Smile Empty Soul, along with opening acts Co-Op and Eight Eyes, will perform at 8 p.m. today at the Rev Room in Little Rock. Admission is $13.
North Mississippi Allstars, along with opening act Cody Dickinson & Friends, will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $22 in advance, $25 the day of the show.
Based in Hernando, Miss., the band's nucleus is brothers Cody (drums, piano, synth bass, programming and vocals) and Luther (guitar, vocals) Dickinson, the sons of Little Rock-born musician and noted producer Jim Dickinson, a major figure on the Memphis music scene until his death in August 2009.
The band has released 19 albums since its debut, Shimmy She Wobble, in 2000. The latest release, Prayer for Peace, came out in 2017.
Rev Room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 823-0090, revroom.com
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Trey Johnson will perform at 8 p.m. today at South on Main in Little Rock. Admission is $10.
Dazz & Brie, along with opening act Heart Society, will perform at 9 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 the day of the show.
Mom and Pop's Old Fashioned Christmas will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday. Admission is $5.
The Mom and Pop show is a musical comedy variety show geared to preschool and early elementary age children and their parents. In 2016, the act had a No. 1 song, "Take Care," on the Kids Place Live "13 under 13 Countdown" and their debut, self-titled CD won a Parents' Choice Silver Honor.
Mom and Pop is the brainchild of husband and wife songwriters Bobby Matthews and Virginia Ralph, who for 20 years had separate careers -- he as an early elementary art teacher and she as a teaching artist and touring performer in a children's theater company. They now have two daughters.
South on Main, 13th and Main streets, Little Rock, (501) 244-9660; southonmain.com
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Frontier Circus, followed by The Floor Also Rises, will perform at 9 p.m. today at White Water Tavern in Little Rock. Admission is $7.
Cory Branan will perform at 9:30 p.m. Friday. Admission is $10.
Branan, a Memphis-born, Nashville, Tenn., resident, is a former bartender at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. Inspired by the songs of John Prine, he began writing his own music and released a debut album, The Hell You Say, on Memphis label Madjack Records in 2002.
After two albums on Madjack, he signed to Bloodshot Records, which has released his next three CDs, the latest of which, Adios, came out in 2017. Branan has called it a death album, as well as a "loser's survival kit."
Drexel & The Spirit, along with Isaac Alexander and Kevin Kerby, will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $7.
Drexel Baker III, who was born in Alexandria, La., grew up in Little Rock and learned to play drums. He joined rock trio Go Fast in the late 1990s and then moved to New York where he released a debut album, The Bloody Transylvania Street Machine, in 2005, following up with Green Sky in 2008 and Strange Mystery in 2013. His latest, Flashback City, came out Dec. 7.
White Water Tavern, West Seventh and Thayer streets, Little Rock, (501) 375-8400, whitewatertavern.com
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Little Rock Folk Club founder Len Holton, joined by multi-stringed instrumentalist Cory Winters of Fort Smith, will perform at 6 p.m. today at the Hibernia Irish Tavern in Little Rock. Admission is free.
Hibernia Irish Tavern, 9700 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, (501) 663-0634, littlerockfolkclub.org
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The City Boyz will perform at 9:30 p.m. Friday at Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack in Little Rock. Admission is $5.
The sixth annual Christmas Karaoke for The Van will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $10.
Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-7707, stickyz.com
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The Busty Petites will perform at 10 p.m. Friday at Four Quarter Bar in North Little Rock. Admission is $7.
Deep Sequence will perform at 10 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $7.
Four Quarter Bar, 415 Main St., North Little Rock, (501) 313-4704, fourquarterbar.com
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Brian Ramsey will perform at 5:30 p.m. and Tragikly White will perform at 9 p.m. today at Cajun's Wharf in Little Rock.
Richie Johnson will perform at 5:30 p.m. and Mister Lucky will perform at 9 p.m. Friday.
I-30 Ramblers will perform at 5:30 p.m. and Rustenhaven will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday.
Admission is $5 after 8 p.m.
Cajun's Wharf, 2400 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, (501) 375-5351, cajunswharf.com
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Couch Jackets, Elephantom and New Motto will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at Maxine's in Hot Springs. Admission is $5.
Gold Leather, Peace of the Sea, The Phlegms and Ankle Top will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $7.
Maxine's, 700 Central Ave., Hot Springs, (501) 321-0909, maxineslive.com
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The Craig Gerdes Band will perform at 8 p.m. today at The Big Chill in Hot Springs. General admission is $10; reserved seating is $15.
Proceeds will benefit the Unknown Legends Musicians Relief Fund.
The Big Chill, 910 Higdon Ferry Road, Hot Springs, (501) 624-5185, thebigchillhotsprings.com
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Blackstrap will perform at 8 p.m. today at Griffin Restaurant in El Dorado. Admission is free.
The Legendary Temptations, along with opening act Rodney Block, will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday in the First Financial Music Hall at The Griffin. Tickets are $85, $69.50, $59.50 and $49.50.
Originally known as The Temptations, The Legendary Temptations' current lineup includes original member, tenor/baritone Otis Williams, 76, who joined in 1961 when the group began churning out hit singles, beginning in 1964 with the No. 11 "The Way You Do the Things You Do" and their first No. 1 hit, "My Girl." There were 15 more top 10 hits through 1991.
The other current members, according to an Aug. 13 story in Rolling Stone magazine, are baritone Terry Weeks (a member since 1997), tenor Larry Braggs (a member since 2016 who was lead singer of Tower of Power from 2000-2013), bass Willie Greene (a member since 2016 who had toured with former Temptations Richard Street and Ali-Ollie Woodson) and tenor Ron Tyson (a member since 1983)
Dave Almond will perform at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Admission is free.
Griffin Restaurant, 101 E. Locust St., El Dorado, (870) 444-3007, eldomad.com
First Financial Music Hall at The Griffin, 101 E. Locust St., (877) 940-3334, eldomad.com.
Weekend on 12/13/2018