Arts + Culture

During these trying times dealing with the spread of COVID-19, you might need a little more than Netflix and Hulu to keep you entertained.

Although measures taken to stop the spread of the Coronavirus have thrown much of everyday American life down a quarantined rabbit hole, musicians of North Texas have quickly begun making the most of the new normal.

This week’s music news really began late last Friday when the largest music event in the United States, Austin’s annual South by Southwest conference announced it was cancelling this year’s edition, set to take the capital city over from March 13-22.

You’ve made it to Monday! If the weekend wasn’t reward enough for all you music lovers out there, here’s a freshly baked batch of local music news and major concert announcements to make the impending week easier to handle.

Singer Rob Halford of Judas Priest performing at Abbotsford Centre. By James Jeffrey Taylor/Shutterstock The weather may often still be very winter-like, but believe it or not, we’re creeping ever closer to spring.

As has been the case in the previous couple of music news roundups here, there are plenty of bigtime, national concert tours swinging through North Texas soon.

In Dolly Parton’s classic musical, 9 to 5 , three coworkers form a bond as they strive to get even with a sexist, egotistical boss. The musical, which is entirely written by Parton herself, is a tale of friendship, revenge, and female empowerment.

In what is likely the least shocking development you’ll read all week, there’s a quite a lot of fun stuff going on for music fans in North Texas.

Not a week goes by in North Texas when something big doesn’t happen in the world of music. The same, however, can be said for items some may not consider to be front page news, yet are certainly worthy of your attention.

The music politely echoing over antique lamps and scented soaps in the Frisco Mercantile fades away upon entering ZT Records.