Music

FORMAT Festival day one brings big musical acts, vibrant art, interesting tech and thousands of visitors

The second FORMAT Festival -- For Music Art and Technology -- kicked off yesterday on the grounds of the Momentary contemporary art space in downtown Bentonvil…

by April Wallace September 23, 2023

Subscriber Exclusive OPINION: Los Lobos is an American band

The best rock 'n' roll show I ever saw was Los Lobos at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas on April 22, 1987.

by Philip Martin September 22, 2023

Subscriber Exclusive FORMAT Festival returns to Bentonville featuring Alanis Morissette, LCD Soundsystem, Leon Bridges and more

Alanis Morissette, LCD Soundsystem and Leon Bridges are set to headline the second FORMAT Festival -- "For Music + Art + Technology" -- Friday-Sunday at the Mo…

by April Wallace September 21, 2023

Subscriber Exclusive LIVE MUSIC IN ARKANSAS: Los Lobos brings 50 years of experience to NLR concert

Live Music in Arkansas

by Jack W. Hill September 21, 2023

Subscriber Exclusive ENTERTAINMENT: Chalk it up for fun Saturday at Thea Paves the Way

School groups, other organizations and families will cover the sidewalks in chalk art as Thea Foundation holds its 16th Thea Paves the Way, its annual sidewalk…

by Eric E. Harrison September 21, 2023

Nickelback looking for some love from Arkansas

Nickelback knows you might hate them.

by JADA YUAN THE WASHINGTON POST September 19, 2023

Subscriber Exclusive No Tears Project ensemble honors Little Rock Nine, promotes civil-rights dialogue

Overall, Little Rock is no slacker in the cultural game. Original live music, dance performances, poetry readings and more are readily available to patrons wit…

by Werner Trieschmann September 17, 2023

Subscriber Exclusive Five questions with zookeeper, musician Randal Berry

Randal Berry is an interesting guy, an amateur historian who is one of the leading lay experts on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (and a vociferous critic…

by Philip Martin September 17, 2023

ENTERTAINMENT: ‘Perspectives’ on ‘Tiny Desk,’ ‘Romantics’ and a ‘Harvest’

Third Coast Percussion, a Chicago-based percussion quartet and composer collective, performs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Windgate Center for the Performing Ar…

by Eric E. Harrison September 17, 2023

Subscriber Exclusive Amie Bishop band changes its name to Wunderpus, gets canceled gigs

What's in a name? It depends on who you ask. For Amie Bishop and her former band the Slingerz, a new name means at least three gigs have been canceled. Goodbye…

by Jerry McLeod September 14, 2023

Subscriber Exclusive LIVE MUSIC IN ARKANSAS: Little Rock first-timer Jackson Grimm playing free White Water show

Live Music in Arkansas

by Jack W. Hill September 14, 2023

Subscriber Exclusive ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Tinkerfest, Hispanic Heritage Festival fill Saturday

A Hispanic Heritage Festival celebrates North Little Rock's Hispanic community, artists, music and culinary scene, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Argenta Plaza. Ad…

by Eric E. Harrison September 14, 2023

After slow summer, music’s busy season is here

Music fans, it is time to bid adieu to the sunny, slow summer months, and welcome fall -- historically, one of the busiest times in the calendar year for new a…

by MARIA SHERMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS September 12, 2023

Subscriber Exclusive ENTERTAINMENT: Soul band Uptown sets concert for Warfield series at Helena-West Helena

Soul/R&B band Uptown performs Wednesday at the Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas in Helena-West Helena.

by Eric E. Harrison September 12, 2023

ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Music, a dose of ‘Arsenic’, and the benefit of the ‘Doubt’

The Judy Kohn Tenenbaum Argenta Community Theater stages John Patrick Shanley's "Doubt: A Parable," opening Wednesday at the ACT II Sharon Heflin Performing Ar…

by Eric E. Harrison September 10, 2023