Deep Ellum People: Leah Lane

Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan Dallas band Rosegarden Funeral Party has released three full-length albums, completed 13 tours, and even made a European debut. Even if you’re not focusing on the best bands coming out of North Texas, if you periodically...

Deep Ellum People: Big Tuck

Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan When Big Tuck marked 20 years of his album Purple Hulk in 2024, he started a tour in no other place than Dallas, in no other neighborhood than Deep Ellum. The show at Club Dada featured the work of the Dallas rap legend...

Deep Ellum People: Gavin Mulloy

Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan It’s easy to take the sounds of Deep Ellum for granted when you’re walking its streets so often. Sure, we may follow the musician on Instagram after stumbling onto them on an Elm Street stage, or tip the bartender extra...

Deep Ellum People: Tommy Raps

Photo by:  Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan It’s easy to feel inspired in Dallas, whether it’s by the stunning skyline that makes us feel at home, the trees of the Trinity Forest that make us feel small, or the creative energy pulsing through the streets of Deep...

Deep Ellum People: Casey Hess

BY Taylor Adams Cogan When Casey Hess first went to Deep Ellum, the then-teenager sported a plaid long-sleeved shirt over a Course of Empire band T-shirt, complete with a “hippie necklace thing,” super long hair, and probably some leggings, he says. He knew Deep Ellum...