The Madness of March always delivers fun times for everyone. Whether you’re excited for the best darn music fest in North Texas or Joan Rivers at the Winspear, we got all your March Must-Sees. Click thru for more music, sports, theater, film and fun times had by all.
Category Archives: Local Music
2012 Year In Review
Seeing Eddie Vedder at Music Hall at Fair Park was easily a bucket list moment for me and leads my favorite events for this blast of a year.
Click thru for our 11 other favorite events of the year.
October – Spooky & Kooky Musical Month
We’ve already met with Uncle Fester, but starting tomorrow you can meet the whole mysterious Addams Family! Click thru for our favorite October shows, series and even a fancy dinner too.
Dallas VideoFest – Inventive 25th
The Dallas VideoFest has spent the past 25 years looking to highlight, educate and challenge the community’s view on video work. This week starts up the festival with a brand new medium. But It’ll also rely heavily on what made it a real treasure for the DFW area. PSD and Selig Film News got to be part of two roundtable’s that highlight the new and the old of DVF. Click through as we look into Expanded Cinema and look back with one of the pioneers of the animation game, the great Keith Alcorn.
August = Time to Live!
Michael York said it best, “You can LIVE!”. You can also see the DFW shot Logan’s Run at the Dallas Museum of Art and truly feel alive. For other reasons to enjoy the rest of your summer and do it by living it up, click thru.
Introducing The Colurs – Interview Max Townsley and Drew Erickson
From The Colurs website:
“The Colurs combine contemporary pop production with the songwriting aesthetics of Brian Wilson, Todd Rundgren, and The Beatles, and lush orchestral arrangements reminiscent of scores by Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace (from Disney’s Alice In Wonderland, Bambi, etc.), to create a fresh new sound.”
I was able to chat with Max Townsley and Drew Erickson aka The Colurs. They also played an “acoustic” version of their song Washed Away. Click thru already!
Home Cookin': The Third Annual Homegrown Festival
In what has quickly become one of our favorite things to do in Dallas during the summer, the Homegrown Music and Arts Festival returns for its third edition this Saturday, May 26. As per usual, the fest will take part at Downtown Dallas’ Main Street Garden Park, and will feature 14 regional and local acts (including a few PSD faves).
Patio Sessions April 5th 2012 – Calhoun with Madison King opening
One of Dallas wonderful musical programs is the AT&T Performing Arts Patio Sessions. Every Thursday from 5:30pm – 7:30pm thru May some of DFW’s best local talent play at the beautiful Sammons Park. Click thru for our look at the 1st session this year.
Fest So Hard: A Brief 35 Denton Recap
We came. We saw. We fested.
35 Denton came and went way to fast. Year after year, those dudes program a great festival (conferette?) in one of my favorite cities ever. Check out some video highlights and pictures of all the action (including a little afterparty action). And if you didn’t make it out this year, that’s on you bro. Hit the jump for some exclusive pics and vids.
Million Dollar Quartet – Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins
Million Dollar Quartet is a musical where the talented actors play all their own instruments and hammer through an hour and 45 minutes of pure joy. Last week we caught up with Sam Phillips and Johnny Cash, this week we check in with Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.