Music
He’s Funny, Too
Younts tells stories as well as he plays songs BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com If things don’t work out with the Old Crow Medicine Show, Cory Younts might consider standup comedy. In
Four Minutes, Four Questions with Sascha Stone Guttfreund
JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com On Oct. 5, Texas’ premier hip-hop festival expands to Rogers, making Northwest Arkansas one of the event’s first ventures outside of the Lone Star State. The JMBLYA
Worth The Wait
Rocker returns to Winslow, debuts album JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com Brad James’ return to the Winfest Music Festival is noteworthy for more than just the fact that it’s been 22 years
Music Matters
Pianist believes the arts can illuminate the world BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Her family teases that Lara Downes can’t sit still — never could — unless she was sitting on a
Old Dog Loves New Tricks
Young musicians inspire Dirt Band founder BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Nothing about a phone conversation reveals that Jeff Hanna is in his 70s — nothing but the fact that the Nitty
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
