AltWeeklies Wire
Rollick 'n' Rollnew
On 16 songs -- two of them hers -- Feeney deals with 1950s civil rights struggles, gay marriage, illegal immigration, letting the rich fight their own wars, and the, uh, good ol' days, "when men were really men, and women knew their place."
Fort Worth Weekly |
Tom Geddie |
01-04-2007 |
Reviews
Grandma and the Tramp Stampnew
One generation's trash is another's middle finger.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
01-04-2007 |
Commentary
Pilgrim and a Preachernew
His country-music raising got him started, but Waylon Payne's talent -- and his demons -- drive him on.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
01-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Waylon Payne
No Buck Left Behindnew
Fort Worth public works inspectors are angry about being in class -- and taxpayers are picking up the tab.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Peter Gorman |
12-21-2006 |
Politics
Funny Power-Popnew
This collection of hard-to-find work will renew faith in Folds' creativity, but it will ultimately generate a longing for the piano man's next concerted studio effort.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Zack Shlachter |
12-21-2006 |
Reviews
Dirty Diversionnew
The Red Herrings do right by raw, loud punk-blues.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jimmy Fowler |
12-07-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Red Herrings
Melding Musical Mindsetsnew
In a just world, Begin would do for Spektor what Come Away With Me did for Nora Jones in 2002, propelling her to Grammy awards and fame and fortune.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
12-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Regina Spektor, Begin to Hope
Dems Dig Outnew
One race does not a landslide make -- so why are some Texas underdogs so happy?
Fort Worth Weekly |
Betty Brink |
12-07-2006 |
Politics
Tags: 2006elect
Labor Disputenew
The Minutemen are trying to discourage day worker hires in North Texas.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
12-01-2006 |
Immigration
'Red' Scarenew
The post-punk rockers deliver a master class in controlled chaos on their new, eponymous album.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Caroline Collier |
12-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Red Monroe
Drilling Through Peace and Propertynew
Neighbors and activists fear gas wells are digging big holes in Fort Worth's future.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Gayle Reaves |
12-01-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Leaving Johnson Countynew
Politics make a pretty part of North Texas a hell for bad kids, poor people, and anyone caught up in the criminal justice system.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Peter Gorman |
11-09-2006 |
Politics
Portrait of an Artistnew
Olive Pemberton is one of the last surviving members of a group of artists known as the Fort Worth school -- regional innovators whose works are now becoming highly collectible.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
11-03-2006 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Why the Hell Not?new
As two new albums indicate, Kinky Friedman's music may prove too complicated for our simple-minded voting blocs.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
10-19-2006 |
Music
The Perfect Finalenew
It's hard to imagine a better retrospective of Jennings' career than this 92-song box set.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Nashville Rebel, Waylon Jennings
