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Still on the Hill folk duo playing Hibernia Tavern

The Gil Franklin Project
The Gil Franklin Project

Still on the Hill will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday for the Little Rock Folk Club at the Hibernia Irish Tavern in Little Rock. Admission is free and the first 100 patrons will receive a free copy of the duo's latest CD, Cane Hill.

Still on the Hill consists of singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Kelly and Donna Mulhollan, who are based in the Fayetteville area. Cane Hill is a concept album about the Washington County town of the same name. The earliest settlement in the county, Cane Hill, six miles east of the Oklahoma line, was also home to the state's first public school, library and Sunday School. In 1875, Cane Hill College became the first Arkansas college to admit women.

Hibernia Irish Tavern, 9700 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, (501) 663-0634, littlerockfolkclub.org

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Big Red Flag, 80s Trash and Billy Ruben & The Elevated Enzymes will perform at 8:30 p.m. Friday at White Water Tavern in Little Rock. Admission is $7.

Big Red Flag is known for its reliance on acoustic instruments: stand-up bass, accordion, guitar, mandolin, banjo and piano. Based in North Little Rock, the band calls its sound "Ragtime Gypsy Grass."

Charlotte Taylor & Gypsy Rain will perform at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $7.

Taylor, who was born and raised in Heber Springs, formed her first band, Project Blue, in 1994. She released her first CD, Taylor and Martinez, in 2000.

White Water Tavern, West Seventh and Thayer streets, Little Rock, (501) 375-8400, whitewatertavern.com

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Hard Corps will perform at 7 p.m. today at the Rev Room in Little Rock. Admission is free.

Rev Room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 823-0090, revroom.com

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Nerd Eye Blind will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday at Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack in Little Rock. Admission is $6.

Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-7707, stickyz.com

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FanStar will perform at 5:30 p.m. today at Cajun's Wharf in Little Rock.

The Gil Franklin Project will perform at 5:30 p.m. and Lipstick Hand Grenade will perform at 9 p.m. Friday.

Franklin is the former lead singer and guitarist for Blues Patrol, a prominent 1980s Little Rock area blues-rock band. In 2008, he compiled a DVD, We Walked the Streets Like Giants, about the Blues Patrol's era.

Richie Johnson will perform at 5:30 p.m. and The Gil Franklin Project 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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The Emily Cole Band will perform at 8 p.m. today at Griffin Restaurant in El Dorado. Admission is free.

Spectra Vamp will perform at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Admission is free.

Griffin Restaurant, 101 E. Locust St., El Dorado, (870) 444-3007, eldomad.com

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Still on the Hill

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Nerd Eye Blind

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Charlotte Taylor

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