2015 Billboard Music Awards Finalists
By Faye Darku It is no surprise to say Taylor Swift has had a successful year after releasing her fifth studio album 1989 in October. It is also no surprise that she leads nominations for […]
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BIG FOLKIN FESTIVAL
By Sarah Badran Despite Dallas’s bipolar weather tendencies, the Big Folkin Festival came back this year for its fourth installment to a great turnout despite the monsoon like thunder storms. Over 40 bands folked up […]
Nick Jonas Performs at the Hilton Anatole
By Faye Darku Dallas Native Nick Jonas was the latest artist to perform at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas for a Hilton @Play exclusive concert. The private performance was on Wednesday, April 22 as part […]
The Business of Record Store Day
By Taylor Berrier I’m sitting outside a record shop in North Dallas an hour before it opens. The sun hasn’t even begun to light the sky for other early risers on their way to work […]
Album Review: Froot By Marina And The Diamonds
By Reginald Allen After three long years, Welsh-born singer Marina Diamandis, better known by her collective stage name “Marina and the Diamonds,” is back. And she is giving fans a good helping of music via […]
Country Music’s Rural Roots Not The Same As The Past
By Peter Gerstenzang I’ve just finished spending a few hours listening to current country music. Actually, it was five songs, so it couldn’t have been a couple of hours. Unless I heard the dance remixes. […]
The Roomsounds
This North Texas band delivers exactly what it sounds like By Sarah Badran I caught up with local Dallas indie band The Roomsounds at one of its favorite watering holes where the group first got […]
Move Over John Cash Meet Steve Moon
FT. WORTH, TX – Steve Moon’s life changing conversion fills his new album Hold On To Your Faith with a passionate authenticity. Penned while in prison, each song resonates with the richness of God’s Grace […]
Terrence Spectacle: Way of the Wunderkind
By Sarah Badran At first glance, there is something undeniably fascinating about Terrence Spectacle. Fortified with a glorious, textured Afro that bounces alongside to the beat of his personality and a birthmark inside of his […]
The House That Hellyeah Built
By Alan Sculley Since coming together in 2006, Hellyeah has been known as a good-time party band. The group originally brought together members of several respected and established metal bands – Mudvayne (vocalist Chad Gray […]