Click here to view the embedded video. Here’s a hot number from an “Austin City Limits” broadcast several years ago. Behind the microphone and harmonica is Delbert McClinton, who will perform soon in Northwest Arkansas.
View PostLess than a week after fans leave Wakarusa, which takes place May 30 through June 2 at the Mulberry Mountain site in rural Franklin Country, more music lovers will have a reason to visit the area. Pipeline Productions, which organizes both Wakarusa and the Yonder Mountain String Band’s Harvest Music Festival, have announced a new festival for the same event grounds. Thunder on the Mountain will take place June 6-8 and feature country music
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Adam Faucett photo by Mimosa Arts Music isn’t hard to come by this weekend. With hundreds of thousands of extra people in town for Bikes, Blues & BBQ, the clubs in the area are providing them a soundtrack (to accompany the cacophony of tailpipes, of course). We listed a full schedule of music a couple days ago; feel free to check it out before heading down to Dickson Street or the fairgrounds. Beyond the officially sanctioned music on the various BB&BBQ stages, many clubs will be filled with live music, too.
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Click here to view the embedded video. Mullet alert! Above is Joe Diffee, a country songwriter responsible for several hit songs in the 1990s, including “Pick Up Man,” the tune above. He plays Thursday at Cherokee Casino in West Siloam Springs.
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Boris Silva Here’s one of the main reasons the weekend is great: Because we don’t have to work and we can do whatever we want. Well, maybe some of us have to work, but for me, that means covering the Fayetteville Roots Festival, so it could be WAY worse. What’s the Roots Festival? Glad you asked.
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Oak Ridge Boys Awards handed to the Oak Ridge Boys during their long, steady career include a Grammy, a Dove, a CMA and and ACM. The gospel/country act will perform in the area on Oct. 13, it was recently announced. The quartet will visit the John G
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Scott H. Biram photo courtesy John Pesina Songwriter and personality Scott H. Biram will visit the area for a show tonight (June 25) at Chelsea’s Corner Cafe in Eureka Springs.
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Click here to view the embedded video. A montage of Bret Michaels songs performed during the recent Kiss a Pig gala in Rogers.
View PostIf you read this blog with any frequency, you probably love music, and you probably see a lot of shows in the area. Or, you’re my mother, who reads to keep tabs on me. Let’s assume you’re in the former category. You’ll probably want to vote in the annual Northwest Arkansas Music Awards, then
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Click here to view the embedded video. TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb argue that you “Can’t Come Back.” But they’re doing just that when they perform in the area this week. So, how does TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb describe themselves? According to Facebook, the band “sound(s) like Bob Seger high on cocaine in the bathtub watching Werner Herzog movies on the ceiling.” Perhaps it’s better to hear for yourself.
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