Levon Helm, an Arkansas product best known for his work in The Band, released his first album in 25 years Oct. 30.
Called “Dirt Farmer,” the disc pulls from the past, chiefly in recording traditional tunes. Helm plays drums, of course, but also sings and plays mandolin and guitar. Helm is joined on the disc [...]
Porter Wagoner, whose music career spanned decades, passed away Sunday from lung cancer. He was 80. An obituary can be viewed here.
Wagoner was born in West Plains, Mo., not too far north of Mountain Home. He had several hits in the 1960s, recorded several duets with Dolly Parton and was a regular on the Grand [...]
B.B. King — and his famed guitar Lucille — are coming to Northwest Arkansas.
Officials at The Auditorium in Eureka Springs announced Friday during a Willie Nelson concert there that King will perform Jan. 27 at the same venue.
Tickets go on sale Nov. 2 by calling (800) 737-4040 or online through Ticketbound. Tickets will be $116.50.
Willie Nelson may be 74, but he packs as much energy into a show as almost anyone in the business. You won’t see Willie jumping and dancing onstage, but that was never his style anyway.
But during the course of 37 songs and about two hours of playing, Willie proved why he’s still a major concert [...]
Once a Fayetteville resident and a fixture on the live music scene, Jed Clampit no longer performs regularly. In fact, it has been two years since his last concert as a featured entertainer in Fayetteville. But he’ll play here this weekend with his brother Bil Clampit at a venue that also took a break — [...]
After more than four hours of music from eight different performers, the Ozark Blues Society named the two performers it would send to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn.
Six solo or duo acts performed, as did two bands. Each of the groups drew for their position at 5 p.m., with the first act taking [...]
Mushroomhead, who will perform at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville, apparently wanted to be the Smashing Pumpkins, at least for a few nights, anyway.
Via its Web site, Mushroomhead has asked members of its audience to bring pumpkins with the band’s image in it to each of its remaining tour dates.The [...]
Adam and Shannon Wright had an instant connection. After Adam filled in for a gig in Shannon’s band, the two became linked. They started writing songs together and were married in 2002. The country duo have musical bloodlines — Alan Jackson is Adam Wright’s uncle — and one of their songs were featured in [...]
Metal mavens Wrought will drop their second full-length album Oct. 20 at George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville.
The album follows the group’s award-winning debut, “Hand Crafted Metal.”
Show start time is 9:30 p.m.; admission is $5.
Before you go, here’s a sample of what you might hear. The song is “Stitch in the Face,” from their forthcoming CD. [...]
Well, are they?
After Radiohead announced plans to release an album on its own a couple weeks ago, and Madonna looks like she’ll join Prince and other big-name acts to ditch major labels, talk about the death of the industry was bound to surface. CNN discusses it here.
It’s especially topical considering online sales are increasing.
I’m not [...]