The weekend in live music, with The Lovin’ Spoonful and more
— September 10th, 2010 at 6:01 am
The Lovin' Spoonful
Formed in New York City during the peak of the British Invasion, the Lovin’ Spoonful found a great deal of success of their own. Responsible for the hits “Do You Believe In Magic?” and “Daydream,” the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. The group visits Eureka Springs tonight (Sept. 10) for an 8 p.m. show at The Auditorium. Tickets are $25 and available by calling 253-7788.
Elsewhere, Kevin Welch performs tonight at GoodFolk Productions. Tickets to that 8 p.m. show are $15, and reservations should be made by calling 521-1812.
A Good Fight is at George’s Majestic Lounge on Saturday (Sept. 11) night and Susan Shore and Candy Lee are playing a benefit show that same day at Whole Earth Organic Lounge from 5-8 p.m.
You can also catch the Claudia Burson Trio at Copeland’s in Rogers on Sunday (Sept. 12) during brunch.
Other gigs are listed to the right. Anything we missed? Comment below and tell us about it.
Will the Walton Arts Center soon own the AMP?
— September 9th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
The shell of the Arkansas Music Pavilion. FILE PHOTO.
Well, it’s certainly possible.
The Walton Arts Center‘s facility committee, in addition to making progress on their plans for an expanded arts facility, recommended the purchase of the tent structure that currently resides in the Northwest Arkansas Mall parking lot.
The Arkansas Music Pavilion is currently owned by Brian Crowne and Suzie Stephens, the pair that also owns George’s Majestic Lounge.
Although the purchase offer is new, the ties that bind the organizations are not. The Walton Arts Center has been partnered with the AMP for several shows, including Levon Helm and The Indigo Girls from earlier this year.
In an article written for today’s paper [available if you are a newspaper subscriber] by Fayetteville city reporter Skip Descant, he reports that that negotiations for purchase/partnership have been in the works for some time.
Crowne would stay affiliated with the booking of bands, it was reported.
Even though the recommendation was made by the WAC facility committee, the purchase is not a done deal.
A press release sent out by the Walton Arts Center last evening declares that “This recommendation is contingent on further research and approval of financial agreements by the Walton Arts Center finance committee.”
If I were to guess, I’d say the deal goes through.
What will it mean for the venue? That’s hard to say. If Crowne is indeed booking the music, one can expect a level of consistency between past years and those that will come, but the Walton Arts Center may want a say in the artists who visit, too.
What are your thoughts? Will this be a good thing?
Luke Bryan likes the rain
— September 9th, 2010 at 11:22 am
We don’t get a lot of country performers in this area, but Luke Bryan is in town tonight. He pronounces ‘wash’ as ‘warsh,’ so you know he’s legit.
How fitting is it, considering we just got thoroughly soaked by the remnants of a hurricane, that Luke Bryan‘s hit song is about rain?
The county up-and-comer will be at the Arkansas Music Pavilion tonight for a show that begins at 7:30 p.m. He’ll no doubt sing his No. 1 country hit “Rain Is A Good Thing.”
He’s got plenty of other hits, too, and was recently named the Association of Country Music’s Best New Solo Vocalist.
Tickets for tonight’s show, which range from $20-$50, are available at the venue or at www.amptickets.com.
Yonder Mountain Festival announces schedule
— September 8th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Harvest Festival favorites Split Lip Rayfield play at the 2008 edition of the festival. This year at the festival, now called the Yonder Mountain String Band Harvest Festival, the boys from Lawrence, Kan. will offer two performances.
Prepare for just a little bit of crying. You can’t see ALL the bands at a music festival, as many bands are on many stages all at the same time. And sometimes, that means there are great bands that will be missed.
But, you don’t have to be too sad. After all, you’ll be surrounded by lots of music fans and lots of music.
The folks at the Yonder Mountain String Band Harvest Music Festival have announced the day-to-day schedule, giving us the first indication of which band is performing at what time.
The festival is local friendly, with prominent spots given to bands such as Mountain Sprout, Mountain of Venus and Big Smith.
As expected, Yonder is the headliner, with two spots on the mainstage, one on 10/15 and the other on 10/16.
The music will stop at about 10:45 a.m. Thursday (Oct. 14) and end about 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning (Oct. 17).
Additionally, the schedule shows there will be open jams, yoga and hula hoop instruction and movie-watching parties.
You can see the full lineup of events at Jambase.
Which of these events are you excited about?
Keep it fresh
— September 8th, 2010 at 11:11 am
Composed of brothers in arms and in real life, Two Fresh is in Fayetteville tonight.
The brother duo of Sherwyn and Kendrick Nicholls will jointly drop beats in Fayetteville tonight. Performing together as Two Fresh, they’ll be together onstage at George’s Majestic Lounge for a show tonight (Sept. 8).
Admission to the 9 p.m. show is $10.
