This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll celebrate a jazz musician who gained fame playing country music.

In the Saturday Spotlight, we’re headed to McKinney for an afternoon of beer, brats, and Wagner.

G. Love and Special Sauce play House of Blues tonight. Going to the show? This video should put you in the mood.

This weekend the Dallas Symphony Orchestra has a somewhat unusual program with what is becoming the usual result: fine music-making under the direction of Jaap van Zweden. The composers represented include Mozart, Wagner (the unusual one) and Debussy.

Today in the roundup: A song from Giant, a high schooler’s long road to the DMA and the end of an era.

Two years were added to the ebullient Woods’ current contract as general director of FWO — the third consecutive time the board has extended it. Someone must like him and/or he must be doing something right. You think?

Today in the roundup: DMA extends Gaultier hours, SXSW announces film lineup and Fort Worth gets a recording studio.

Craig Finn hits Club Dada tonight. In this video, the Hold Steady frontman talks about making his new solo album.

TWO exciting deals at the Kessler Theater! Learn how you can win a pair of tickets!

We love Dr. Dog. Learn how you can enter to win a pair of tickets to see them live at the Granada!