The University of Arkansas today confirmed what has long been buzzed about on campus: O.A.R. is coming to Fayetteville.
The band is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. Nov. 10 at Barnhill Arena on the university campus.
O.A.R., an abbreviation for Of A Revolution, has never achieved mainstream radio success but has long been a favorite on [...]
Although the band members may be young, the members of Thanks for Nothing are already veterans of local and regional stages. The band has performed under their current name for the past five years, filling local venues with fans and performing at, among other places, at the halftime show of a Memphis Grizzlies basketball game [...]
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Our second installment features Texas’ Eli Young Band. The Northwest Arkansas Times sat down with the band prior to a concert on Sept. 5 at George’s [...]
Above, Eddie Money sings “Take Me Home Tonight.” Little doubt he’ll do the song tonight when he performs at the Arkansas Music Pavilion.
It’s going to be a busy night in concert land, with, among other acts, the Eli Young Band and Eddie Money both playing tonight.
The blog won’t be at Eddie Money’s free concert at [...]
Paul Wertico’s mother didn’t want him to play drums.
He didn’t listen.
It’s a good thing, too. In a three-decade-plus long career, Wertico has accumulated seven Grammy Awards for his work with the Pat Metheny Group.
He left Metheny’s group in 2001 to focus on teaching, solo projects and other endeavors. He frequently tours, and before he leaves [...]
It’s been a busy few days for moe., the progressive rock band from New York. After postponing an interview by a day so he could go paragliding and white water rafting in Wyoming, guitarist and vocalist Al Schnier chatted with the Northwest Arkansas Times about his love for the opening act, the Del McCoury Band, [...]
Or, if not the entire world, at least Harrison.
Shinedown lead singer and songwriter Brent Smith recently talked with the Northwest Arkansas Times about the band’s new album “The Sound of Madness,” which will be released June 24.Smith told the Times that he is excited about performing in Northwest Arkansas because he hopes to expand his [...]
After going their separate ways in 2005, the members of Hot Club of Cowtown, from left, bassist Jake Erwin, violinist Elana James and guitarist Whit Smith, are together again. The Western swing trio is touring in support of an upcoming release and will perform at 8 p.m. June 17 at GoodFolk Productions, 229 N. Block [...]
You missed it, didn’t you? Perhaps you were at the Eureka Springs Blues Weekend, which would be a valid excuse. Maybe some more of you were down on Dickson Street, catching a live music event there, and I can’t blame you for that.
But all of you sitting at home, wishing there were cool things 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 [...]