Double Shot of Chamber Music
Late Sunday evening, the independent coffeehouse Avoca Coffee, on the Near Southside, provided the casual (and great-smelling) backdrop for The Hall Ensemble’s first and...
Willis Alan Ramsey’s Odd But Entertaining Road Show
Signs surfaced early that Willis Alan Ramsey's show was going to be interesting.
Ramsey and his wife (and opening act) Alison Rogers Ramsey limped literally...
Top 5 Shows
1.) Not as many hot commodities or touring headliners are participating in Lolaspalooza this year, chiefly because of the namesake club will be more...
Top 5 Shows
1.) Has anyone mentioned that chill electronic dance music is the new yacht rock? Most of the lyrics (if there are any) are lovey-dovey,...
More On Willis Alan Ramsey And His Fort Worth Gig
The Outlaw era of the 1970s exploded just as I was becoming a rebellious teenager obsessed with music. Before long I was hooked on...
Top 5 Shows
1.) Shonen Knife used to be my favorite band –– for a minute. Not long after the all-female Japanese trio that formed in 1981...
Luke Wade Wows on The Voice
Part of what makes The Voice better than its predecessor, American Idol, is the former’s emphasis on musicality in objection to sheer record-selling capabilities....
Top 5 Shows
1.) To help raise money for Duane Smith, the Southern Train Gypsy bassist who recently had to relocate to Houston to receive cancer treatment,...
Top 5 Shows
In addition to the Top 5, don’t forget Dia de los Toadies this weekend at Panther Island Pavilion or Friday on the Green with...
Top 5 Shows
1.) I’m not saying Fred’s Texas Café (915 Currie St., 817-332-0083) is small, just that the West 7th beer-and-burger institution might not be big...
