Posts Tagged ‘Fayetteville Town Center’
Tonight’s concert updates: Joseph Israel concert moved; Dickson Street show stays put
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
We’ve just got word that the Joseph Israel concert scheduled for tonight (July 8) at Gulley Park in Fayetteville will be moved due to the torrential downpour that is still going on as we type this message.
It will now take place at the Fayetteville Town Center from 7-9 p.m. It’s still a free show, and the Town Center parking lot will be free of charge, we understand.
In other outdoor music news for tonight, we’re told the New Rock 104.9 The X anniversary show scheduled for tonight on Dickson Street will take place as planned outside on the street.
George’s Majestic Lounge has been booked as an alternate location, and we’ll update you if it does indeed move there.
Tags: Fayetteville Town Center, George's Majestic Lounge, Gulley Park, Joseph Israel, Paper Tongues
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Ray Johnston: A survivor
Friday, June 25th, 2010
The Ray Johnston Band
The chance of Ray Johnston — a walk-on player at the University of Alabama — playing in the NBA did not look good.
Improbably, after months in a gym long after his college playing days were over, Johnston attended an open tryout for the Dallas Mavericks and made the team.
But there was a more important battle for Johnston as his career as a basketball player was cut short. The chances of Johnston surviving leukemia were perhaps even worse.
Doctors put him in a medically induced coma. Now, four relapses and the amputation of seven of his toes later, Johnston is a survivor.
And, he’s pursuing the second most important thing to him (behind basketball): music.
Johnston formed a band after his hospital stay, and has worked hard to make that his new career. His band last year released its debut album, “Sweet Tooth,” and has played regional club circuit, including once previously at George’s Majestic Lounge.
Johnston comes to Fayetteville this weekend to support a cause near and dear to him: leukemia research. He performs as part of the Ryan Gibson Foundation’s local fundraiser.
Johnston chatted with me about not giving up, about finding his music voice and about what he tells those fighting against the ravages of leukemia.
You can read the story on our website if you are subscriber to our print product or its online products.
Also, Johnston and his tour is the subject of a new HD Net series called “Road Diaries.” See the trailer for that show below:
Tags: Fayetteville Town Center, Ray Johnston, Ryan Gibson Foundation
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Pretty Lights Returns
Friday, April 16th, 2010
Derek Vincent Smith is Pretty Lights
I didn’t expect him to be so eloquent. Especially considering that he had just woken up from a nap and was occasionally talking around bites of a tortilla, prepping for a concert that night in St. Louis.
But Derek Vincent Smith, mastermind behind the electronic-soul music group Pretty Lights, was perfectly coherent and borderline inspirational.
Smith has been developing his style of music for about 10 years, experimenting first with hip-hop beats and progressing to electronic. “It has more feeling and the ability to channel emotion more than typical electronic dance music,” he said of what Pretty Lights does/is. And he’s spent years championing it to those who might otherwise write off electronic jams, doggedly searching for new people to “just give it a try!”
Which is why it’s especially satisfying that Pretty Lights’ music is taking off, rapidly growing in popularity among dance-ready crowds looking for something “super-fresh.”
Two years ago, Pretty Lights didn’t play outside of its home state of Colorado. This year, Smith’s touring will take him to Europe four times.
It will also bring him to Fayetteville on April 23.
At his concerts, which are characterized by an extensive lightshow (though the name Pretty Lights came far before the techno-dazzle), Smith uses three different devices — a modified keyboard, a mini-controller and a 128-button grid thingamajig called a monome 
— to control two laptops in order to make his music. “A lot of people already sort of confuse me for a DJ,” Smith said. “I’m actually up there performing my own compositions.”
He’s joined by drummer Cory Eberhard, who “adds another organic dynamic” to the concerts, visually and sonically melding electronic music and the live band scene.
Pretty Lights sold out George’s Majestic Lounge in November, as Kevin Kinder reported in an earlier Tuned In entry, and has moved on to the bigger Fayetteville Town Center. The show starts at 8 p.m., and tickets cost $20 in advance and $25 the day of the show — that is, if there are any left. Tickets can be purchased at George’s in Fayetteville or online at www.georgesmajesticlounge.com.
Check out Pretty Lights and download some free tunes at www.prettylightsmusic.com.
Blog entry by Sara Sullivan
Tags: Derek Vincent Smith, Electronic, Fayetteville Town Center, George's Majestic Lounge, Pretty Lights
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Free music from Pretty Lights
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
When you go see a show, you better have the artist’s most recent work, because, without fail, the artist is going to be playing those songs.
Well, Pretty Lights is coming to Fayetteville on April 23. His latest EP, “Making Up A Changing Mind,” is out now.
You better have it then, huh? Well, why don’t you go and get it? For free.
Pretty Lights (aka Derek Smith) is releasing the EP free on his Web site. Find that here: http://www.prettylightsmusic.com/#/downloads.
If you like what you hear, you can check him out like at the Fayetteville Town Center at 9 p.m. Tickets are $20 and available through the Web site of local venue George’s Majestic Lounge.
Tags: Fayetteville Town Center, George's Majestic Lounge, Pretty Lights
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On The Way — Pretty Lights, April 23, Fayetteville Town Center
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
It’s not a video of Pretty Lights himself, but the lights sure are pretty. Electronic producer Derek Smith (aka Pretty Lights) is coming to Fayetteville in April.
He was a popular draw at Wakarusa. He sold out George’s Majestic Lounge in November.
And now, it looks like he needs a larger venue.
Producer Derek Smith, who tours under the name Pretty Lights, will come to the Fayetteville Town Center on April 23, a Friday.
Increasingly, Smith has been performing at national festivals as a top-drawing electronic act. Although Pretty Lights’ sound is best classified in the broad electronic genre, it also includes a live band when translated into a live setting.
Tickets for the 8 p.m. show go on sale soon.
Tickets will be $20.
Tags: Fayetteville Town Center, George's Majestic Lounge, Pretty Lights, Wakarusa
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