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Demi Lovato reveals new album via Twitter

Demi Lovato to be subject of MTV documentary

(Courtesy MTV)

Colleyville-bred singer-actress Demi Lovato doesn’t have to do much to get attention; she’s hugely popular, she’s been in the tabloids, she’s an X Factor judge. But her latest trick is getting a lot of buzz -- she unveiled her latest album,... Read more

Concert review: The Effinays at The Magnolia Motor Lounge

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(Special to DFW.com/Steve Watkins)

And there we were, on El Día de la Batalla de Puebla, or as it’s known in the US of A, Cinco de Mayo. In parts of Mexico, and in the USA this is a day to celebrate the Mexican army’s defeat of the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. But let’s be honest; it’s also an e... Read more

Pics: Randy Rogers Band CD release bash at Billy Bob's

The North Texas-bred band stirred up some 'Trouble' during its album release party at the World's Largest Honky Tonk. Read more

Rimes' tweet causes confusion about Arlington Music Hall

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(AP file photo)

Singer LeAnn Rimes is pretty active on Twitter, where she goes by her married name, LeAnn Rimes Cibrian, and where she can be entertaining, blunt, occasionally defensive -- and has more than half a million followers, meaning that some... Read more

Natalie Maines releases her solo debut May 7

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Courtesy Columbia Records

There was no way around it: The room was half-empty. Read more

CD review: Kenny Chesney, 'Life on a Rock'

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Courtesy Shore Fire Media

A frequent gripe about country music circa 2013 is that when it’s not busy being tone-deaf (paging Brad Paisley’s Accidental Racist), the genre, broadly speaking, is fast becoming dull. Read more

The Ridglea Theater’s rise nearly complete

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Preston Jones/DFW.com

An important piece of the Ridglea Theater puzzle fell into place this week. Read more

Lone Star sounds: Dallas gets artsy by design

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Spacegrove Productions

Music, theater and the visual arts will collide in Dallas this weekend. Read more

Preston's picks: Father John Misty at Granada Theater; Jim James at House of Blues

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Emma Garr

One of 2012’s best albums was Father John Misty’s Fear Fun, and the man who made it, singer-songwriter Josh Tillman, hasn’t been shy about stopping in DFW regularly. Read more

Watch this: Tim Urban, ‘Tears for Hallelujah’

Watch this: Tim Urban

(Courtesy of Tim Urban)

Tim Urban, the Duncanville resident who came in sixth on the North Texan-heavy ninth season of American Idol, does a lot of covers on YouTube. But his latest is an original song, which he was inspired to write after the recent fertilizer-plant explosion in West and th... Read more

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