Written by Michael Pittman Aug 31, 2013 at 08:00 PM The amazing Granada Theatre. It’s one of Dallas’ landmarks and it’s been around a long long while. I graduated Richardson High and this was one of my haunts. It’s always been on Greenville Ave. just south of Mockingbird and I can remember packing more than…

Written by Dave Clements Aug 30, 2013 at 07:00 PM What is a Steely Dan? Not sure that I know. Not sure that I care. You could go to the internet like I did. You’ll find some interesting opinions there. What I can tell you is that on this Friday night at The Woodlands Pavilion,…

Written by Eddie Ferranti Aug 29, 2013 at 09:00 PM The holidays came early for me and my HMR running mate, Dr. Ray, recently. By that I mean every year, for the past four years running, we’ve been to the killer time that is a Better Than Ezra gig at the House of Blues between…

Written by James Killen Aug 27, 2013 at 07:00 PM Shawn Phillips has been one step from the famous for most of his life. He went to school with John Denver (nee Deutchendorf) and Delbert McClinton in Fort Worth. He studied sitar with Ravi Shankar. He roomed and wrote with Donovan, sang back-up vocals for…

Written by James Killen Aug 25, 2013 at 07:00 PM This is the first time that I’ve seen Ed and Gordy together since they played Almost Austin at the end of 2011 and listed themselves in the show as “A Couple of Heathens”. That show had had the feel of a mutually supportive song swap…

Written by James Killen Aug 24, 2013 at 07:00 PM Barbara and I took off for the far northwest side of Houston last Saturday night, for bit of Bill and Deanna Barnes’ gracious hospitality and an evening of intimate entertainment with Matt Harlan and his bride, Rachel Jones. It was a full house crowd with…