Last Night of 2012 in Fayetteville
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It truly is a celebration of community, and we knew we had to continue the tradition.
Music
A Little Bit Psycho, Western
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By Sean Clancy Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Take a slab of garage rock psychosis, add a bootful of vintage country and western, a dash of inspiration from the old Donnie & Marie variety show, some roller derby moxie, the eerie sounds of a theremin, and you’ve got “A Little Bit Psycho … A Little Bit Western,” the…
Nightbird Takes On All-Ages Crowd With Changes
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By Terrah Baker At first glance, the outside of Nightbird Books hasn’t changed much since moving to its location on Dickson Street about six years ago. Take a closer look, and some significant differences begin to appear. The acronym “BHK” is missing from the turquoise sign in front of “Cafe,” and the breezeway that sits…
Illustrating New Life Into Christmas Story
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By Terrah Baker As a Christian and an American, Bryce Napier has heard the story behind Christmas many times in his life. But one day he had some ideas of the familiar story in a not-so-familiar way. “I wanted to do a Christmas story that focused on the spiritual warfare that was discussed in the…
Del Shreve Finds Personality in ‘The Diamond’
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By Terrah Baker If walking through the Fayetteville Farmers’ Market or biking down the hills of Mount Sequoyah on a bright and warm spring morning had a soundtrack, then Benjamin Del Shreve’s new album “The Diamond” could be it. It has elements of folk and indie, as Shreve suggested when we met, but add to…
Original Still on the Hill Reunite!
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“The creativity and originality of these two blows through the stale air of singer-songwriters like a gale of genius.” — Rich Warren, Sing Out! magazine The original four-piece Still on the Hill quartet is coming together Dec. 14 for a special reunion performance! It has been way too many years since the four of us…
Hope During Labor Class Injustice in Billy Elliott
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Staff Report Billy Elliot the Musical plays out amid the turmoil of the 1984 coal miners’ strike in Northern England, one of the darkest times in modern British history. As young Billy studies ballet, the mining town where he lives experiences relentless hardship and despair. Director Stephen Daldry, book writer and lyricist Lee Hall, composer…
Ska and Charity Make For Funky Holiday Sound
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By Terrah Baker When 18 local and professionally-trained musicians come together under the Fayetteville Ska Alliance for one holiday album, the result is fun, festive and one well-orchestrated musical production. The album makes remaking classics like “Jingle Bells” into something worth listening to after years of overplay look easy. Until you talk to Chris Harriman,…
Keller Williams Brings Funky to Fayetteville
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By Mason Carr The loopy and funkadelic grooves of the one-pretty-damn-talented-man jam band, Keller Williams, will be shaking the hineys of Fayetteville’s freaky Nov. 29 at George’s Majestic Lounge on Dickson Street. Williams has had a kaleidoscopic touring year, from playing with Larry Keel, gruff-voiced guitar guru and Americana eccentric, and Keel’s wife, Jenny, to…
Remembering ‘Mighty’ Jeff Carey
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“Jeff’s love for blues was obvious. Although he could play and sing in any genre, he always went back to the blues. ‘Shelia, I’m just an old blues man,’ he once told me. Indeed he was.” By Shelia G. Kidd The Northwest Arkansas music scene is a bit dimmer this week as we say goodbye…