Music
Now 72, James Taylor finally talks about the early years
Even here, in the stillness of the Berkshires forest near Lenox, Mass., James Taylor grows anxious. He has to be conscious of how he enters his days since he most
Charlie Daniels has no plans to give up music
Charlie Daniels says he’ll quit playing the fiddle when someone “pries it from my cold, dead hands.” And even at 83, he doesn’t expect that to happen any time soon.
Living ‘Vivace’
Trevor Stewart does it all, including Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Trevor Stewart is young, talented, high-energy, enthusiastic, busy and mobile in a way only his generation can
Time Flies
Two decades later, band ‘just getting broke in’ JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com Eli Young Band members are always excited to see Fayetteville come up on their touring schedule, guitarist James Young
Pianist, composer visit Fort Smith Symphony
There’s almost half a century age difference between composer Rocky Reuter and pianist Maxim Lando. But the two have a lot in common — beyond the fact they’ll both be
Five Minutes, Five Questions: Colony House
It was as simple as this: The Chapman brothers, Caleb on guitar and vocals and Will on drums, grew up playing music together in Franklin, Tenn., and, they agree, “it
Singer-songwriter returns to fated path
Sean Harrison was raised in the heart of a creative environment. His dad was novelist William Neal Harrison, who established the Creative Writing Program at the University of Arkansas. “I
Actors bring backstory to APO’s ‘Symphonie Fantastique’
Jason Miller freely admits he wants to “trick” his audiences into coming to an Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra performance. But it’s for all the right reasons, Miller, the APO’s executive director,
UA Children’s Choir joins SoNA for ‘Carmina Burana’
“If you come to the choir room on a Tuesday night, you will see what I love most about working with this group — the energy that fills the room
Auld Lang Syne: Pipes perform in poet’s memory
JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com In 1801, friends of the late poet Robert Burns hosted the very first Burns Night to celebrate the memory and legacy of Scotland’s national bard. Two hundred
