Fort Worth’s Abraham Alexander may have lost the Oscar — but he still won
Inside the musician’s big week rubbing elbows with Ariana Grande and Elton John, winning an award other than an Oscar and ...
Fort Worth celebrates Oscar nominee Abraham Alexander with fireworks, city proclamation
Wells was one of over a hundred people that celebrated Alexander and his Oscar nomination Thursday evening in downtown Fort ...
Abraham Alexander’s song ‘Like a Bird’ is bringing Fort Worth to the Oscars
I think people have this notion that they have to travel in order to be heard or seen, but for me, home is where I’m ...
Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival returns for 5th year
Those are the kinds of misconceptions the fifth annual Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival is designed to debunk ...
Fort Worth's Oscars nominee: A 1-on-1 with Abraham Alexander
We sat down with the star to chat about his meteoric rise, the chance text message that led to his award-winning song, and ...
No Oscar for North Texans but the nomination sets them apart
Three North Texans were among Hollywood’s best and brightest at the 97th Annual Academy Awards. Sing Sing, the prison drama written by Fort Worth’s Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley from Dallas, was ...
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The Unlikely Story Behind the Oscar-Nominated Ballad From ‘Sing Sing’
Abraham Alexander and Black Pumas cofunder Adrian Quesada wrote and recorded “Like a Bird” in Fort Worth and Austin. Now they ...
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Oscar-nominated Fort Worth musician gets golden send-off to Academy Awards
After all, everyone was gathered for a Feb. 20 celebration to honor the Fort Worth singer-songwriter nearly a month after he ...
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Fort Worth celebrates Oscar nominee Abraham Alexander with fireworks, city proclamation
After hearing Abraham Alexander’s “Like a Bird,” Trashaun Wells started drawing. The 11-year-old Fort Worth ISD student drew a picture of a blue bird and fashioned the words “Fly Like a ...