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Jon Dee Graham delivers tender songs with a layer of grit

Jon Dee Graham deserves to be way more famous than he is. The Texas singer-songwriter’s intimate solo/acoustic gig was one of three shows going on Saturday night at Knuckleheads. Admission for everything was $10 — the best music bargain in the city that night.

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‘Immortal’ a spectacle of sights, sounds and memories

Feb 15, 10:41 PM

On Tuesday and Wednesday, Cirque du Soleil’s “Michael Jackson: The ‘Immortal’ World Tour” — a $60 million arena-sized mash-up of the late superstar’s music and legend with Cirque’s world-renowned twist on circus entertainment — stops at the Sprint Center. “The show is a reflection of Michael’s energy, his essence and his spirit,” says Jamie King, who wrote and directed the two-hour show.

KC band the Good Foot takes big steps to cover its own tracks

Feb 15, 9:26 PM

The Good Foot started out as a cover band but is slowly building a catalog of its own material. Saturday night, the seven-piece ensemble is performing at the Uptown Theater as part of Carnivàle du Soul, the crown jewel in the city’s Mardi Gras celebration. The Hearts of Darkness headline.

The Grammy Awards: The deserving and the duds

Feb 14, 9:18 PM

Adele won six Grammy Awards Sunday night, and, frankly, she deserved them. But I wish the academy would nominate real "rock" bands in the rock category. And that Nicki Minaj performance was a spastic, confusing mess.

Songwriter Jimmy Webb offers music, history and upscale gossip

Feb 12, 9:41 PM

If this show needed a name, it would have been appropriate to call it “Jimmy Webb: The Storyteller and Name-Dropper Tour.” Friday night, Webb, one of the most hallowed songwriters of the 20th century, regaled a crowd of about 100 people at Knuckleheads with an evening of music, history and upscale gossip.

Grammys celebrate Adele, honor Whitney Houston

Feb 13, 9:32 AM

The 54th annual Grammy Awards show began as a tribute to the late Whitney Houston, one of the music industry’s most successful and decorated female vocalists. It eventually turned into a coronation of another gifted singer, Adele, who won six awards, including the three biggest: for album, record and song of the year.