Category Archives: Listen Here First
Soon in tunes: The Besnard Lakes, April 24 at The Lightbulb Club
April 23rd, 2013 at 1:41 pm
Fresh off the release of their new album, April 2’s “Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO,” Canadian alt-rockers The Besnard Lakes are on a tour that will bring them to Fayetteville. In their 7.3 graded review (out of 10.0) of the … Continue reading
Concert review: Little Big Town, April 19 at the AMP
April 22nd, 2013 at 9:45 am
I don’t suppose I expected Little Big Town to cover Lady Gaga (although a spin through YouTube proves they have many times before). I don’t suppose I expected them to cover John Mayer, either. But they did both on Friday … Continue reading
3 Penny Acre collect some new songs, release album on Sunday
April 12th, 2013 at 12:31 pm
In British vernacular, a rag and bone shop is a type of flea market, the kind of place through which junk collectors hawk their wares For Bryan Hembree, the notion of collecting and repurposing what he finds has direct relationship … Continue reading
Keep it Kool with Kool and the Gang
April 1st, 2013 at 11:53 am
To some degree, disco seems like a novelty, some long-ago genre of fading importance. But that ignores just how wildly popular disco was at its peak. Take, for instance, funk/rock/jazz/soul (and, yes, disco) band Kool & The Gang. That New … Continue reading
Soon in tunes: Ben Rector, March 27-28 at George’s
March 26th, 2013 at 4:09 pm
One-time Fayetteville resident Ben Rector is gaining fans all over, having sold out stops around the country and touring with the likes of Needtobreathe, which brought him to Fayetteville last fall. The piano pop artist returns for a pair of … Continue reading
A special delivery: The 65th Ozark Folk Festival
October 29th, 2012 at 11:51 am
Happy 65th birthday to the Ozark Folk Festival, which begins tonight (Oct. 29) in Eureka Springs. The 65th festival will be a celebration of a movie turning 40 years old. That’s when the movie “Deliverance” debuted, and one of that … Continue reading
Harvest Festival 2012 in Photos, Friday (Oct. 12)
October 16th, 2012 at 10:07 am
All photos by KEVIN KINDER, NWA Media. Click on any photo for a full-size view.
Soon in tunes: The Vine Brothers, various days and various venues
September 7th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
The duo of Joe Credit III and Greg Bucking, who call themselves The Vine Brothers, have a very busy week scheduled in Northwest Arkansas. The group, whose members call Kansas City and Brooklyn, N.Y. home, recently released the Americana/roots album … Continue reading
An interview with country star Miranda Lambert
August 14th, 2012 at 10:43 am
Country music fans will get a double dose of Miranda Lambert this weekend when she performs at the inaugural Taste of Country Music Festival, which takes place Friday (Aug. 17) at the Arkansas Music Pavilion. That’s because Lambert will take … Continue reading
Edward Sharpe rolls in for a visit
June 1st, 2012 at 2:23 pm
On Tuesday, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros released a new album. Today (June 1) they perform at Wakarusa. The Los Angeles-based freak folk band has definitely been busy recently, finding themselves featured in many publications and in several television … Continue reading