DALLAS FAMOUS

This week on the Dallas famous podcast we have Liz Mikel. Liz is a true performing triple threat starting out as a dancer at age 5, singing by junior high. She also took part in community theater as a kid and was accepted into the second ever class at Booker T Washington High School. We follow Liz’s journey on from community theater to becoming an Equity member all the way to Broadway.  We also ta...

This week on the Dallas Famous Podcast we have powerhouse Tami Thpmsen.  We take a deep dive into Tami’s histroy from her first job in Dallas at the Last Beat record store in Deep ellum, to today where she manages the Toadies and Sarah Jaffe. She also is a longtime member of the Kirtland record label, consultant for State Fair Records, and is on the advisory board for Booker T Washington High Scho...

This week on the Dallas Famous Podcast we have a special, on location edition at Julien’s Auction House where they have an Exhibition and auction of The collection of Dusty Hill. Dusty is of course world famous bassist from the legendary Texas band ZZ Top. Dusty is from Dallas and grew up in the Lakewood neighborhood. You can bid on his items right now, but you can also see the amazing exhibit on...

This week on Dallas Famous we have Actress and director Tina Parker.  Most of the world became aware of Tina in the role of Francessca Liddy, secretary to Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad, and then again on Better Call Saul but . Parker has over 50 films and tv shows to her credit.  Parker is also co-artistic director of the Kitchen Dog Theater which has been putting on theater productions for over 30...

This week on the Dallas Famous Podcast its a good one! We have Tim Delaughter. For those who dont know, Tim is the singer writer and founding member of the Polyphonic Spree and singer and co-founder of Tripping Daisy. We cover a lot of ground starting with some of Delaughers earliest musicaly inspired moments. We hear some history and highlights about Tripping Daisy, the birth of the Polyphonic Sp...

This week we have prolific songwriter-musician John Dufilho. John is best known for fronting local indie rock band Death Ray Davies but has released some great solo records and has even drummed witht he band The Apples in Stereo and is also a third of the punk band CLIFFS . We chat about Johns career and coming to Dallas as well as his new album under his new rock alias John Buffalo. We touch on t...

Jason Janik’s photos may be the most seen photos for DFW and its been that way for a while. This week we sit down and get to know more about one of DFW’s most prolific and published photographer. You may not even realize how many of his photos you’re looking at.  He’s shot for the Dallas Morning news for years. He also shoots for more clients than I can list but the hightlights are Spin, Rolling S...

This week on the Dallas Famous podcast we have engineer and producer Jimi Bowman.  Jimi started out as a drummer but had a moment in a bad studio session where he thought, “ I could do this better.” Since then, Jimi has made a career out of it.  Jimi went on to open the succesful Klearlight Studios with longtime friend Jay Jerigan.  Klearlight  hosted many Erykah Badu sessions as well as St Vincen...

This week we have fire performer and dancer Brianna Apsara  Brianna is also a costume designer, choreographer, booking agent and a certified nurse  Simply put she’s an all around bad ass. Brianna talks about her life in dance and how she has made it into a career.  She also discusses the challenges she has faced dealing with being high functioning autistic in both life and as a performer and lead...

This week our guest is Alex Gonzalez. Alex is an excellent Arts and Entertainment writer and he’s everywhere! I met him a few years back when we covered The Toadies together and since then Ive seen him flourish. Alex also focuses on marginalized communities and finds way to combine that into his Art stories. He’s been published in MTV, Variety, Uproxx, GQ, Mens Health, D Mag, and he’s a regular co...

Almost as long as she’s been speaking, Remy Reilly has been singing. She was scatting at age 2, playing open mics at 12 and gigging at 15. Remy is just turning 20 this month and she is coming into her own. She’s worked with Sarah Jaffe, John Pedigo and Jason Burt and has new songs in the works. Remy shares her unique experience growing up on stage and talks about her new backing band Midnight 30....

Pete freedman may still be the bad boy of Dallas media but he really is so much more.  Freedman is a fully trained old-school journalist who was able to successfully navigate and thrive in the modern technology driven world of media. He was the music editor at Dallas Observer, then created Central Track, an early online only arts publication. He is now the digital content director for WFAA and isn...

Violinist Sharla Franklin is a powerhouse.  If you see live music in DFW you probably have seen Sharla play.  At the time of this interview Sharla was in 20 active bands with a few more in the works. Sharla is a true genre-bender playing both fiddle and violin and has a goal of learning all genres of the violin.  As it is she plays country, rock, Irish, Classical, she plays in tribute bands and sp...

Season two of the Dallas famous podcast kicks off with a bang as we have legendary hip hop producer Jah Born. Jah Born made a name for himself producing and helping creating Erykah Badu’s first album which won him two Grammys. That introduced the world to Neo Soul. Since then he’s worked with every big name in Hip Hop and is showing no signs of slowing down.  We talk about some highlights includin...

This is a special episode when DF host Andrew Sherman was a guest on The Strangest Gig podcast with Chris J Norwood. Chris's podcast is fantastic so please check it out! Season Two is prepping now. Stay tuned for more great guests soon! The Strangest Gig Podcast Chris J Norwood Andrew Sherman

This week on the Dallas Famous Podcast is the final episode of a great first season! Our final episode this season is musician and composer Poppy Xander.  Poppy has been playing piano since she was young and has really made her mark on the Dallas music scene.  Poppy is a founding member of Helium Queens where she received a grant from the city of Dallas to write and perform a space opera.  This le...

This week on the Dallas Famous Podcast we have visual artist and painter Chase Fleischman.  Chase was doodling his whole life like a lot of us, then one day he answered an open call ad for Deep Ellum Art Co.  Suddenly Chase is painting a full wall mural and Chase the Artist was born.  Well known around Deep Ellum for his robot paintings, Chase style flourished and Chase has continued to paint and...

This week on the Dallas Famous Podcast we’re introducing a new thing-Power couples.  Just like the podcasts name, power couples is part tongue in cheek, part serious but mostly its a fun way to hear from creative Dallas couples who are making it happen.  For our first installment we have journalists Carly May and Garret Gravely.  Both work for the Dallas Observer among other local pubs and Carly i...

Lily Taylor is a musician but shes also so much more.  Her second full length release comes out later this month, but shes also been doing a ton of collabs over the years. She's a vocal coach, she's booked shows and she has her own radio show called Bandwidth, Tx which has been running bi-monthly on KUZU Denton since 2017.  Lily even has an experimental band with her husband Sean.   Lily i...

Dahlia Knowles is the woman behind the Dallas dream pop band Lorelei K. She is a charming young trans woman, living her best life in one of the worst states for trans laws-and thriving.  We talk about her upcoming release Gucci Doom but mostly get to know Dahlia a little better.  Lorelei K Salim Nourallah - Theme song - Unstoppable Andrew Sherman

Stephanie Salas-Vega is a writer with her finger on the pulse.  At only 26, Stephanie has already written for pretty much every publication in Dallas and was even the Editor of Central Track for almost a year before it went dark.  Stephanie is proud of her Mexican American heritage and strives to find stories about her community not usually covered. She has a uniques and fresh perspective on the D...

Preston Jones is a true journalist. Preston may be from Oklahoma, but he has been covering the music and entertainment scene in DFW for a while now. Jones is an award winning critic, writer and editor. Preston was the pop music editor for the Fort Worth Telegram for 10years and continues to cover the Dallas music scene for KXT, The Dallas Observer and has been published in The New York Observer, H...

Kristen Keith is an actress on the rise.  She had been an exceptional professional violinist and graduate of SMU but had a change of heart and threw herself into acting and its going well.  She appeared almost 20 projects in her first year of acting.  She just appeared in a Martin Scorsese film as well and the roles seem to be coming in fast.  She also discusses what it’s like to be an actress, an...

This week on the Dallas Famous podcast is Max Hartman.  Max is a musician actor and voice over artist born and raised right here in Dallas.  We chat about the early days of Kitchen Dog theater, where he was nominated and won awards for his acting work.  He is also a musician and we chat about his band Mur and his former band mate Chad Murray. We also touch on his alter ego lounge singer person Max...

Callie Dee wears many hats.  Also known as the Hip Hop Soccer mom, she’s promoted hip hop shows including Master of the Mic.  Callie produces podcasts as well as hosting her own The Smitten Kitten.  She works with the Backwoods record label and is very involved with the Deep Ellum community center.  She also was my first regular photo client and is the person who reached out to offer me a time slo...