Ellis Widner

The buzz

Country singer Brad Paisley will step out of the recording studio and off the concert stage to co-create and co-produce a series for the CW network, with the working title Nashville (what would Robert Altman think?), about a female singer headed toward stardom and a male songwriter whose career is uncertain.
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ARTBEAT: ‘Arkansas’ painter’ exhibit opens

More than a decade has passed since “Arkansas’ painter” had a one man show in central Arkansas. That changes Friday when a show of new works by J.O. Buckley opens at Greg Thompson Fine Art in North Little Rock. A reception will be held 5-8 p.m., part of the Argenta Third Friday Night Art Walk.
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REISSUES: Old favorites return with CD-DVD sets

How many times can a record label repackage songs from an artist’s catalog?
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The buzz

Ready Arkansas? Conway native Kris Allen’s debut album is due Nov. 17. His American Idol runner-up, Adam Lambert, will have an album out one week later.
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Holiday House hopes sales go through roof

Amber Barham has her fingers crossed and has faith that her hard work and that of her Holiday House volunteers will pay off.
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Riffs and whiffs

Ozark Folk Festival audience might get skunked, and it might not, Wainwright says

Will he or won’t he?
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The buzz

For his 75th birthday, Elvis fans will get 100.
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Arkansas accents

Nichols back home with new CD, tour

Joe Nichols and his “newer version of good ol’ me” returns to Arkansas to launch the release of his superlative new album, Old Things New.
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The buzz

Justin Moore, the pride of Poyen, has landed another well-earned break in his career.
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REISSUES: Tasty jazz for Peanuts

Vince Guaraldi wasn’t exactly unknown before he was tapped to write the lively toe-tapping music for the series of Peanuts animated television specials beginning with 1965’s A Charlie Brown Christmas.
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