A cappella Ben Folds? Yes. The song is “Still Fighting It,” as performed by the Mosaic Whispers from Washington University in St. Louis. Folds, who is coming to Fayetteville in May, released an album of a capella songs, including this one, on Tuesday. For reference purposes, Folds’ version can be found here.
Ben Folds went back [...]
Can it be true that no Pearl Jam video has ever been posted to the blog? Really? We’re sorry. The song is “Black.” The band is performing at Austin City Limits in October. P.S. I didn’t know Eddie Vedder was ever this young.
Yep, one festival to the north recently announced its lineup. Another to the [...]
It was a surprising night Thursday night(April 23) at the Northwest Arkansas Music Awards ceremony, which took place at the Dickson Theater.
While we could ponder some of the choices for awards, we’ll let everyone else do that in the comments section, if they so choose.
While the NAMA process and selections have their faults, local music fans won’t find more of the [...]
Pat Green told the Northwest Arkansas Times he likes to live as naturally as possible. If he likes a tour, he takes it. If he doesn’t, he stays home.
When he is ready to write a song, he writes it.
Life would seem simple, then, but Green knows it’s anything but. He been lucky. He’s been blessed. [...]
Jackie Greene looks young. Don’t let that fool you. Dude can play. He’ll be in Fort Smith on June 27 for the Riverfront Blues Festival.
Pollstar.com has been dropping hints at who the artists at the annual Fort Smith Riverfront Blues Festival would be for several months now.
Last week, we got confirmation from the events organizers. [...]
After a seven-year break, Texas indie rockers The Toadies, whose song “Possum Kingdom” was a Top 5 modern rock hit in the mid-1990s, have put aside their differences and decided to create a new album. The product of those sessions was the 2008 album “No Deliverance” and a tour that promoted the album across the [...]
How could you not like that?
No, really. How could you sit there, or stand there, watch the sunlight fade on a spring evening and hear the good-natured sounds of Guster and not smile a little bit?
I know I couldn’t contain my grin. Sure, there weren’t a lot of “wow” moments during Guster’s performance last night [...]
If your dream is to see Molly Hatchet live in Fayetteville, you will see it come true. The band is coming to the AMP on Sept. 24, a leading live music Web site reports.
If a show that was previously announced for the Arkansas Music Pavilion — a Sept. 25 date by the Marshall Tucker Band [...]
It was a Friday night. Buzz was high in the months leading up to this show. A mostly full George’s Majestic Lounge was waiting for Dinosaur Jr.’s first performance in Fayetteville in 22 years.
And it was… flat. Dull. Dreary.
The band’s bassist, Lou Barlow, went as far as to call the crowd out.
“You have no energy,” [...]
CD sales are sinking. Digital sales of music are rising, but not at the pace that sales of CDs are dropping.
And this is the reason for Record Store Day, now entering its third year.
It will be celebrated today (April 18) at independent record stores throughout the country, including locally at Sound Warehouse in downtown Fayetteville.
An [...]