Music
A Universal Language
Music helps soothe soldiers’ wounded hearts LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com When Austin, Texas, musician Dustin Welch performed his song “Sparrows,” written about returning Vietnam veterans, he started noticing a pattern.
Beer, Tunes And Tech At Home
AMP Fest delivers via to-go format in fifth year JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com In light of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers knew they couldn’t host some 1,000 people at the Walmart Arkansas
Onward, Online!
SoNA strikes chords of intimacy, access BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Riley Nicholson didn’t start the fire, as the classic Billy Joel song says. The situation for the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas
Quite The ‘Que
Bluesman brings comfort, down-home sound JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com When Fayetteville bluesman Buddy Shute was pondering a name for the new album from Buddy Shute & The Motivators, he was searching
Quite The ‘Que
Bluesman brings comfort, down-home sound JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com When Fayetteville bluesman Buddy Shute was pondering a name for the new album from Buddy Shute & The Motivators, he was searching
Magical Music
Arkansas singer/songwriter steals into your soul COURTNEY LANNING clanning@nwadg.com My musical tastes may not be the most diverse in the world. I’m not the kind of gal who listens to
Rallying The Bikers
Franklin County ‘Hideout’ offers music, barbecue BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “Northwest Arkansas has some of the best riding in the country, and I knew that bikers would still show up regardless
Glowing Again
North Forest Lights back at Crystal Bridges JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com Robin Groesbeck candidly admits the staff at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville couldn’t have known how popular
‘A Golden Age For SoNA’
Multi-talented Riley Nicholson new executive director BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Riley Nicholson says new friends in Fayetteville will no doubt be unsurprised by what he does in his spare time. “I
The Band’s Back Together
Fort Smith Symphony plans socially distanced season BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com As he does every spring, John Jeter, music director of the Fort Smith Symphony, announced the upcoming 2020-21 season. But
