Music
A Date With Destiny
Pianist reconnects with Steinway of his choosing BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com It’s not exactly a blind date. Andrew Tyson has met this particular temptress before, but their relationship was brief. Now,
Silence Is Golden
Chaplin’s classic ‘City Lights’ brings orchestra centerstage BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com John Jeter loves old movies — truly old movies, like those made in the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s. In fact, he calls
The Gypsy Genre
Jazz players swing into WAC JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com “We love playing for dancing because jazz started as party music. A lot of people don’t know this — they think you
Bernice & Bryan Hembree
Musicians, promoters, Roots Festival founders Q. Five years ago, what effect did you want to have on the arts in Northwest Arkansas? Bryan: We wanted to shine a light on Fayetteville and
Music To Our Ears
Region tunes in on what musicians want JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com As a region grows and develops, it stands that the culture and artistic infrastructure tend to grow and develop along
Classical Music Everywhere
SoNA assistant conductor says it ‘unites us all’ BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Sarah Pearson, new this year as assistant conductor for the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, sees orchestral music as the
British Invasion Ongoing
Peter Noone still touring with Herman’s Hermits BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com It was rebellion. It was enlightenment. It was bell bottoms and long hair. And it was music unlike anything American
Four Minutes, Four Questions Mandolin Orange
North Carolina Americana/folk duo Mandolin Orange returns to Northwest Arkansas Dec. 4 and 5 for two energetic, vulnerable, warm, intimate and magnetic performances, as is their way. Singer/songwriter Andrew Marlin
The Sound Of Sadness
Heavy ‘noise’ band returns to roots JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com The noise-metal iconoclasts’ latest album takes the listener on a journey through a hell of The Body’s careful making. — Pitchfork
The Horrors of the Past
Widow wails on stage 150 years later JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com The team that has been touring the award-winning folk show “There Ain’t No More” across the country the past two
