This Friday, hometown darlings, the Fox and the Bird opens for Carolina Chocolate Drops at the Granada Theater. Guest blogger Sarah Crisman calls it a well-matched bill, rich in the burgeoning root sounds of acoustic Americana.

Guest blogger Sarah Crisman offers her thoughts on The Dallas Theater Center/Dallas Black Dance Theater collaboration The Whiz.

Thursday marks the Kessler’s third installment of Geno Young’s Camp Wisdom concert series. It’s inspired by the neighborhood that produced some of the music industry’s most influential artists, including Erykah Badu, N’Dambi, Robert “Sput” Searight and Shaun Martin.

When you are on top of the music industry, you can surround yourself with the best musicians on the planet — the same rule applies if you happen to live in Dallas.