Music
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
Arts journalist carving her own path in NWA
Some know her as the voice behind NPR affiliate KUAF’s “Of Note.” Some know her as the co-founder of the Trillium Salon Series — a concert series tearing down the
Students add to the gumbo of jazz
JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com Recruitment is open for the fourth season of the Northwest Arkansas Jazz All-Stars Youth Ensemble. The 18-piece jazz big band brings together high school musicians from regional
Northwest Arkansas musicians see their names in lights
JOCELYN MURPHY & BECCA MARTIN-BROWN jmurphy@nwadg.com bmartin@nwadg.com “I swear, I’m living in a dream world!” Jenee Fleenor enthused just days after the 53rd annual Country Music Association Awards ceremony. If
Maker, performers set the tune for Northwest Arkansas
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “For many of us, Ed has come to represent the Ozarks of old,” Kelly Mulhollan muses. “A time before generic electronic media-driven culture swept over our regional
SoNA holiday concert ‘a beautiful gift to the community’
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “It’s pretty hard to leave ‘A Very SoNA Christmas’ without a feeling of joy — about the mystery of Christmas and about the fellowship that a concert
