Sean Clancy
Recent Stories by Sean Clancy
POP NOTES: Dickinson triple dose stirs soul, then calms it
posted: 05/20/2012 4:01 a.m. Discuss
It’s safe to say Luther Dickinson was born into this — hillbilly tonk, blues, gospel, folk, rock ’n’ roll — all those wonderful components that make Southern music. The man has it in him, you know, and he comes by it honestly.
MUSIC: Lucero serves up rock, wrasslin’, vittles by river
posted: 05/17/2012 3:15 a.m. Discuss
It’s been a good year for Memphis-based rockers Lucero. The band, fronted by Little Rock native Ben Nichols, has seen its latest album, Women & Work, debut in the Top 20 on the Billboard charts, has been playing to sold-out crowds on its tours, will perform at Metallica’s Orion Festival in New Jersey in June and reboots its Lucero Family Picnic with pals Shooter Jennings, Glossary and others in Batesville on Saturday.
Crawdad Days fest to feature bike race
posted: 05/14/2012 2:48 a.m. Discuss
Lots of town fairs include 5K footraces, but how often do you think a bike race breaks out in the middle of a crawdad festival? Can’t be that common, right?
Agony, no ecstasy
posted: 05/07/2012 2:21 a.m. Comment 1
The only thing that matters is the rear wheel of the bicycle in front of me. With my front tire just inches from it, I am snug in the draft of the rider ahead. There are seven of us and we are rolling along Arkansas 265 at 25 mph.
State’s archery fan base is growing by leaps and bows
posted: 04/23/2012 2:17 a.m. Discuss
Hang a long bow and a quiver of arrows conspicuously in your hall or library, and you will soon discover that no exquisite painting or bit of statuary will receive from guests more attention than will be accorded to these ancient weapons. — Maurice Thompson, The Witchery of Archery, 1879
Speaking volumes
posted: 04/08/2012 3:03 a.m. Discuss
Headed to this week’s ninth Arkansas Literary Festival? Brad Mooy has some advice.
If you snack and read, these four are for you
posted: 04/08/2012 2:55 a.m. Discuss
Just about all of the events at the Arkansas Literary Festival are free, but there are four that charge a fee. The upside is that food is involved at all four.
MUSIC: Great new CD makes The See a must-see act
posted: 03/22/2012 4:28 a.m. Discuss
What follows are eight reasons for you to leave the comfort of your home on a Saturday night and venture out to see — stand back — The See, a Little Rock-based indie-rock band that is celebrating the release of its staggeringly awesome new LP Pretending and Ending at Stickyz Rock ’n’ Roll Chicken Shack in Little Rock. 1. This list could actually stretch to 15 reasons: That’s because there are 15 tracks on Pretending and Ending, which follows the 2009 EP Bars of Gold, and they are all pretty stellar.
POPNOTES: Lucero masters its sound on new CD
posted: 03/13/2012 2:46 a.m. Discuss
“The hills of Arkansas are filled with haunted lakes and ghosts.” —“Sometimes,” Lucero One reason Lucero’s latest album, Women & Work, is so great — really, it may be the band’s best — stretches back to 2009 and the record’s precursor, 1372 Overton Park.
MUSIC: Holy House’s special recipe to debut on album
posted: 03/01/2012 4:25 a.m. Discuss
Love and Hope in the War Times is the debut album from This Holy House, and what a remarkable debut it is.
