Fort Smith Symphony launches 2009-10 season

In what musical director John Jeter expects to be the group’s largest season yet, the Fort Smith Symphony has unveiled the six-show series that will serve as the organization’s 2009-10 season.
Themed “Silence Interrupted,” it will feature what Jeter describes as a “nostalgic” look at some of the more iconic works in classical music from composers [...]

Coming soon: Tony Baker, July 31 @ the UA

The KUAF Summer Jazz Concert Series will resume with a performance by trombonist Tony Baker along with the Summer Jazz Rhythm Section at 8 p.m. July 31 at the Arkansas Union Theater on the campus of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. In addition to being a highly renowned artist at his craft and a [...]

In The Spotlight — Melvin Seals, Aug. 1, George’s

The day before he performs at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in San Francisco, former Jerry Garcia Band keyboardist Melvin Seals will take the tribute to fans in Fayetteville. Seals, who played with the late guitarist and bandleader of the Grateful Dead in the Jerry Garcia Band, will perform at 9:30 p.m. Aug. 1 at George’s [...]

On The Way — Silversun Pickups, Sept. 21 @ George’s

Someone touch the “Panic Switch?” Well, it’s going off now … and will again on Sept. 21, when the band responsible, the Silversun Pickups, play George’s Majestic Lounge.
Who likes a little rock, hmmmm?
Well, here’s an option for you. A trio of modern rock acts are coming to George’s Majestic Lounge, 519 W. Dickson St., in [...]

Much longer than a decade

Here is the music video of Montgomery Gentry’s latest hit to reach No. 1 on the charts, “Roll With Me.” The band will play in Fort Smith on Saturday (July 25).
The Web site of country superstar tandem Montgomery Gentry proclaims that this is the group’s 10 year anniversary.
Sort of.
True, the duo first stepped onto the [...]

In The Spotlight: The Hudsons, July 25 @ GoodFolk

After multiple tours and hundreds of performances across the United States and Canada throughout the past eight years, Austin, Texas folksters The Hudsons are calling it quits. But the duo of Brian Hudson and Hudson Mueller are committed to their current tour, which will bring them Saturday to GoodFolk Productions, 229 N. Block St. in [...]

Breaking news: Peter Frampton reschedules

A concert scheduled for tomorrow (July 21) at the Arkansas Music Pavilion in Fayetteville has been postponed, the organizers of the show have announced.
Classic rock icon Peter Frampton was to perform at the venue located in the parking lot of the Northwest Arkansas Mall, but a thunderstorm at a previous outdoor concert damaged some of [...]

Concert Reminder: The AMP comes alive (with Peter Frampton, of course)

Classic rock icon Peter Frampton will try to show Northwest Arkansas fans the way to a good time when he performs Tuesday (July 23) at the Arkansas Music Pavilion, located in the J.C. Penney parking lot in the Northwest Arkansas Mall at 4201 N. Shiloh Drive in Fayetteville. Frampton started playing early, joining the successful [...]

Back to Arkansas

Add Tracy Lawrence to the long list of Arkansas musicians who have made it big. The Foreman-raised country singer, who now lives in Nashville, Tenn., has scored hit after hit since making the scene in 1991 with his album, “Sticks and Stones.” Eighteen years later, he has become known for other songs, such as “Alibis,” [...]

In The Spotlight — Christmas Fuller Project, July 23 @ George’s

Pop rockers Christmas Fuller Project are at it again, and on Thursday (July 23), the group will release its third recording at a release party at George’s Majestic Lounge, 519 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville. The EP, “Green & Lonely,” follows the 2007 full-length “The Philosophy of Time Travel” and another EP. The group, which [...]