3 Penny Acre Does It Again, But Different
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A band is like a relationship, said 3 Penny Acre singer and bass player Bernice Hembree.

A band is like a relationship, said 3 Penny Acre singer and bass player Bernice Hembree.

“Chooch” Meisenbacher, sitting across the table drinking whiskey on the rocks in the afternoon, looks like a prototypical merrymaking country boy with full beard, long curly hair, and unbuttoned flannel shirt layering a local band tee.

By Claire Ala Sarah Hughes Band is a nice Southern mix of folk and Americana style. Hughes has a comforting voice with a bit of twang that’s soothing to the ears. Along with a beautiful voice is a string of lovely music creating an upbeat atmosphere. Hughes started dabbling with music in college with her…

By Terrah Baker I like a band who can keep you interested. Especially when that band grabs your attention with “jam/ rock/ honky tonk,” musical collaboration that opens up the senses and leaves the mind feeling relaxed and the body ready to move. That’s the feeling I got from Fayetteville-based band The Great Scotts’ newest…

Lot 44 attempts to bring Rock N’ Roll back to the masses with their debut album “Do What I Want.” The band understands the music industry in a way that few newly-formed bands do.

Special to TFW The new album release by musician Barrett Baber “Live at Legacy Blues” is what happens when you mix one of Arkansas’ most beloved singer/songwriters and one of Fayetteville’s swankiest clubs, Legacy Blues on Watson Street. The album was recorded at the club on April 13, during the CD release party for…

It’s a ’70s electronica throwback, paired with an early 20th century French film

By Tim Newman TFW Contributing Writer The fourth, independently-released and self-financed album from metal trio Vore, “Gravehammer,” certainly takes a minute to grow on the non-avid listener of metal music. Rest assured, this is more than just unintelligible growling over heavy distortion and seemingly never-ending double bass. The precision of musicianship is something at which…

By Kevin Casey TFW Contributing Writer Back in October, The Black Keys released their first single “Lonely Boy” for their new album “El Camino.” The music video consists of a single, uncut shot of a man wearing black slacks and a white button-up dancing alone to the song. There were several messages The Black Keys…

By Tim Newman TFW Contributing Writer Tom Waits’ 17th studio release, “Bad As Me,” dives further into the experimental blues-rock sound of Waits’ 1999 release, “Mule Variations,” while expanding deeper into the villainous persona created on “Swordfishtrombones” in 1983. Although this is the first release of entirely new material in seven years, “Bad As Me”…