Without question, one of the most anticipated albums of the year is Telegraph Canyon's follow-up to 2009's break-out The Tide and the Current. However, the Chris Johnson-led collective will be forging ahead w... Read more

There is a down-home comfort saturating Country Strong, in that "somebody done somebody wrong song" way, that almost carries you through when its music-drenched melodrama gets predictable. Which is pretty much as soon as the fragile, still-in-rehab country superstar pl... Read more

When she graduated from the University of Texas with a business degree in 1964, she wasn't thinking of a career in the music industry. But for the past 25 years, Marty Rendleman has carefully built a reputation in artist management. She signed headliner LeAnn Rimes when the singer was only 9 year... Read more

Michael Jackson fans don't have to stop at merely listening to his greatest hits -- they can see his likeness live. Read more

A quick scan of Taylor Swift's extensive tour schedule, which was released Nov. 23, shows an Oct. 8 date in Dallas. Except that's not entirely correct: the multi-platinum, award-winning "country" star will be in North T... Read more

FORT WORTH -- He made the hall fit like a pair of favorite boots. Read more

Just across the transom from the good folks at the NFL: The line-up for the opening night of the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam Concert Series has been finalized. Kid Rock will headline the Verizon Theater in Grand Prairie Feb. 3, joined by Duran Duran and Jason Derulo. The entire concert series will t... Read more

See what made Preston Jones' year-end list of top concerts and best local albums. Read more

It was a bonus gift for Casey James fans, when the musician dropped in at Buttons during a Christmas night jam. Read more

Anywhere you turned in 2010, youth dominated. Whether it was Taylor Swift and her syrupy sob stories, Justin Bieber's flop-topped pop or the impenetrable slang littering the Top 40, the prevalence of thoughtful, substantive pop music was slight. And yet, there were artists making serious and seri... Read more

There's a little less mystery today about the immediate future of the Ridglea Theater. Read more

FORT WORTH -- Everybody knows that Santa is a jolly and generous old fellow who has an incredible gift for getting up and down chimneys. Read more

"It's the best Christmas present I could've got for myself," Jerry Shults said jokingly. Read more

The eggnog has been poured, the lights have been strewn about the tree just so and the presents have been wrapped with care. Read more

When Fort Worth resident Pat Green plays Billy Bob's it's honky tonkin' magic. Read more

On its face, hip-hop might not strike many as an art form, let alone one designed to be broken down and analyzed. Read more

Local musicians have had a blockbuster year, by any measure. Read more

ARLINGTON -- Justin Bieber's fans may dream of touching his hair, but getting their hands on a new trading-card set featuring the teen pop star will be much easier to do. Read more

Saturday night was the vinyl-release party at Lola's Saloon Sixth for the Funkytown supergroup Epic Ruins, with Calhoun and the Orbans opening. I left the house with what I thought was plenty of time, but it turned out I had to park somewhere near Pantego. I took some photos of my car so I'd be a... Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Early this fall, before any kind of promotional push for Kanye West's new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, had begun in earnest, the Grammy-winning rapper-producer took to his widely read Twitter account to vent. Even... Read more