Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth helped kick off the Dickson Street Music Festival. Photo by KEVIN KINDER, Northwest Arkansas Times
Now that the bands have gone home and the attendance numbers are coming in, we thought we’d recap the Dickson Street Music Festival.
Plus, the blog — and the concert promoters we wanted to talk to [...]
Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth makes some noise. Photos by KEVIN KINDER, Northwest Arkansas Times.
Standing before the 3,000 or so fans he had stirred into a frenzy, Michael Franti offered this truism: “Everyone deserves music,” he sang in the song that shares a name with those lyrics.
It’s a transcendent thing, this stuff we call music.
Even [...]
Charlie Daniels is sawin’ on a fiddle and playin’ it hot. Photos by KEVIN KINDER, Northwest Arkansas Times
Here’s the fun thing about festival environments: Your path might have been wildly different from mine. I didn’t make specific plans, other than I knew I wanted to catch Charlie Daniels on the main stage. Everything else [...]
Taylor Swift, above, does not look sad enough to cry on her guitar. Perhaps she’s happy she’s returning to Fayetteville. Courtesy photo.
She’s back. And now, as her popularity is growing, so are the venues she’s playing in.
In April 2007, Taylor Swift performed at Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville. And as hits such as “Teardrops on [...]
If you can’t find enough music this weekend, you probably aren’t trying hard enough.
Multiple stages. Multiple performers on each one. National, local and regional acts included.
It’s going to be a big two days for music in Northwest Arkansas, particularly on Dickson Street. Between the Dickson Street Music Festival, the closing weekend of The Gypsy and [...]
Members of Hustles the Hall are, front row from left, Shane Harris and Scott Cornish and back row, Charles Spann, Chris Harriman, Derek Faires, Chase Cavalier and Cherokee Turner. Courtesy photo.
Ska is not dead, not in Fayetteville, anyway.
When popular local ska band Six Hung Sprung went on hiatus, the genre couldn’t die then, either. [...]
First Look Out is, from left, Clint Lackey, Doug Moye, David Harvell and Josh Dunn. Courtesy photo.
Not everything about David Harvell’s breakup was bad.
The feelings that he went through in the process of the divorce have manifested themselves as songs which will appear on Northwest Arkansas-based band First Look Out’s debut CD, “Here’s to [...]
Photo by KEVIN KINDER, Northwest Arkansas Times
Before a long-established live music venue in Fayetteville is taken over by new ownership, The Gypsy will host what is being billed as the Farewell Bash, featuring nearly a dozen bands and hours of music. The festivities begin at 5 p.m. Saturday and will continue until the venue closes [...]
Joe Giles accepts a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Northwest Arkansas Music Awards on April 24. Photos by Kevin Kinder, Northwest Arkansas Times.
Here are the results from the Northwest Arkansas Music Awards that took place April 24 at the Dickson Theater in Fayetteville.
The event featured performances by Luda, the Pope County Bootleggers, One Oz. [...]
The Dickson Street Music Festival is seeking a few volunteers to help staff what promises to be a huge gathering on April 25-26.
The greatest need for volunteers is for people to work the VIP and drink ticket sales areas on April 26 from 7:30-10:30 p.m. During these hours, the bands Little Feat, Michael Franti and [...]