Music
After decades, Bettye LaVette is finally a legend and is coming to Roots Fest
Bettye LaVette isn’t wasting time. The 76-year-old singer is one of the defining voices of the Detroit sound. Her raspy, soulful voice has been part of the music scene since
‘Disrupting’ The Music Scene: Love More Records seeks to build community
Raquel Thompson was born into music. The 21-year-old behind Love More Records has been surrounded by music since the moment her father played “Isn’t She Lovely” in the birthing room.
Step Right Up! Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow urges ‘face your fears’
A sideshow circus troupe invites audiences to “face your fears” as acrobats fly without nets and performers swallow swords and razor blades, eat and breathe fire or walk on broken
Folk For The Future: Willi Carlisle embraces everyone on ‘Peculiar, Missouri’
Don’t poets make the best songwriters? Willi Carlisle’s new album, “Peculiar, Missouri,” eases back and forth between poetry and songwriting so completely that he’s not sure when he’s writing one
Cherise Carver: Four Minutes, Four Questions
Cherise Carver, a country musician from Rogers, has hit the radio with her new song, “Get Back Home,” with the catch phrase “It’s never too late if I’m breathing.” The
‘Music That Moves Us’: Chamber festival returns to Northwest Arkansas
Tomoko Kashiwagi, artistic director of Chamber Music on the Mountain, hopes this year’s festival “moves” listeners. “I thought, we have been so confined during covid. What I want to do
APO Up Close And Personal: Evening With The Maestro a ‘powerful’ experience
When Steven Byess, music director of the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra, and Jason Miller, APO’s executive director, asked patrons what kinds of performances they would most like to attend and experience,
‘Miraculous’ Santana: Legend aims to elevate, transform at AMP
We should all be as happy as Carlos Santana. When asked how he’s doing, his reply is, “Thank you for asking me. I’m grateful and happy. How are you?” You
‘Love On The Rocks’: Opera in Ozarks schools fans on romance
“When people say they don’t like opera, I always ask, ‘which one?’” laughs Nancy Preis, general director of Eureka Springs’ venerable Opera in the Ozarks. “There’s 400 years of opera
Rule Of Three: Cohen, Barth, Wilson concert a unique evening of jazz
A “dream project” jazz trio will finally play after being delayed by the pandemic. On June 25, clarinetist Anat Cohen, saxophonist Steve Wilson and jazz pianist Bruce Barth will perform
