultural references and dialogue weigh heavily on a work’s immediacy and ease of...
The 20 Best Songs from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
As of last Friday, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is over. After four years of low ratings, 140 original songs (not counting reprises), and a cameo by...
Top Year-End List Snubs
Every December, the Weekly publishes year-end lists of the best 817-based songs and albums. This year we added videos to the heap. Generally speaking,...
Opus Nova: Homemade Classical Music
Chamber music remains an underrepresented outlet for enjoying classical music in Fort Worth. That reality persists despite the easy accessibility (including the convenience of...
