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POP NOTES: 3-year Evolution complete
posted: 05/15/2012 2:22 a.m. Discuss
Gina Gee Evolution of a Woman Ferocious B Those with an ear tuned to the local music scene have been waiting a while now for Gina Gee, nee Regina D. Gulley, to drop a solo album. Evolution of a Woman has been in the works three years.
MUSIC: Kentucky foursome beams in to Stickyz
posted: 05/15/2012 2:20 a.m. Discuss
With a name like Morning Teleportation, music fans might at least contemplate an unusual evening excursion — complete with a trippy light show — and it’s something fans of the Kentucky/ Oregon/Kentucky band have come to expect.
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: UCA has a full season ahead
posted: 05/15/2012 2:13 a.m. Discuss
Elsewhere in arts and entertainment this week: UCA season Fashion expert Tim Gunn, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Capitol Steps will kick off the Distinguished Lecture, Night Out at Reynolds and Broadway series, respectively — all part of the University of Central Arkansas’ 2012-13 Public Appearances season.
LISTEN UP: Madeira leads artists’ altar call for atypical Hymns
posted: 05/15/2012 2:10 a.m. Discuss
Mercyland Hymns for the Rest of Us Tone Tree/Fuel Music A- Emmylou Harris confidant and songwriter Phil Madeira has pulled together an intriguing array of folk and country artists to record songs of faith, many of them written or cowritten by Madeira.
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Claire Lynch Band presents Bluegrass Monday concert
posted: 05/13/2012 4:14 a.m. Discuss
The Claire Lynch Band — singer-songwriter Claire Lynch; Bryan McDowell, mandolin and fiddle; Matt Wingate, guitar and mandolin ; and Mark Schatz, bass — will perform for Jonesboro station KASU-FM, 91.9’s Bluegrass Monday concert, 7 p.m. Monday at the Collins Theatre, 120 W. Emerson St., Paragould.
Memories made still sweaty fresh
posted: 05/13/2012 4:12 a.m. Discuss
Some memories from those who were there: “I do remember my parents having concerns about my attending. When their friends found out I was going, they let my mother and dad know they thought it a very bad idea. The things I might learn from watching Elvis would stick with me forever. They were right.
LR disc jockey was the one who captured Elvis on tape
posted: 05/13/2012 4:10 a.m. Discuss
Elvis Presley sang just seven songs during his May 16, 1956, performances at Robinson Auditorium: “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Long Tall Sally,” “I Was the One,” “Money Honey,” “I Got a Woman,” “Blue Suede Shoes” and “Hound Dog.” “Heartbreak Hotel” spent eight weeks at No. 1 on Billboard magazine’s singles charts earlier that year.
MUSIC: ASO guests are 2 ‘Wicked Divas,’ in a good way
posted: 05/10/2012 3:51 a.m. Discuss
The two singers joining the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and Associate Conductor Geoffrey Robson for a pair of “Wicked Divas” pops concerts this weekend at Little Rock’s Robinson Center Music Hall say they aren’t really divas.
MUSIC: Bentley has family roots in Arkansas lumber town
posted: 05/10/2012 3:50 a.m. Discuss
Country singer Dierks Bentley, who now lives in Nashville, Tenn., has performed in Nashville, Ark., but has never been in nearby Dierks, the city from which his name originated. The town was named for some of Bentley’s ancestors, who started their lumber company in 1900 and sold it to Weyerhaeuser Corp. in 1969 (after having been the largest family-owned landholding company in the United States).
Michael Burks: Blues guitarist’s gig was lifelong
posted: 05/08/2012 3:56 a.m. Comments 2
Michael Burks was a bluesman but also a family man, those who knew him confirm. He played his first gig when he was 5, and by the time he was 13, he was leading his own band at the family juke joint in Camden, where he grew up.
LISTEN UP: Underwood, Nashville style
posted: 05/08/2012 2:27 a.m. Discuss
Carrie Underwood Blown Away 19/Arista B+ It’s not hard to understand Carrie Underwood’s place in and importance to Nashville’s main industry. Taylor Swift and Miranda Lambert have secured places at the top of country music, but Underwood is the one who is hosting the award shows and putting out albums like Blown Away, which is about as seamless a manufactured product as you can find.
MUSIC: Deep Dark Woods taps rich folk legacy
posted: 05/08/2012 2:23 a.m. Discuss
When winter’s wind chill hits 40 degrees below zero, there’s a definite incentive to staying inside and practicing and rehearsing music, if you’re in a band.
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Storytelling chef, singers get dates
posted: 05/08/2012 2:10 a.m. Discuss
Miles James, owner/chef of James at the Mill in Johnson, will be the featured storyteller for Tales From the South: Tin Roof Project at 7 p.m. today at Starving Artist Cafe, 411 Main St., North Little Rock.
Beatles’ ‘Twist and Shout’ almost never came out, writer relates
posted: 05/06/2012 3:40 a.m. Discuss
In 1963, The Beatles released their first album, Please Please Me. Looking back, the rise of The Beatles may look inevitable, but their success depended on lucky breaks and talent. One fortunate occurrence was joining forces with the classical expertise of producer George Martin.
POP NOTES: Chocolate Drops fuse vintage, modern styles
posted: 05/06/2012 3:34 a.m. Discuss
It would be easy to make assumptions about the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
