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ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Hootie and the Blowfish headline at Walmart AMP; King's Mouth installation opens in Springdale Pop-rockers Hootie & the Blowfish, on their "Group Therapy Tour" with Barenaked Ladies, perform at 7:30 p.m. today at the Walmart AMP in Rogers. by Eric E. Harrison - July 14, 2019

How guitarist Joao Gilberto transformed global pop music The British Invasion gets all the ink, but in 1964, as the Beatles were upending pop culture, a record by a jazz hit-maker and a Brazilian bossa nova innovator ... by RANDALL ROBERTS Los Angeles Times (TNS) - July 14, 2019

NOTABLE ARKANSANS--answer NOTABLE ARKANSANS by STEVE STEPHENS AND CLYDE SNIDER Special to the Democrat-Gazette - July 14, 2019

THE WEEKEND TEN: ATA marks 50th anniversary, Mary Poppins, Ricky Skaggs + more ATA Martial Arts estimates 20,000 people have been pouring into Little Rock this week, Ricky Skaggs headlines the Red, White & Bluegrass Festival, the Central A... July 11, 2019

Pianist George Winston at Wildwood planning to play 'summer songs' Pianist George Winston thinks it has been more than two decades since he last performed in Little Rock. by Eric E. Harrison - July 11, 2019

CALENDAR: Full guide to exhibits, dance, film, theater, music + more across Arkansas Events are free unless otherwise noted. July 11, 2019

Mo' Better Block: Trumpeter Rodney and crew salute filmmaker Spike Lee Little Rock musician Rodney Block was a 20-year-old student at the University of Arkansas at Monticello when he and his brother first saw Spike Lee's Mo' Better... by Sean Clancy - July 11, 2019

MUSIC SCENE: White Water Tavern show loaded with performers for Adam Faucett benefit A benefit for Adam Faucett, featuring Isaac Alexander, Joshua Asante, Rachel Ammons, Iron Tongue, Mandy McBryde, William Blackart, Matthew Ritchie, Attagirl, Mi... by JACK W. HILL Special to the Democrat-Gazette - July 11, 2019

ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Benton's Young Players are Getting to Know ... Oklahoma! Benton's Young Players will stage Getting to Know ... Oklahoma!, an adaptation for young performers of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, 7 p.m. today-Saturday... by Eric E. Harrison - July 11, 2019

Festival planned for downtown North Little Rock sets music lineup A music and arts festival set for downtown North Little Rock later this year has announced the acts who will take its stage. by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - July 9, 2019

Aryeh N. Cohen is high-voiced rising star at 25 Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen's improbable career has rapidly taken him to the brink of operatic stardom at age 25. So it's not surprising that the Brooklyn-born counter... by MIKE SILVERMAN The Associated Press - July 9, 2019

Summer songs — warm weather jams inspire nostalgia and good times Summer/It turns me upside down" -- The Cars, "Magic" Summertime! Bring on the heat, the bugs, lazy days on the couch streaming something you've seen be... by Sean Clancy - July 7, 2019

CRITICAL MASS: Bruce Springsteen's 'Western Stars' is its own universe "The smell of eucalyptus bark and high grasses, that uniquely California smell, surrounded me and reminded me I was a stranger in a strange land." -- Bruce ... by Philip Martin - July 7, 2019

Singer-songwriter Cody Johnson is bridging gap between Texas/Oklahoma red dirt music and Nashville Ever since Willie Nelson left Nashville in the early 1970s to return to Texas, there's been a large chasm between the "red dirt" country artists working primari... by KRISTIN M. HALL The Associated Press - July 7, 2019

ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Mary Poppins floating into Murry's; Wynonna Judd makes "noise" in Fort Smith Karen Clark plays the title nanny, practically perfect in ev'ry way, with Michael Klucher as Bert the chimney sweep in Mary Poppins , opening Wednesday at Murry... July 7, 2019

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