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Lyle Lovett And His Songs About "Girls"
September 05, 2012 in DC9 At Night
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Ronnie Fauss Readies New Album, Drops "Night Before The War"
September 05, 2012 in DC9 At Night
As we noted a few months back, Dallas-based folk rocker Ronnie Fauss landed himself a pretty sweet record deal. The release of his album, I Am The Man You Know...
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Five Non-Hank Jr. and Merle Acts to Catch at Sunday's Stockyards Music Festival
August 30, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Over the course of the last few years, the Sunday before Labor Day has seen some really good times take place on the dusty plot of land next to Billy...
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Kasey Chambers On The Songs She Couldn't Fit In Her Storybook
August 15, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Kerri-Anne HutchinsonJust over a year ago, we caught up with Australian singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers as she was touring behind her excellent LP, Little Bird. That album not only showcased original...
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The Five Best DFW Honky-Tonks
August 13, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Shocker!To call a place a honky-tonk is almost as nebulous as labeling a place a dive bar. Ask five different people what one is, and you're more than likely to...
Earl Dibbles Jr. (a.k.a Granger Smith) Knows What Country Really Is, and You Don't
August 10, 2012 in DC9 At Night
How I Learned To Love The Dirty Projectors
August 02, 2012 in DC9 At Night
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Jack Ingram, The Boot Campaign and Southwest Airlines Help Out a Texas Vet
July 31, 2012 in DC9 At Night
All photos courtesy of Southwest AirlinesIf it seems like we've been bringing you plenty of news about many of the fine regional country artists who are quick to lend their...
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Five Slowcore Bands That Weren't Really Slowcore
July 26, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Dean and Britta, tonight at the BelmontLast year, we detailed five fantastic post-rock bands that scoff at the term post-rock and, more or less, pissed on the very thought of...
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Grant Jones Breaks Down Saints, Sinners & Liars
July 06, 2012 in DC9 At Night
It's been a couple of years since Dallas' Grant Jones & the Pistol Grip Lassos released their last album, a self-titled disc of supremely straight-forward country. For the new...
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Chris Masterson: "I Don't Think People View Ripping Songs As Theft"
July 05, 2012 in DC9 At Night
New York by way of Texas husband-wife duo The Mastersons are too perfect of an idea to never happen. Chris Masterson has performed and produced for many others (Jack Ingram,...
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The 15 Best Songs From the Past 15 Years of Texas Country/Red Dirt/Whatever It's Called
July 03, 2012 in DC9 At Night
All Hail The Keen - photo by Peter FigenAs we look upon the massive machine Texas country has made chug along over...
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How Merle Haggard Turned Me On To Bedhead
June 28, 2012 in DC9 At Night
I was fortunate enough to speak with legend Merle Haggard for this week's print edition of the Observer. Aside from being in awe each time he mentioned Willie Nelson, Lake...
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The Ticket's George Dunham Helps Out Charity With Wednesday's Jub Jam
June 25, 2012 in DC9 At Night
A couple of weeks ago, we told you how Red Dirt stud Stoney LaRue decided to follow other big names and host a charity golf and poker tourney in Grapevine,...
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Gillian Welch - Majestic Theatre - 6/9/12
June 11, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Gillian Welch Majestic Theatre Saturday, June 9 In this week's paper, Gillian Welch let us know what the live show might be like, when she described her recording process to us. "My favorite sound...
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Stoney LaRue Does Some Sweet Charity For Cook Children's Medical Center
June 01, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Stoney LaRueThe country music community of Texas and Oklahoma has been a fantastic supporter of children and their families battling various medical issues. Over the past few years, Ft. Worth...
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Best Coast's Bob Bruno On Working With Jon Brion and Why Everyone Wants To Sing About California
June 01, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Every few years there's a new it girl, and Best Coast's leader, Bethany Cosentino, is one of them. That's not to say the talented California native, who has a new...
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Turnpike Troubadours, Dirty River Boys - Granada Theater - 5/25/12
May 29, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Turnpike Troubadours by Sean DoranTurnpike Troubadours Granada Theater Friday, May 25 Friday night, Oklahoma's Turnpike Troubadours and El Paso quarter the Dirty River Boys turned in a ferocious one-two punch that floored...
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Five Country Albums To Drink Beer With
May 25, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Courtesy RobertEllis.comWhile there's certainly an eclectic mix at this weekend's third annual Homegrown Festival, you'll want to keep an eye on Robert Ellis. The Houston musician has been kicking around...
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Support Local (Country) Music: Four North Texas Albums You Need
May 18, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Melissa ArnoldJerrod Medulla sounds almost as slick as he looksIn recent months, the North Texas country community has produced some solid albums, and future months will witness the release of...
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Seven Mainstream/Top 40 Country Acts That Don't Suck
May 11, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Eden's EdgeFor almost as long as country music has lived as a genre, the argument about what makes a song, album, singer or group "country" has existed. Depending on who...
Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead: "We're Interacting with the Moment of Creation, The Moment Where Time and Space Were Born."
April 25, 2012 in DC9 At Night
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Delta Spirit's Matt Vasquez: "I Will Always Want God To Exist. I Want To Believe There's a Place of Infinite Mercy."
April 12, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Brooklyn via Southern California band Delta Spirit have certainly spread their wings over the course of three studio albums. Managing to go from the lo-fi, alt-country stylings of their 2008...
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Remembering Coach Joe Avezzano: Cowboy and Music Fan
April 06, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Taryn WalkerJoe Avezzano and his son Tony, 2011So many got to know former Dallas Cowboys assistant coach Joe Avezzano as a hard-nosed, foul-mouthed, award-winning special-teams coach during his days roaming...
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Anoushka Shankar: "All Music, Unless Made by Aliens, Should Be Considered World Music."
March 30, 2012 in DC9 At Night
Vincent LimongelliSitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar, daughter of legendary sitar master Ravi Shankar and half-sister to North Texas' Norah Jones, is an extraordinary talent who lets her inventive work introduce...
