DALLAS -- If you've questioned whether the Dallas Opera really needed the new Winspear Opera House, check out the current production of Così fan tutte. In Mozart's opera, so much about nuances of singing and playing, you'll hear delicacies and details that wouldn't have gotten past the first three rows of the vast Music Hall at Fair Park.

If you haven't yet been to Mambo's Tapas Cantina, you're missing a wonderfully anarchic affair.

Sade, Hot Chip and Nneka CD reviews.

Massive Attack experiments with its sound, with mixed results in its latest CD.

Texas country star Miranda Lambert turns up the heat at Billy Bob's.

The classical guitarist delivers a nuanced performance TCU.

Truth on Tape is a breakup album in every sense of the word and the follow-up to Smile Smile's 2006 debut, "Blue Roses."

Bela Fleck's show at the Granada was a culture clash of surprisingly raucous proportions.

The band rocked Lola's Sixth recently and plays at the Stockyards saloon regularly.

Sylvan and solemn, gorgeous and a little listless, "The Courage of Others" feels like the sincerest kind of put-on.

The Magnetic Fields, Pat Metheny and Lady Antebellum

The Cowtown supergroup killed with funk and soul covers. But did they really have to toss in a Hall & Oates number?

In his new CD, Nick Jonas misses an opportunity with the Administration.

Marc-André Hamelin will be hard to displace as the area's piano recitalist of the year.

A Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth concert brightens a gray Saturday at the Modern.

The crowd got totally caught up in the vibe of the band's mix of R&B, funk and rock.

Adjectives have a way of spilling from one's mouth when talking about Baltimore dream-pop duo Beach House.

New CDs: Patty Griffin, Corinne Bailey Rae, Eels

To best enjoy the new album, 'Teen Dream,' grab a pair of headphones and sit in a darkened room.

The band's new CD, Transferrence, doesn't gag us with a spoon, but it may stop new fans who just started digging in.

Norah Jones remixes things up on Chasing Pirates; Burnett and Bruton are crazy good on Crazy Heart soundtrack.

Spoon's last album, 2007's "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga," debuted in "Billboard's" top 10 and sold 46,000 copies in its first week of release.

On its second album, Contra, Vampire Weekend swaps New York City streets for Californian shores. The change in sonic scenery isn’t wholly successful.

On its second album, Vampire Weekend swaps New York City streets for California shores. The change in sonic scenery isn't wholly successful.

Times were tight, but if you took the risk and laid down your money for these local shows, the rewards were ample.

The question at the House of Blues was: Could one Jonas -- the youngest, at that -- pull off a show on his own?

Somber and unrelentingly stark, Rihanna’s Rated R is a riveting portrait of a pop star reassembling her life.

The singer with the scorching red locks brought her unique voice and a loopy sense of humor to Dallas Monday night.

The piano man flexes all of his musical muscles at a terrific show in Dallas.

The Chicago-based rock band, touring in support of its latest, self-titled album, brought light and a bit of darkness to the Palladium Ballroom Friday.