DALLAS FAMOUS

Next up on the Dallas Famous Podcast is J. Isaiah Evans, the voice and guitar behind J. Isaiah Evans and The Boss Tweed. A Dallas kid who grew up in the church choir, the school band, and the theater, Isaiah spent a decade fronting The 40 Acre Mule before turning an organ trio into one of the loudest rock and roll acts in town. Their debut album arrived in 2025 to critical acclaim. The Boss Tweed...

Gracie and Lucas of Moonstone join the show to talk about building a loyal following in Dallas with a sound that refuses to pick a lane. They share how a Paramore cover band idea turned into an original EP after a trip to Austin City Limits, why they believe pop is far more creative than people give it credit for, and how their festival Moon Fest was such a success that they are already planning a...

Photographer and author Will Von Bolton joins the Dallas Famous Podcast to talk fine art photography, sacred geometry, and designing experiences. A drummer turned touring photographer, Will has shot pop acts like R5 and Jesse McCartney around the world. Now his lens is focused on fine art. His Vitruvian Man portrait of Cameron McCloud became the cover of Cure For Paranoia's album Work of A.R.T...

Got it, let's make it read like an actual YouTube description built for search rather than a caption. That means longer, more natural language, more specific keywords for how people actually search, and no social-media shorthand. On this episode of the Dallas Famous Podcast, host Andrew Sherman sits down with Damoyee, a Dallas based live looping artist, singer and multi instrumentalist who bui...

Oscar Quesada isn't just a painter, he's lived about six lives to get to the canvas. From a childhood accident that put a brush in his hand at four years old, to a pandemic spent painting portraits of comedians like Ralphie May and Michelle Wolf, to a strange stretch of security work that put him in the middle of the Unabomber investigation, Oscar's story is one of the wildest we'v...

This week on the Dallas Famous Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Peter Thomas, the voice of Slow Roosevelt and Vice President of Amplified Minds. We dig into how he balanced two decades of touring and songwriting with a full career as a licensed psychologist, what it was like coming up through the Denton and Dallas music scenes, and the upcoming Louder Than Stigma showcase happening Saturday, Septembe...

Before she was a two time Emmy winner, Ana Cruz Hollingsworth was working nights closing a Chipotle, taking care of a newborn, and driving to the public library after midnight just to find wifi so she could prep her radio segments. She was doing all of this while also going through a divorce and navigating her own immigration process. Weeks after she started helping out on air, the station's p...

This week on the Dallas Famous Podcast, we sit down with Henry the Archer, the Fort Worth based songwriter who's been writing and performing under that name since his East Coast days. Self taught, self recorded, and stubbornly authentic, Henry has picked up Artist of the Year honors from Fort Worth Weekly and Fort Worth Magazine, along with Song of the Year from Fort Worth Weekly. In this epis...

Leslie Austin is a singer and songwriter whose original music has carried her from Los Angeles to touring stages in southern Italy. In this episode of the Dallas Famous Podcast, she opens up about growing up as the constant new kid, the years she spent believing her music belonged only inside church walls, and the moment she realized she was called to spread God's message outside the church ra...

⁠ This week on Dallas Famous, we sit down with Josh Venable, the legendary DJ who took over Adventure Club on 94.5 The Edge at just 19 years old and turned it into the show that broke Dallas music. Josh and his co host were the first radio station in America to play Weezer, thanks to a bootleg cassette from Pagfish, and they were early champions of Oasis, Toadies, Tripping Daisy, Old 97's, and...

Jeff Liles has booked more of Dallas' most important venues than almost anyone alive. He ran Theater Gallery when Deep Ellum was still an empty warehouse district, then went on to book the Prophet Bar, Club Dada, Longhorn Ballroom, Trees, and the Dallas Hard Rock Cafe before landing at the Kessler Theater, where he still works today as Creative Director. In this episode, Jeff breaks down how D...

This week on the Dallas Famous Podcast it's Janna Wilson of The Love Mic. Four and a half years ago Janna started hosting a Monday night open mic almost by accident, and it's grown into one of Dallas's most beloved recurring music communities. No competition, no politics, just musicians showing up for each other week after week. We talk about how The Love Mic found its home, her plan f...

The Dead Thing Talks Grateful Dead, Dallas Roots and The Dead Summit This week on the Dallas Famous Podcast, it's the Dead Thing with Kenny Withrow, Scott Johnson and Reggie Rueffer. We get into how a bar residency at Club Dada turned into a decades long Dallas tradition, what it really means to channel Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir without imitating them, and why the Grateful Dead catalog is basi...

Next week on the Dallas Famous Podcast, I sit down with Ian Saint. Ian has spent his career on both sides of the mic, from NPR to Buddy Magazine, and now as the emcee of the State Fair of Texas. We get into his path through Texas media, the legendary artists he's sat down with, including Marie Osmond, Don Henley, Jack White, and Chappell Roan, and stories from his years in Dallas. Ian Saint Sa...

Matthew McNeal is a singer-songwriter, Fort Worth music staple, and the first-ever winner of the Jambaloo Music Prize. He built his career from small-town Texas roots, founded his own label Matt Black Sound Company, and co-founded Roadrunner, one of the leading independent production companies in the region. This week we dig into his journey, what it means to stay rooted in community while buildin...

This week on the Dallas Famous Podcast we sit down with Vee Artistry, a Dallas based artist whose work spans theatrical makeup, burlesque, drag, and film. Vee's creative journey started in dance and theater, and that performance background still shapes everything she makes today. Her style is bold and intricate, built around larger than life characters that need to read clearly even from the b...

Dallas filmmaker Paul Levatino joins the Dallas Famous Podcast to talk about directing the award winning documentary Bastards of Soul and his years inside Erykah Badu's world, including producing the GRAMMY nominated "Honey" video and serving as assistant director on the guerrilla style "Window Seat" shoot at Dealey Plaza. In this episode, Paul breaks down his path from the...

Welcome back to Dallas Famous Extras. Tucker Art Projects is about to open its doors in Deep Ellum, and the very first exhibit in the space is Fermata, a solo concert photography show. I sat down with Scott and Melissa Tucker to talk about how the gallery came together, what drew them to Deep Ellum, and what they're building with Tucker Art Projects. Melissa shares a bit of her own background, and...

Jeff Ryan has done it all. Toured Europe, shared stages with Annie Clark (St. Vincent), recorded with Lowell Tolhurst and Budgie from Siouxsie & the Banshees, and built a career that stretches from small town Texas to Shepherd's Bush Empire in London. But Dallas has always been home base. In this episode of the Dallas Famous Podcast, Jeff sits down to trace the full arc: how a kid from out...

What do Willie Nelson, a legendary railroad history, and a newly designated Texas cultural district have in common? They're all part of the story of Garland, Texas — and this week, we're sitting down with the woman helping write its next chapter. Amy Rosenthal is the Cultural Arts Director for the City of Garland, and she's one of the most accomplished arts administrators in North Texa...

JR Munoz didn't just witness Deep Ellum's story — he lived it. From playing music in the clubs to bartending at some of Dallas's most iconic venues, JR built his life inside one of Texas's most legendary neighborhoods. Now he owns Will Call Bar, Good Side Pizza, and Everything Ellum — businesses rooted in the same streets that raised him. In this episode of the Dallas Famous Podcas...

Jordan Maddox is the social media manager and media editor for the Dallas Observer. She started as an intern tasked with building their TikTok from scratch and eventually turned that into a full-time career covering Dallas's food, music, and culture scene. We talk about her path from small-town East Texas to working in Dallas media, what the job actually looks like behind the scenes, and her t...

What does it take to build a music scene from the ground up? Christian Chavarria has been doing it for over 30 years. He's the owner of The Creatives Factory in Dallas and the Executive Director of the Downtown Dallas Arts and Music Festival. We talk songwriting, artist development, the music business, and why Dallas is one of the most exciting creative cities in the country right now. The Cre...

This week on The Dallas Famous Podcast, we sit down with legendary Dallas guitarist Jim Suhler. Known for his longtime band Monkey Beat and for serving as guitarist for George Thorogood since 1999, Jim shares stories from decades on the road playing clubs, theaters, and massive stages around the world. We talk about his deep Dallas roots, the Texas blues scene, life as a touring musician, working...

Singer-songwriter Katherine Patterson , known as Kpat Music, joins the Dallas Famous Podcast. Fresh off winning Best Songwriter at the 2025 Dallas Entertainment Awards , she shares her journey from classical violin training to becoming a standout voice in the indie folk scene. In this episode, we get into her creative process, how she approaches songwriting, and what it takes to build an authentic...