Review By: Melody Charles Superpages.com Center in Fair Park was Ground Zero for classically-styled, adult-contemporary and neo-soul when it hosted the Budweiser Superfest on its last stop for a crowd upwards of 8,000 on Sunday night. The legendary tour took a nearly decades-long hiatus from the music scene, but thanks to this year’s main line-up—-Raheem [...]
HOB Underground: A place for Dallas’ Unsigned Artists to Shine
08/29/2010 Leave a Comment
By: Mut Asheru (Dallas, TX) I caught the launch of House of Blues Underground this past Friday. The brainchild of indie songstress Claudia Melton. The goal is to showcase local and national independent artists every Friday night. Each week, a portion of the proceeds will go to www.ihobf.org, a non-profit providing arts programs, learning experiences [...]
I kinda saw the Maxwell and Jill Scott show tonight
06/08/2010 Leave a Comment
We were given a photo pass to the Jill Scott/Maxwell bill tonight at the American Airlines Center here in Dallas, TX. For Jill’s set we (the press) were allowed to shoot her during her first 2 songs. We were far back. I’m not the tallest lady in the world so I wasn’t able to really [...]
Sol Blackman-Pleasantly Surprised.
04/30/2010 Leave a Comment
Sol Blackman I have to admit that when I was invited to the House of Blues to see Sol Blackman, I had never heard his music. I stood in line-a long line. And also found out that there were other events going on that night. One was a party/tribute to Michael Jackson. So I’m thinking [...]
Show Review: Manuel Da Costa
04/16/2010 Leave a Comment
By: DJ Skerritt Night and Day in Manchester was the setting of this intimate gig by Manuel Da Costa, in a somewhat quieter gig the bank holiday might have had something to do with it. This five piece band was stripped to their acoustic roots as they were lesser in number. Yet, less seemed to [...]
