Click here to view the embedded video. Here’s a live version of Dispatch performing “The General.” You’ll get to see something along these lines if you attend the Wakarusa festival. In one week (or less, for some of you coming in from faraway lands), it’ll be wheels up for Wakarusa. Early arrival begins on May 29, and many will be arriving that day or making their way in this direction
View PostLocal rockers Cadillac Jackson will release a new album, “Purple,” at a show on Thursday (May 16) at George’s Majestic Lounge. The band describes itself as “a funk band that taps into rock, hip-hop and dance genres.” The group, which played at Wakarusa in 2012, is currently giving away copies of “Landshark,” a live recording made at a previous set at George’s. Admission to the 9 p.m. show is $6; tickets are available online.
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Zoogma High-energy electronica/rock act Zoogma will return to George’s Majestic Lounge on Tuesday (March 16) for a combination dance party and light show. The band from Mississippi has played at George’s several times before and will also return for a repeat performance at regional music festival Wakarusa early this summer. Admission for Tuesday’s 9 p.m
View PostWhile national headliners get the bulk of the attention at music festivals, a few of our local festivals provide great opportunities for local acts, too. That’s certainly been the case at Wakarusa, with the Wakarusa Winter Classic sending a victor from the Battle of the Bands concert to one of the festival’s many stages. And now, after the introduction of the Thunder on the Mountain country music festival on the same event grounds just south of Arkansas 23 in Franklin County, comes word of a similar event
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Click here to view the embedded video. Here, Umphrey’s McGee plays for thousands at Red Rocks just outside of Denver, Colo. In April, they’ll play for a few hundred in Fayetteville. Those who aren’t already familiar with Umphrey’s McGee and their impressive pairing of jam prowess and bright lights will have several chances to fix that soon.
View PostCongratulations are in order for local band Flipoff Pirates. The group won a contest on Friday (Jan. 25) at George’s Majestic Lounge that will add them to the lineup for the Wakarusa festival, which takes place this summer on a mountainside in Franklin County.
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Snoop Lion photo courtesy of the Associated Press By now, you’ve likely already looked over the lineup for the 2013 edition of the Wakarusa festival, which will take place May 30 through June 2. But in case you haven’t, take a minute to do so. You can find it on the festival’s website. This isn’t my dream lineup — nothing will top My Morning Jacket, Grace Potter, Sharon Jones, Et al
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Click here to view the embedded video. The lineup at Wakarusa might make some “Jealous Again.” That’s also a song The Black Crowes played at the festival in 2009. They were just announced for this year’s lineup
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Click here to view the embedded video. Hipster folk band Of Monsters and Men have a song called “Mountain Sound.” That’s pretty perfect for Wakarusa, the annual Northwest Arkansas music festival they will play at this summer. The list that follows doesn’t contain all of the bands that will perform at this year’s Wakarusa … but it should get you excited about the festival anyway.
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Click here to view the embedded video. A lineup teaser from Wakarusa… As the Internet grows ever quicker courtesy of social media and ever needier courtesy of the same, lineup leaks are common. Except, the folks at Pipeline Publicity, organizers of Wakarusa (and other festivals) have been pretty quiet about the coming year’s Wakarusa festival, which will take place May 30 through June 2 on Mulberry Mountain north of Ozark
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