Deep Ellum People: Keisha Hunter

Deep Ellum People: Keisha Hunter

Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan Born in McKinney and raised in Plano and Garland, Keisha Hunter admits she’s “from the ‘burbs.” But it didn’t take long for her to find her way to Deep Ellum — first as a young adult club-hopping in the early 2000s, and...
Deep Ellum People: Eric Bradford

Deep Ellum People: Eric Bradford

Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan In 2009, just a handful of spots brought people to Elm Street in Deep Ellum. And a few people wanted to add in one more, reopening a spot that had thrived in the 1990s. Clint and Whitney Barlow reopened the legendary...
Deep Ellum People: Maya Piata

Deep Ellum People: Maya Piata

Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan It’s not often you hear a creative say they have a true muse – we’re living outside of Greek mythology, after all. But anyone who puts color to a canvas, writes notes on a staff, or adds an unexpected ingredient to the...

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...