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Site and sound changes for Fort Worth Music Festival

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Taylor Crothers

The Fort Worth Music Festival continues its evolution this year, moving to a new location, adding a third stage and, for the first time, taking place in May rather than September. Read more

CD review: Vampire Weekend, ‘Modern Vampires of the City’

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Baby bands trying to break out in the 2010s are subjected to inordinate amounts of Internet-fueled pressure before a single note is ever heard. Read more

Lone Star Sounds: True Believers, back together again

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Theresa DiMenno

When South by Southwest creative director Brent Grulke died unexpectedly last year, the loss was keenly felt among Austin’s music scene. Read more

Catch Katchafire’s show at the Ridglea for Kiwi reggae

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VP Records

If you want to hear classic reggae in the throwback style of Peter Tosh and Jimmy Cliff, you might be better off bypassing Jamaica and seeking out a different island nation much farther away: New Zealand. Read more

Preston's picks: Dave Matthews Band at Gexa Energy Pavilion; Barry Manilow at Verizon Theatre

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Courtesy The Funstar

Dave Matthews Band at Gexa Energy Pavilion Read more

Concert review: The Quaker City Nighthawks on Mother’s Day

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Steve Watkins, Special to DFW.COM

Sunday was Mother’s Day, and like many people, I got to spend it with my mom. But not everyone is so lucky. Read more

Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn in; revue shows out at Arlington Music Hall

Benefit show at the Arlington Music Hall

Special to the Star-Telegram

Heirs of the historic Arlington Music Hall are staking the future of the downtown venue on concerts by the likes of Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, the Oak Ridge Boys and Pam Tillis, and so far, the six-month-old booking plan seems to be working. Read more

Chesney turns Cowboys Stadium into an island paradise

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Special to DFW.com

-- Kenny Chesney and his No Shoes Nation commandeered Cowboys Stadium and grounds with a Pirate Flag on Saturday, the first bona fide suntan-and-suds concert event of the 2013 season. Read more

Fourth Homegrown Music Fest a great showcase for local music

Homegrown Music Festival in Dallas

Photos by Velton Hayworth, Special to DFW.com

If you only have a day to devote to listening to new Texas music, you certainly could do worse than Dallas’ annual Homegrown Music & Arts Festival. The fourth edition, held Saturday at Dallas’ Main Street Garden Park, was once again a solid roundup of what makes the Texas scene vital ev... Read more

Texan Kacey Musgraves tests country’s borders

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(Courtesy Sandbox Management)

Kacey Musgraves doesn’t want your grandfather’s Nashville. Read more

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