Music
Roots Returns
Music, food fest celebrates 10 years JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com It was 10 years ago that a humble new festival rolled into Fayetteville with the moniker of “intimate urban music and
The Beat Goes On
Meet the bands at this year’s Roots Festival For nearly two decades, the Sunday night headliners for this year’s Roots Festival have been traveling the world, picking up influences
Bright Lights, Little City
Ex-Stax, Motown exec heading to Bentonville MARY JORDAN mjordan@nwadg.com The musical potential of Bentonville has captured the attention of Al Bell, former chairman of Stax Records and former president of
Profile: Neil Greenhaw
Business, arts come together on Haxton Road LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com “Where art and business collide.” So reads the tag line of a sign on SE Second Street in Bentonville,
Fort Smith’s Fifth
Peacemaker Festival goes all American JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com The Peacemaker Festival in Fort Smith has done nothing but grow since its inception, and that growth motivated additions and alterations here
‘Bigger Than Anything’
Artist keeps heart in over-the-top arena tour JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com “I think if you haven’t evolved as a performer in 13 years, something would be horribly wrong. I’ve been lucky
Can We Stop With All This Floodin’?
Parody song, video support flood relief JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com “It was big and mean and powerful. And once you got near the river, you could feel the evil coming off
Four Minutes, Four Questions with Francesco Micheli, Artosphere
LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com When the Artosphere Festival Orchestra presents a program June 29 celebrating the moon, it will be with the backdrop of French movie director Georges Melies’ 1902
‘A Destination For Opera’
Season seeks to woo rising singers, potential fans LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point has been filling the hills of Eureka Springs with song since
Take To The Trail
JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com Take To The Trail The crown jewel of Walton Arts Center’s Artosphere Festival returns June 14 as Trail Mix takes over downtown Fayetteville between the Community Creative
