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This week we sit down with Brandon Herbert, aka Fnomenon, who is scheduled to release the CD “Love and Alcohol” on Nov. 29 at the Old Post Office. The CD release show also features a set by The Imperfects, [...]
The harder rock alternative to a related project, Taylor Clayborne Unplugged, the band Shiftpoint will perform twice this weekend in Northwest Arkansas in a two-day period. The band features Taylor Clayborne on guitars and vocals, Rob Clark on bass guitar and John Staib on drums. The alternative rock/hard rock band often covers the music of [...]
You’ve probably heard this song a billion times, but it is Thanksgiving … and Arlo Guthrie would want you to hear it. It is about Thanksgiving, and war, and littering, a whole bunch of groovy things …
From all of us here at the blog, have a happy Thanksgiving.
Anyone who has heard the Punch Brothers make their unique brand of bluegrass knows how well they can play their instruments.
On Saturday night in a mostly full Walton Arts Center, the band showed its natural ability to play a crowd as well.
You have to give them credit. Through an array of self-deprecating and down-to-earth comments, [...]
Above, the Punch Brothers perform the second movement of Chris Thile’s composition, “The Blind Leaving the Blind.”
Chris Thile first entered the radar screen of American mainstream music in 2001 as the ultra talented mandolinist and vocalist of the progressive bluegrass band, Nickel Creek.
That national debut featuring a hit self-titled album might seem decades away, though, [...]
One thing that fans of Big Smith might notice about the band is something they’ve never seen in the group before: a female member. Fiddle player Molly Healey, a frequent guest at Big Smith concerts, joined the Springfield, Mo., group full time earlier this year. Now a six-piece group, Big Smith still plays music that [...]
A very young Ronnie Hawkins leads The Band in a spirited version of “Who Do You Love,” captured for the film “The Last Waltz.”
Northwest Arkansas has been home to many a musician.
Perhaps none of them are more influential, more regarded and more important than Ronnie Hawkins.
On Saturday, the Huntsville native will be inducted [...]
Hailing from Chicago, the trio known as Future Rock call themselves “electronic sensory overload.” Their sound comes courtesy of live loops, synthesizers and an electronic drum kit, and it is augmented with a vivid light show. The group, which has been touring across the country and performing at festivals, will visit Fayetteville tonight (Nov. 14) [...]
The lineup for First Night Fayetteville has been announced … and there won’t be a national headlining act this year.
First Night, which takes place annually on Dec. 31, is also moving.
Last year’s event, as in years past, took place on the Fayetteville Square. Pop rockers Fastball, who had a few hits in the mid-90s, were [...]
O.A.R. is not a rock band.
No, wait. Hear me out on this one.
Watching the Maryland-based group perform on Monday night in Barnhill Arena on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville on Nov. 10, I couldn’t help but think that O.A.R. is not a rock band, perhaps to the point they purposely try to avoid [...]