Nashville, TN – Jan. 30, 2012 – Multi-Platinum singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley announced today that he will bring his Country & Cold Cans Tour back to the U.S. this spring with 20 cities to be announced in the coming weeks. Republic Nashville's Eli Young Band will rejoin Bentley for the run, along with a combination of Will Hoge and The Cadillac Black in the opening slot. 

My practically perfect spouse and I, along with about 100 others, enjoyed the magic that is Mount Vernon Music Saturday night as they presented a program called "A Feast for the Ears."

Mark your calendars ... the wacky characters from Tuna, Texas, are coming to The Eisemann Center stage in Richardson for a 16-performance run, beginning Tuesday, Feb. 21.

I had the occasion to be in Dallas Sunday for a concert by Ladysmith Black Mambazo, sponsored by AT&T. Before the show, Sarah Smith and I stopped at the new Jake's Burgers on Henderson Avenue, near downtown.

When Joseph Shabalala formed the acapella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo in 1960 in South Africa, his goal was to share peace, hope and harmony. Considering that apartheid was not abolished until 1994, it's a wonder anyone outside the country ever found out about the all-male group.

Despite a music career that's spanned over four decades and includes traveling with Jimmy Buffett and being named Best Musician by the CMA four times in a row, Mac McAnally is, at heart, a shy boy from Belmont, Mississippi.

It's a safe bet that I've made my first - and last - trip to Fedora, a restaurant at 1722 Routh Street, in Dallas' Arts District.

Best-selling author David Baldacci is set to release "Zero Day," the first in a series of books about Army ranger John Puller.

One of the most important events in recent Texas music history is just around the corner.