Northwest Arkansas husband-and-wife folk duo Still on the Hill returns to central Arkansas for its annual Little Rock Folk Club show, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Little Rock's Hibernia Irish Tavern. Admission is $15, $10 for military, $8 for students with ID and free for accompanied children under 12.
Still on the Hill, together for some two decades, is Kelly Mulhollan on guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, ukulele and upright bass and Donna Stjerna Mulhollan on fiddle, mandolin, musical saw, scrub-board, ukelin, guitar, mule-jawbone and pickin' bow.
The couple has performed at the Kerrville (Texas) Folk Festival, the Philadelphia Folk Festival and the Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival in Winfield, Kan. They have released eight CDs; the 2015 release of their Once a River, which depicts the history of the Beaver Lake watershed and the White River, culminated in more than 35 free concerts and the giving of 1,000 free CDs to fans.
Still a River, their subsequent project, released in fall 2016 and with a similar template, salutes the Buffalo River, the nation's first historic river and the only major river in the South allowed to flow free and un-dammed.
The Mulhollans also tour as Toucan Jam, a children's act oriented to school performances.
Hibernia Irish Tavern, 9700 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, (501) 663-0634, littlerockfolkclub.org
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Crowd Control by JJ Wilson and The Sleepy Genius perform at 9 p.m. Friday as part of the "Winter All White Party" at the Rev Room in Little Rock. Admission is $10.
Arkansauce, a Northwest Arkansas four-piece string band that performs a mix of bluegrass, folk, Americana, country, blues and funk, will perform at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Opening act is Big Red Flag. Admission is $8.
Rev Room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 823-0090, revroom.com
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Brothers With Different Mothers will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at White Water Tavern in Little Rock. Admission is $6.
The Little Rock-based group began when Dan Waymack of Waymack and Crew, a film and video company, decided to start a band -- as a joke -- with John Jacobs. They later added Drew Pickens and Brian Wolverton and began taking a more serious approach.
Akeem Kemp, with opening act Charlotte Taylor & Gypsy Rain, will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $6.
White Water Tavern, West Seventh and Thayer streets, Little Rock, (501) 375-8400 , whitewatertavern.com
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John Nemeth performs at 8 p.m. Friday at Stickyz Rock 'N' Roll Chicken Shack in Little Rock. Tickets are $7 in advance, $10 day of show.
Nemeth is an Idaho-born blues singer-songwriter and harmonica player who has released eight albums since 2002. He has also performed with Elvin Bishop and Anson Funderburgh and opened shows for Robert Cray and Keb' Mo'. He moved to Memphis in early 2013; in 2014 he won a Blues Music Award for "Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year."
Stickyz Rock 'N' Roll Chicken Shack, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-7707, stickyz.com
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The Federalis, with opening act Couch Jackets, perform at 9 p.m. Friday at Maxine's in Hot Springs. Admission is $7.
Tinnarose, with opening acts Laith and Pancho Casanova, will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $5.
Maxine's, 700 Central Ave., Hot Springs, (501) 321-0909, maxineslive.com
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CJ Solar performs at 9 p.m. today at the Griffin Restaurant in El Dorado. Admission is free.
Solar has been hailed by Rolling Stone Country as one of the "New Artists You Need to Know."
Griffin Restaurant, 101 E. Locust St., El Dorado, (870) 444-3007 Eldomad.com.
Weekend on 01/04/2018