MUSIC BLOG & ARCHIVES
Denver-based band with Eureka Springs ties performing in Fayetteville & Eureka this week
July 29, 2021 Live Music in Eureka Springs Live Music Preview
If you are a fan of punk rock, jamgrass, gypsy-pop or any combination of those, you’ll love the band slated to perform Thursday (July 29) at George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville and Friday (July 30) at Chelsea’s in Eureka Springs. Ponder The Albatross, formed in Denver in 2015, has just…
The Wood Brothers totally nailed it: Singing About It does, in fact, heal a broken heart
January 27, 2020 Music That Moves Me
Let’s talk about why I am such a devoted fan of music... Listening to great music can be painful but it is always healing, for me at least.
Hillberry Festival 2019 Lineup Part 1 Unveiled
February 13, 2019 Live Music in Eureka Springs Live Music Preview
Hillberry The Harvest Moon Festival 2018, co-hosted by Railroad Earth, has released its first lineup announcement for the October 11-14, 2019, event. Hillberry 5 performers will include Trampled By Turtles, which just announced it is ending a 2-year hiatus this year; the “Father of Newgrass” Sam Bush; critically acclaimed Americana…
Opal Agafia carves a niche while creating beautiful Ozarks roots music
August 31, 2018 Artist Q&A Eureka Springs Musicians
One of Arkansas’ newest female voices to command the attention of music fans is also one of the state’s most dynamic, unique, and stunning female voices we’ve heard in years. Opal Agafia, a native of the Russellville/Dover area, has been singing in public for a mere two years. But she…
Bluegrass & BBQ 2018 Lineup Preview: Opal Agafia, Grateful Bluegrass Boys, Aaron Kamm & More
April 25, 2018 Eureka Springs Musicians Live Music in Eureka Springs
Tickets for this fall’s Bluegrass & BBQ festival are now on sale, and the lineup is smokin’ for the September 28-30 event that coincides with Northwest Arkansas’ region-wide Bikes, Blues & BBQ. Performers will include Opal Agafia & The Sweet Nothings, The Grateful Bluegrass Boys, Aaron Kamm & The One…
Arkansas’ Happiest New Folk Band, Red Oak Ruse, Makes Its Central Arkansas Debut
March 19, 2018 Eureka Springs Musicians Live Music Preview
On Friday, March 23, the state’s happiest folk band makes its Central Arkansas debut when Red Oak Ruse performs at Four Quarter Bar in Argenta, beginning around 10 pm. Admission is $7, ages 21 and up. Before the show, starting at 8 pm, New Belgium Brewing is hosting a “tap…
Hillberry 2018 Lineup Part 1: Trampled By Turtles, Sam Bush, Billy Strings & More
February 13, 2018 Live Music in Eureka Springs Live Music Preview
Hillberry The Harvest Moon Festival 2018 has released its first lineup announcement for the October 11-14 event. Hillberry 5 will include 2 nights (4 sets) from Hillberry co-host Railroad Earth; plus performances from Trampled By Turtles, which just announced it is ending a 2-year hiatus; the “Father of Newgrass” Sam…
Rev. Horton Heat, Unknown Hinson Coming to Rock Fayetteville Punkabilly Fans
December 14, 2017 Live Music in the Ozarks Live Music Preview
George’s Majestic Lounge has announced an outstanding psychobilly show on April 6, 2018, featuring international genre standard-bearers The Reverend Horton Heat and Unknown Hinson opening. Tickets are on sale now at Stubs.net for $22, ages 18+. WHAT MAKES UNKNOWN HINSON AWESOME – AND INFAMOUS Unknown Hinson is a three-piece comedic…
Ozark Mountain Music Fest Releases 2018 Lineup
December 14, 2017 Eureka Springs Musicians Live Music in Eureka Springs
The 2018 Ozark Mountain Music Festival, better known as OzMoMu, has added 10 bands to its 2 previously announced headliners – Tall Tall Trees and Carrie Nation & The Speakeasy – to fill out the lineup for the January 18-21, 2018 event. The popular intimate, indoor music festival held in…
Arkansas native making waves and original music in NYC
October 26, 2017 Arkansas Artists Artist Q&A
New bands in New York City with Kickstarter campaigns to fund the recording of their debut album are a dime a dozen. But there’s one in particular that is quite different – and particularly of note for Central Arkansas residents and fans of the long-lived Little Rock rock band Go…
Arkansauce spreads its wings, touring footprint after release of third album
October 25, 2017 Artist Q&A Ozarks Musicians
The summer of 2017 was, in many ways, a turning point for Fayetteville-based progressive bluegrass quartet Arkansauce, which is Adams Collins on banjo, Ethan Bush on mandolin, Tom Andersen on bass, and Zac Archuleta on guitar. They share vocals and songwriting duties. From an outside perspective, Arkansauce has enjoyed a…
Prolific rapper 607 to kick off 44th album with release party in Fayetteville
September 27, 2017 Arkansas Artists Live Music in the Ozarks
Little Rock-based rapper 607 probably seems like a conundrum, especially if you’ve never had the pleasure of getting to know him as a person and not just the hardest-working rapper in the history of Arkansas. His interviews in the mainstream media are limited mostly to quotes that don’t reveal much…
Pokey LaFarge bringing acclaimed storyteller sounds to George’s
September 14, 2017 Live Music in the Ozarks Live Music Preview
Pokey LaFarge is a musician. He is a storyteller. He is a feeler of feelings. He is a narrator of the messy, unkempt American experience. And if you believe the experts at NPR, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Rolling Stone and dozens of other mainstream…
Album Review: Red Oak Ruse debuts with great songwriting, catchy hooks
August 26, 2017 Album Review Eureka Springs Musicians
Red Oak Ruse’s self-titled debut album officially releases Sept. 2, 2017, at its release party at Chelsea’s Corner Cafe & Bar in Eureka Springs, the group’s home base. But it’s already streaming on their website as well as on Spotify, and it is for sale now on CDBaby – and…
Red Oak Ruse makes folk music fun again
August 25, 2017 Artist Q&A Eureka Springs Musicians
The members of Red Oak Ruse – the newest progressive folk act to come out of Northwest Arkansas – are not new to playing music full-time; they, in fact, all have a widely varied and extensive background in music and have toured regionally with a number of bands based in…
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Wood Brothers, Hot Tuna coming to Rogers’ AMP
July 19, 2017 Live Music in the Ozarks Live Music Preview
Tedeschi Trucks Band’s third annual multi-artist “Wheels of Soul” tour, which stops in Rogers Tuesday, July 25, at The AMP, is shaping up to be their biggest and best musical journey yet. Along with supporting acts Hot Tuna and The Wood Brothers, TTB’s 2017 Wheels of Soul run has already brought out tens…
Greensky Bluegrass shows Fayetteville why the band’s star keeps rising
May 18, 2017 Live Music in the Ozarks Live Music Review
Greensky Bluegrass strolled through George’s Majestic Lounge on Wednesday night in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The band’s development as a tight-knit, outstanding explosion of musicianship has been noted over the years as they’ve honed their craft since founding in 2000, and Wednesday night’s show proved why they are becoming one of the most talked about jamgrass acts…