Music
Beauty And Darkness
Opera Fayetteville dives in to contemporary drama BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “Dark Sisters,” selected by Opera Fayetteville for its eighth season, can be as deep as audiences wish to delve. Musical
Writing, Rocking And Rollin’
Texas icon back at George’s LAURINDA JOENKS NWA Democrat-Gazette “After all these years, I have quite a few things in my arsenal,” 72-year-old Ray Wylie Hubbard says at being referred
Bluegrass, Newgrass And More
Trout Steak Revival promises ‘unique perspectives’ BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com It’s never easy for a musician to describe what he does. Ask Casey Houlihan, bass player and vocalist for Denver-based Trout
Five Minutes, Five Questions: Jim Yester, The Association
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com You might not know the name of the band, but if you were around in the 1960s — or ’70s, or ’80s — you’ll remember the songs:
Study In Contrasts
Musicians find common language in Bach concerto BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com It only takes hearing their names to know that Zsolt Eder and Miho Oda Sakon are going to be a
Six Minutes, Six Questions With The Steel Woods
JOCELYN MURPHY NWA Democrat-Gazette Southern rockers The Steel Woods stop by George’s Majestic Lounge at 9 p.m. March 7 in support of their new album “Old News,” out in January.
Three Minutes, Three Questions: Ordinary Elephant, Nick Nace, Ali Holder & Megan Palmer House of Songs musicians
LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com The House of Songs Bentonville — the music collective started in Austin that seeks to link songwriters from all over the world — hosted seven songwriters
Four Minutes, Four Questions: Victor & Penny
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Victor and Penny are neither characters nor alter-egos for Jeff Freling and Erin McGrane. Rather, Victor & Penny is the name of the band the two formed
Three Minutes, Three Questions APO Maestro Steven Byess
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Love comes in all shapes and sizes, flavors and fantasies — and all of them come together every year for Valentine’s Day. According to its music director,
Love Is Love
‘Falsettos’ challenges definitions of love, family JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com It’s a tale as old as time: Boy meets girl, boy marries girl, boy divorces girl when he realizes he is
