Live Music

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Posted by Blair Jackson |

TODAY George’s Majestic Lounge, Fayetteville: Randy Rogers Band JJ’s Grill, Fayetteville: Darren Ray JJ’s Grill, Rogers: TJ Scarlett Mojo’s Pints and Pies, Fayetteville: Two & 1/3 Men Pesto Cafe, Fayetteville: Sarah Hughes Rowdy Beaver, Eureka Springs: Karaoke with Tiny Smoke & Barrel Tavern: Many Mansions   FRIDAY Arsaga’s Crossover, Fayetteville: Waoka The Bayou, Rogers: The…

A Sunday Show with Mountain Sprout

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Reverence for the Irreverent See them at George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville on October 29. By Blair Jackson Editor Mountain Sprout lives up to its claim as a “hillbilly music machine,” churning out tunes that portray the backwoods adventures of illegal drugs, lots o’ beer, kissin’ cousins, and redneck hippies. With a banjo, a fiddle,…

Bluegrass Festival Offers More than Music

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By Clay Payne Bluegrass fans descended on the Ozarks of Arkansas at Mulberry Mountain last week for four days of ideal camping weather, southern string music and wholesome family fun. Yonder Mountain String Band’s Harvest Festival, (formerly Mulberry Mountain Harvest Festival) began on Thursday in Ozark and continued until Sunday evening with the nation’s top…

Unique Duet Between Prose and Song

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By Clay Payne TFW Contributing Writer On a lazy Sunday afternoon, moments before the evening storm fell, patrons of Nightbird books on Dickson Street in Fayetteville caught an intimate concert/reading by folksy pop singer/songwriter and author David Berkeley. Berkeley has been touring the country to promote his fourth and most recent studio album — “Some…