Music
Forecast: Still Sunny
Shaky Bugs brightens up ALT online offerings LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com When you watch Jules Taylor in a Shaky Bugs performance — several of which can now be seen on
Five Minutes, Five Questions Michael Cochren
JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com As musicians and music-lovers alike are itching for the chance to get their live music fix — but in a safe way — Awakening Events offers a
Finally Ready To Party
Showboat Branson Belle celebrates 25th birthday BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com The Showboat Branson Belle turned 25 on April 13 — but the party is just beginning. Like so many things, the
The Classics And The Classical
Students put zing in strings and rock in rock ‘n’ roll BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com There are the classics — and then, there are THE classics. Right now, young Northwest Arkansas
The Magic Of Music
SoNA comes together for virtual performance BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Paul Haas is having the best possible time in quarantine, “catching bee swarms (currently at eight hives), planting over a hundred
Hearing, Healing
Music helps lift up the isolated during covid times JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com “And I’ll rise up, I’ll rise like the day “I’ll rise up, I’ll rise unafraid “I’ll rise up,
Long, Dry Summer
‘You Oughta Know,’ AMP shows unlikely until 2021 JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com “It goes without saying that this is something that none of us have ever had to face, so it
Four Minutes, Four Questions Wolf Loescher
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Since the pandemic shut down live music, performers trying to make it without gigs have been reaching out to each other and to friends in the media
Six Minutes, Six Questions — Yakov Smirnoff
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Comic Yakov Smirnoff will help reopen Branson with a new show starting May 22. Titled “Laughter Rx FDA Approved,” it makes reference to the fact that Smirnoff
On A New Note
McCready kicks off new career at TempleLive concert LAURINDA JOENKS joenks@nwadg.com Editor’s Note: Since this story was written, Travis McCready’s concert at Temple Live has generated more than a little
