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11/04/2009
Must-see shows by Texas artists for Nov. 6-9
 MICHAEL AINSWORTH/Staff Photographer Mark Wayne Glasmire Mark Wayne Glasmire writes songs the old-fashioned way, with thoughtful attention to melody and lyrics. He pens vignettes about life and the important moments that help shape one's existence.
 Mark Wayne Glasmire at Poor David's Pub
11/08/2009
Concert review: Allen Event Center, Reba McEntire both prove themselves to be first-rate
ALLEN – The new 8,600-seat Allen Event Center aced its first test as a concert venue Friday night with country superstar Reba McEntire, not only passing but earning a solid A.
11/07/2009
Concert review: Allen Event Center, Reba McEntire both prove themselves to be first-rate entertainment
The new 8,600-seat Allen Event Center aced its first test as a concert venue Friday night with country superstar Reba McEntire, not only passing but earning a solid A.
11/06/2009
Latin singer Alejandro Sanz works with Alicia Keys on his new album
 MARK RALSTON/Getty Images Alejandro Sanz and Alicia Keys perform at the Latin Grammy awards. Whenever Latin pop sensation Alejandro Sanz writes music, he sets off on a "long mental journey" to find inspiration. But when Alicia Keys surprised the singer at a party in New York by joining him in an impromptu jam session, Sanz knew then that he'd found his muse.
 Quoted: What they're saying about Alejandro Sanz
Related: Calle 13 wins 5 Latin Grammys
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New station KXT-FM will play wide variety of music
 DAVID WOO/Staff Photographer John Pedigo and Taylor Young, left and right, of The O's, perform during a dress rehearsal for the new Americana radio station KXT 91.7 FM. Instead of an iPod filled with random hit singles, think of KERA's new public radio station, KXT-FM (91.7), as an automatic turntable trained to play lesser-known album cuts from fresh and veteran artists.
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11/05/2009
Pianist-composer Jim Brickman delivers soothing songs
 Rob Waymen Photography Jim Brickman Need a soothing instrumental song for your wedding? Or maybe a few tunes for Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day? What about an easy-on-the-ears number for just relaxing at home? Jim Brickman wants to be your piano man.
Event details: Jim Brickman at Nokia Theatre
Concert review: Mindy Smith profoundly deserves a broader audience
It was disheartening to see the small turnout for Mindy Smith's show at the House of Blues' Cambridge Room on Wednesday night. She's one of the most talented, endearing singer-songwriters working today, and fewer than 100 people showed up.
Latin Grammys honors Mexican icon Juan Gabriel
The Latin music world celebrated 100 million records sold, 1,500 songs written and 30 years of recording, all by one artist, Mexico's beloved Juan Gabriel.
11/03/2009
A handful of CDs feature women singing traditional country standards
 EMI Rosanne Cash released The List, consisting of songs her father, Johnny Cash, recommended to her. The second half of 2009 has provided a firm platform for seasoned female country vocalists giving us their takes on well-known, or at least well-regarded, front-porch numbers.
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11/02/2009
'This Is It' tops charts with $101 million worldwide
Michael Jackson's This Is It pulled in $101 million worldwide in its first five days, and distributor Sony is extending the farewell performance film beyond its planned two-week run. The film was the No. 1 Halloween thriller domestically with a $21.3 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
 Michael Jackson's This Is It: Review, show times
10/28/2009
Must-see shows by Texas artists:
Oct. 30-Nov. 5
 Robert Thomas Chris Hawkes If Chris Hawkes could simultaneously play all the instruments on his second CD, Because I Feel That Way Too, he probably would. As it is, the Dallas native wrote, produced, mixed and engineered the entire record. He even created the album artwork and graphic design. Talk about a do-it-yourself guy.
Event details: Chris Hawkes at Opening Bell
11/01/2009
Pop music
NEW YORK – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors music's most treasured acts, but this time it was the hall's turn to be feted. Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and others celebrated the hall's 25th birthday with a concert that included all-star collaborations, spellbinding guitars, plenty of high notes – and even tears.
10/31/2009
Music: some really scary songs for Halloween
It's Halloween and time for some scary songs – and not Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash." Really scary songs. Here are 12, arranged chronologically, that'll give you the chills:
10/30/2009
Daughtry to headline Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving halftime show
Lead singer Chris Daughtry is the third American Idol contestant to perform on Thanksgiving, joining Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson. Last year’s performers were the Jonas Brothers.
Concert review: R. Kelly at Nokia Theatre
GRAND PRAIRIE – "This tour is my first tour since my court case," R. Kelly told a packed Nokia Theatre on Thursday night. "And I'm still here."
10/29/2009
Pleasure P has grown quickly as an artist and as a man
Pleasure P talks a grown-up game. The 24-year-old R&B singer born Marcus Cooper in Carver Ranches, Fla., makes no excuses for having matured quickly.
Event details: Pleasure P, K. Michelle, R. Kelly at Nokia Theatre
10/30/2009
Singer-songwriter Five Times August declares his independence
WAXAHACHIE – Brad Skistimas and his wife, Kelly Vandergriff, are artist and manager, record label, recording studio, fundraising headquarters and Web site masters. They are two people working toward a single goal in one quaint house that sits in a growing subdivision.
10/27/2009
For Steve Martin, successful bluegrass album is a labor of love
 Rounder Records Steve Martin Steve Martin chooses his words carefully when talking about the instant acceptance he's enjoyed from the bluegrass music world. The comedian, actor and banjo picker watched his first, full-length foray into high lonesome music, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo, spend a dozen weeks atop Billboard's bluegrass albums chart and relished winning two International Bluegrass Music Association awards.
10/26/2009
CD review: Brian McKnight's latest is more of the sumptuous same
Music Critic Mario Tarradell's column keeps you up to date on new music releases and must-see concerts. This week he reviews Brian McKnight's new CD, Evolution of a Man, which opens with the theme from his new late-night talk show.
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10/25/2009
'Thrill the World' dancers transform into zombies to re-enact Michael Jackson's moves 
 RICHARD W. RODRIGUEZ Jonathan Charles and Darla Robinson dance with over 300 other dancing zombies. "Saturday was the culmination of my experience as a 'Thriller' dancer with Hangman's House of Horrors in Fort Worth for the worldwide 'Thrill the World' event," Joy Tipping writes. She was one of more than 300 who tried Saturday to help set a Guinness World Record for simultaneous dancing to a single song, with a projected total of 270,000 dancers from Australia to Pakistan to Venezuela taking part. The Guinness results won't be released for several months.
Video: Army of the undead's "Thriller" moves
 Link: Thrill the World
Concert review: Gary Allan rocks by his own rules at Superpages.com Center
Gary Allan's transformation from rugged country honky-tonker to super cool arena rocker is all but complete. His headlining gig Saturday night at Superpages.com Center clinched it.
10/24/2009
Concert review: The force was with fans at 'Star Wars in Concert' at Cowboys Stadium
Cowboys Stadium was lighted Friday night not with lighters or cellphones, but with thousands of miniscule, flashing light-saber keyrings as fans showed their appreciation for " Star Wars in Concert."
10/21/2009
Must-see shows by Texas artists: Oct. 23-28
 Tim Dickson Michelle Shocked Dallas-born Michelle Shocked vents her anger as well as her passion on Soul of My Soul, a CD consisting of 10 originals that she released in May.
Event details: Michelle Shocked at Pearl
10/22/2009
Marc Broussard merges styles, changes labels
 Atlantic Records Marc Broussard Trials and tribulations provide ideal fodder for great R&B songs. But what if your personal life is in good shape? What if there's no pain for the gain? Louisiana soul man Marc Broussard recently pondered such a predicament.
Event details: Marc Broussard with Caitlin Crosby at Bass Performance Hall
10/21/2009
Rock trio Chevelle more grounded as latest album explores UFOs
 Epic Records Dean Bernardini, Pete Loeffler and Sam Loeffle What do unidentified flying objects, aliens and hard-rock songs have in common? Chevelle drummer Sam Loeffler can tell you.
Anthony Daniels talks about being C-3PO, narrating 'Star Wars' concert at Cowboys Stadium
 DAVID WOO/Staff Photographer Anthony Daniels Anthony Daniels, a.k.a. C-3PO, visited Dallas recently on a promotional tour for "Star Wars in Concert," Friday night at Cowboys Stadium. The show, with a choir and full symphony orchestra led by Mark Watters, performing John Williams' music from the films, features footage from the films with Daniels narrating the story live.
Event details: Star Wars Concert at Cowboys Stadium
 Video: Anthony Daniels talks about new Star Wars Concert
10/19/2009
CD review: There's plenty to love on Lyle Lovett's latest, 'Natural Forces'
 Curb/Lost Highway CD cover of Lyle Lovett's Natural Forces Music Critic Mario Tarradell's column keeps you up to date on new music releases and must-see concerts. This week he reviews Lyle Lovett's Natural Forces, which includes six covers of songs by Texas songwriters.
Link: Lyle Lovett
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10/18/2009
Concert review: At Dallas' American Airlines Center, Miley Cyrus shows she's moved on from Hannah Montana
 JOHN F. RHODES/Staff Photographer Miley Cyrus Hannah Montana might as well be history. The successful Disney Channel series has one more season to go, but Miley Cyrus has already moved on.
Miranda Lambert dazzles with scorching sincerity at State Fair concert
All the different sides of Miranda Lambert took command of the Chevrolet Main Stage on Saturday night at the State Fair of Texas before a mass crowd still pumped up by the Texas-Oklahoma football game earlier in the day.
Q&A: Miley Cyrus, on growing up and becoming a diva
Having a best-selling record is good reassurance – and Miley Cyrus is getting plenty of it these days while on her high-selling "Wonder World" tour. The tour became the first tour of its size to use paperless ticketing to try to get around mass resellers. (One warning: You have to present the credit card used to buy the tickets to gain entry to the event.)
10/15/2009
Country singer Miranda Lambert cultivates relationships on 'Revolution'
 Randee St. Nicholas Miranda Lambert If the celebrity tabloids peeked into Miranda Lambert's lyrics – especially the three songs she wrote with boyfriend Blake Shelton on her new CD, Revolution – there would be a bunch of stories about trouble in the couple's country paradise.
Event details: Miranda Lambert at Fair Park
10/16/2009
Garth Brooks' new gig not your old Las Vegas
 Associated Press Garth Brooks Millions of fans wish they could've seen Garth Brooks where it all started at Willie's Saloon in Stillwater, Okla. Come to Vegas and you'll get something like it. Forget the glitz, glam and pyrotechnics that typify your average Sin City show. Brooks is going to strip it down and take it back to the beginning.
10/14/2009
Local pop-punk group Bowling For Soup rolls out energetic new disc
 Jason Janik Chris Burney, Erik Chandler, Jaret Reddick and Gary Wiseman Humor is serious business. Jaret Reddick, frontman for local pop-punk group Bowling for Soup, would attest to that. For 15 years, he and his three band mates have been mining a career out of goofy, off-kilter fun.
10/16/2009
Miley Cyrus performs Sunday at American Airlines Center
You'd never think a Disney star would cause such controversy. But say hello to Miley Cyrus. The super-popular singer, actress and budding songwriter has already stirred two rounds of hot-button conversation. But it doesn't seem to have affected Cyrus' career. Her current tour stops in Dallas on Sunday. It features MetroStation, the electro-pop-rock band fronted by her brother Trace Cyrus, as the opening act.
10/13/2009
Chat replay: Cowboys Stadium mostly misses as music venue
Concertgoers report that sound is good in the lower levels, but terrible in the nosebleed seats.
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Concert review: U2 puts on a big show at Cowboys Stadium
Show proves U2 is the quintessential stadium rock band.
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Concert review: Alice Cooper at Palladium Ballroom
Aided by mini-skits featuring beheadings and a giant hypodermic needle, Alice Cooper and his astringent metal band raced through 27 songs in 90 minutes Monday night, most of them celebrations of a youth culture now far removed from the 61-year-old proto-shock-rocker and his aging audience.
Concert review: Maxwell at American Airlines Center
Maxwell knows his audience. And they know him, as they proved by singing and sighing at nearly every note during his show Monday night at American Airlines Center.
Musically Speaking: 'Slice' from Five for Fighting
Singer, songwriter and pianist John Ondrasik, who records as Five for Fighting, is a very earnest artist.
10/12/2009
U2 to perform songs from several of its CDs at Cowboys Stadium concert
 Associated Press Larry Mullen Jr., Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge That U2 concert sure is the huge music event of 2009, to say the least. Then again, every U2 trek is a big deal. The 360 Degrees Tour stops tonight at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.
Event details: U2 and Muse at Cowboys Stadium
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10/10/2009
Concert review: Wilco charms with jam-packed set of fan favorites at Palladium Ballroom
If Jeff Tweedy and his Wilco bandmates weren't having the time of their lives on stage Friday night at the Palladium Ballroom, they sure fooled us. During a mammoth 135-minute performance (which included two encore sets), Tweedy seemed giddy when interacting with the capacity crowd.
Rhett Miller finds his voice in the studio
About a year ago, while recording the Old 97's CD, Blame It on Gravity , Rhett Miller had an artistic epiphany. He was back in Dallas, where the Austin-born singer-songwriter was raised, and working with local producer Salim Nourallah.
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