Lucero

Let’s pretend you aren’t down on Mulberry Mountain at Harvest Festival. You really should be, because there is lots to do.

But, again, we’re pretending now. So, what could you possibly do? How about… see some music?!?

And one of your best bets might be tonight at George’s Majestic Lounge.

Memphis-based rockers — and Fayetteville favorites — Lucero will perform in Fayetteville tonight (Oct. 14), roughly a month after a show scheduled here was postponed. Originally to appear at the Arkansas Music Pavilion on Sept. 16. Instead, they’ll perform at 10 p.m. today at George’s. Benjamin Del Shreve opens the show. Tickets are $20 and are available at the venue or through its website.

Elsewhere tonight, jazz diva Rene Marie will perform at 8 p.m. at the Walton Arts Center. We’ll have more about her in a bit.

Saturday (Oct. 15) features more music at Harvest Fest, of course, but also a show from Kentucky Knife Fight — that sounds fun — at Smoke & Barrel Tavern. Blew Reed is at the Rowdy Beaver in Fayetteville that evening, too.

Sunday, we’ll be coming back from Harvest Fest, so stick around with us through the weekend for all our updates and photos.

Heypenny

School is back in session, which means Fayetteville feels a little bit busier. The streets are more congested, Dickson Street is a little more crowded and there is a bit of energy around town.

There’s also lots of music.

You could start your weekend with Heypenny. Although the group calls Nashville, Tenn., home, Heypenny has ties to this area, specifically through former Fayetteville resident and current Heypenny member Ben Elkins. Heypenny has released several albums, including the Feb. 21 offering “A Jillion Kicks.” The indie/electronica/progressive rockers stop in Fayetteville tonight (Aug. 26) for a show at Rogue Pizza Co. The show begins at 8 p.m. Admission is $5.

There’s also the Fayetteville Roots Festival. It takes place through Sunday, and it will take place in many venues. There’s too much to say in this post, but check back during your lunch break, would ya? They’ll be more here.

Other opportunities include Andy Frasco at George’s Majestic Lounge on Saturday (Aug. 27), Epiphany at Smoke & Barrel Tavern on Saturday and plenty more.

See you at a show or two?

Damn Arkansan's new album

Want to discover some new music by Arkansas bands? Well…

Local arts collective Art Amiss is release a new compilation CD featuring the best in new music from Arkansas. There are 12 bands included on the compilation, which will have its official debut Saturday (May 28) at the Smoke & Barrel Tavern in Fayetteville. Among the groups found on the album are Damn Arkansan, Sean Fresh and Basement Brew, all of which will perform live during Saturday’s show, which begins at 9 p.m. Admission is $3 and includes a copy of the album, if you get there before copies run out.

Let’s not forget our neighbors to the north in Joplin, Mo., who were recently devastated by a tornado. Several local clubs are stepping up to help. Smoke & Barrel has a benefit show on Friday (May 28) with the Kopecky Family Band, Messy Sparkles, Cletus Got Shot and more. A minimum donation of $3 is requested, and they’ll also collect food, water and medicine. The show begins at 6 p.m.

George’s Majestic Lounge has a benefit show on Saturday night. Featured will be Dreamfast, Jarris, Abacinated and more. A $3 donation is also requested for this show. Bring items such as flashlights, diapers and packaged food items if you’d like to donate them. The show will begin about 9:30 p.m.

Otherwise, Primus is at the Arkansas Music Pavilion in Fayetteville on Friday. More on them in a bit. You could also catch Blue Moon Swamp, a Creedence Clearwater Revival/John Fogertry tribute band, at Neumeier’s Rib Room in Fort Smith. That show takes place at 9 p.m. Saturday. It’ll cost you $8 to attend.

Have a happy Memorial Day weekend, please. See you at some shows.

Free Moral Agents

Originally a side project of The Mars Volta keyboard player Isaiah Ikey Owens, Free Moral Agents is now a collective of who offer layered, psychedelic sounds. The group, which performs with some regularity in Fayetteville, will return to the Smoke & Barrel Tavern for a show at 9 p.m. today (March 30). Admission is $5.

The Pass

Seems like we did this last week: Snow during the middle of the week, major cabin fever a little bit later in the week, and then something to look forward to on the weekend.

Which starts now. It’s Friday, y’all, and the sun will be shining.

Kentucky electro-rockers The Pass will arrive in Fayetteville for a show tonight (Feb. 11) at Smoke & Barrel Tavern. The quartet released the album “Burst,” last year. Admission to the 10 p.m. show is $3.

Also performing tonight is Kory Montgomery, a blues prodigy and Rogers native. He’ll play at The Bayou of Rogers. He’ll start about 9:30 p.m.

Mountain Sprout is at George’s Majestic Lounge on Saturday (Feb. 12). You’ll like them if you like funny songs, whiskey and nontraditional bluegrass. Dirtfoot and Speakeasy will also perform that evening.

Whiskey King Coalition is at Rogue Pizza Co. on Saturday as well. The venue describes them as “hippie style rock from Colorado.” Carolina Story opens the 9 p.m. show. There’s a $7 cover.

There’s plenty where that came from. What are you excited to catch this weekend?

Jeremy Camp

Starting to get cabin fever? How about watching some live music?

Contemporary Christian musician Jeremy Camp brings his current tour to Van Buren for a show Saturday (Feb. 5) at the Van Buren Fine Arts Center. During his recording career, Camp has recorded 19 No. 1 Christian hits and has sold more than three million albums. Tickets range from $15 to $45 and are available by calling 800-965-9324 or at www.itickets.com.

You could also catch some classical guitar this weekend. Serbian-born classical guitarist Nemanja Bogonovic has been playing guitar since the age of seven and performing in public since the age of 10. He’ll bring his talents to Fayetteville on Sunday (Feb. 6) for a show at Greenhouse Grille. The show is being packaged with a dinner that begins at 5 p.m. Bogonovic’s performance begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $75 and can be reserved by calling 444-8909.

There is also a rockabilly concert Saturday at Victory Theater in Rogers. We told you a little bit about it earlier this week.

Elsewhere, you can find Cletus Got Shot tonight (Feb. 4) at Smoke & Barrel Tavern. Admission is $3.

You can also find the Blind Boys of Alabama tonight at the Walton Arts Center. We’ll tell you a little bit more about them later today.

Looking for something else? Try the calendar on the blog’s homepage.

We’ll see you around.

Stevie Tombstone

Songwriter Stevie Tombstone, who has toured and recorded for more than 20 years, relocated to Northwest Arkansas last summer after calling towns such as Nashville, Tenn., and Austin, Texas, home. He’ll perform at Greenhouse Grille in Fayetteville today (Jan. 7) from 6-9 p.m. Admission is free.

He’s not the only gig in town, of course.

Deadman Flats, from Kansas, will be pickin’ and grinnin’ and the Smoke & Barrel Tavern tonight.

Tomorrow (Jan. 8), you can catch Mountain of Venus at George’s Majestic Lounge or a Battle of the Bands competition at The Hub in Springdale.

There’s plenty of other concerts happening, too, including those to the right of this post.

What will you watch?

The Sour Notes

Um… did you realize that 2010 is almost over? I mean, really? It seems like it just got here.

I’m going to have a hard time labeling documents with 2011, I think.

Anyway, enough of the nostalgia…

There is music happening this weekend. There are dozens of options on the live music front tonight (Dec. 31) during New Year’s Eve celebrations, ranging from Big Smith and Mountain Sprout tonight at George’s to Red Ambition at Eddie Haskell’s in Rogers.

We’ve actually compiled a list of many of the parties in the area, but you’ll have to visit What’s Up! to read about them all [Note: subscriber content].

But New Year’s parties aren’t the only thing happening this weekend, of course.

On New Year’s Day, after you’ve watched all the football you can handle, you can catch Austin, Texas’ The Sour Notes at Smoke & Barrel. They’re performing with Niall and Messy Sparkles. Admission to that 9 p.m. show is $5.

Otherwise, check the calendar to the right.

Also, happy New Year’s. We’ll see you at a show soon.

Rachel Ammons of Tyrannosaurus Chicken

So, let’s say you had a great Thanksgiving with the family yesterday (and we all hope you did). But let’s say that your crazy aunt (or uncle, or grandma, or kid sister, or whomever) just keeps talking, and you’ve just about had all the family you can handle for a bit. Or, maybe you need to leave before mom feeds you some more turkey leftovers.

Well, how about finding some live music to watch? It’ll get you out of the house for a bit, and it’s good for your soul, too. So, where to go?

You can find Tyrannosaurus Chicken tonight (Nov. 26) at Smoke & Barrel Tavern. They’ll be playing some bluesy boogies, because that’s what they do.

Speaking of blues music, on Saturday (Nov. 27) you can catch the annual Blues in the Natural State concert at George’s Majestic Lounge. More on that later (hint, hint).

Candy Lee and the Sweets are at Greenhouse Grille on Sunday (Nov. 28) for brunch.

If none of those shows look like your thing, find your way to the calendar on the right, where we’ve got a list of upcoming gigs.

What do you plan to see?

Mega Ran

Hip hopper and video game lover Random — also known as Mega Ran — will perform on tonight (Nov. 18) at the Smoke & Barrel Tavern in Fayetteville. The musician, who until recently also maintained a career as a science teacher, released an album named “Mega Ran” in 2007 as a tribute to the Mega Man video game series. He will be joined by local video game music band The OneUps. Admission to the 9 p.m. show is free.