Amy Helm celebrates a homecoming of sorts JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com It’s a long road to the center / This too shall light It was only looking back at her new

More Than Marching

New competition aims to bolster arts community JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com The world of marching band is a unique thing that conjures all kinds of images and stereotypes based on one’s

It’s Not Goodbye, It’s So Long

Iconic Lynyrd Skynyrd brings farewell tour to AMP JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com The music will never go away. Skynyrd songs will be living on forever, so it’s up to you to

Three Minutes, Three Questions: Ray Bonneville

BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Ray Bonneville has been described as a “blues-influenced, New Orleans-inspired song and groove man” and his style compared to JJ Cale and Daniel Lanois. His songs are

Connected Through Culture

World musicians offer inspiration JOCELYN MURPHY NWA Democrat-Gazette “When people think of jazz, I think they [imagine] one thing in particular, and this one is just going to blow the

Time For Jubilation

Sykes stays low key in the middle of high-profile career BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Jubilant Sykes says he could never have been John Legend. Pop music was his first love, he

Making Everyone Welcome

APO plans season, kids’ club to appeal to families BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com You’re never too young for classical music. At least, that’s what Jason Miller believes. And as executive director

Tree Of Life

Roots Fest digs deep with legend Del McCoury BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com If Del McCoury knows he’s a legend, it doesn’t show in an interview. He doesn’t want to talk about

When The Music Moves You

Celebrated musician brings New Orleans to Arkansas JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com When guitar player Ted Ludwig was forced to leave his New Orleans home in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, he

Rapper talks family, love, his brand of rap

BECCA MARTIN-BROWN NWA Democrat-Gazette So how do a 20-something Filipino rapper — who goes by the name P-Lo — and a middle-aged Mid-Southern arts writer have a conversation? Quite easily,