About 10:40 a.m. Dec. 28, firefighters responded to a fire at The Gypsy in Fayetteville.
According to reports, the blaze originated in the apartment located above the Dickson Street live music venue. Damage was minor and confined to the building’s exterior.
Business is expected to resume as normal, venue owner Roger Kelly told a Northwest Arkansas Times [...]
It’s been a good run for the boys in Twelve Gauge Valentine, but the band’s current tour will be the last, the group has recently announced. Thankfully for fans, the goodbye tour will make a stop Dec. 30 at The Music Hall, 2147 N. College Ave., Fayetteville. The Southern metal band released its debut full-length [...]
The Police reunited. Van Halen launched a big tour, and so did Genesis. Hannah Montana is a phenomenon. So the live music industry had a great year, right?
Wrong.
According to end-of-the-year data from Pollstar, which covers the music industry, ticket sales are down more than 10 percent. Reuters has more here.
Is there nothing worth seeing? Are [...]
If live music is your thing, there are plenty of opportunities to let an amplifier help ring in 2008.
Sarah Hughes’ final performance in Fayetteville before moving to Texas will be among the highlights of music on New Year’s Eve. Courtesy photo.
Opal Fly and Thy Faery Pranksters will help dance the New Year in with [...]
Of the dozens of shows I went to this year, here are those that, for whatever reason, caught me by surprise or particularly wowed me.
I’ve also included a few comedy shows in the mix. They aren’t exactly music, but they are performance-based and change from evening to evening, just like concerts do. And, there were [...]
Perhaps best known for playing the blues under the west awning of the Walton Arts Center, Kyle Lee will get a more proper venue on Sunday. He performs starting at 11 a.m. at Common Grounds, 412 W. Dickson St., in Fayetteville. Since March 2006, Lee has been a regular busker, playing the tunes of John [...]
I’ll start with a disclaimer: I have not heard every CD released this year. M.I.A.’s new album is supposed to be great, but I don’t own it. I do own one of the best-reviewed albums of the year, techno band The Field’s “From Here We Go Sublime” but I just couldn’t get into it. In [...]
Photos by Kevin Kinder, Northwest Arkansas Times
Nope, this ain’t Toby Keith’s kind of country. Pat Green made sure to let people know it.
About halfway through his two-hour set, the Texas country superstar launched into a version of “Me And Billy The Kid,” albeit with different lyrics. Instead of “Me and Billy The Kid, we [...]
Joseph Israel, Fayetteville’s only reggae star, has been a busy man in recent months.
Now a nationally signed recording artist, trips to his hometown have been few. He did, however, play a Nov. 17 benefit show for Restore Humanity in Fayetteville before joining forces with Matisyahu for a Dec. 8 show in New York City.
His new [...]
Those honors belong to Daughtry and The Police, respectively.
Yes, it’s the time of the year when people starting naming the biggest, best and brightest of the year. We’ll be following suit: Expect a Best of 2007 album analysis soon.
As for the best sellers, the American Idol gone rocker’s debut self-titled release sold 3.2 million copies, [...]