Music has long been a key ingredient to the annual Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. This year, however, a pair of Texas singer-songwriters have taken it upon themselves to fashion something of an unofficial anthem for the yearly event. Arlington's Tommy Alverson and Corsicana's Jason Manning, tog... Read more

A quick note: Whiskey Folk Ramblers, those countrified rascals, will premiere the video they filmed late last year for Gambling Preacher and His Daughter at the Where House ... after a Feb. 4 performance at the ... Read more

Word got out yesterday that Sarah Jaffe's sophomore LP is ready for public consumption. The Body Wins, the follow-up to her extremely well received 2010 debut Suburban Nature, will arrive April 24 on Kirtland Records. Read more

Got a note yesterday from the Cush's Burette Douglas, that the Fort Worth-based band has been selected to perform at this year's Austin Psych Fest, which begins April 27. Read more

Bruce Springsteen, the bard of the Garden State, returns with Wrecking Ball, his first album in two years (following 2010's underwhelming The Promise) on March 6. His 17th studio effort was produced by Ron Aniello, as well as Springsteen and his long-time manager Jon Landau. In a st... Read more

Country legend Merle Haggard has been hospitalized in Georgia, per this widely circulated AP report from earlier today. Read more

Dallas — This won't be a full-on review, so much as a few observations about Saturday's spectacular local music showcase at the Granada Theater. For one thing, it wasn't possible to zero in on the musicians and tune out the crowd. It was like old home week: it seemed nearly everyone having anything to do ... Read more

WFAA broke the news earlier this week, but it merits a follow-up mention: The Ridglea Theater, now owned by Jerry Shults and in the midst ... Read more

When last we left Daniel Hunter (who performs as Analog Rebellion), he was releasing the free EP Evaders, meant as an appetizer ahead of his 2012 full-length. Toda... Read more

As the man himself explains in the video below, Fort Worth-based R&B singer-songwriter Tony Williams is chronicling his journey through the music business ahead of the Valentine's Day release of his debut album, The King or the Fool... Read more