Entries for the 'entertainment' Category

Rock & Roll legend and former member of “The Band,” Robbie Robertson, is back with his first solo album in thirteen years...

Flying far below the radar is a group of musicians that lights up downtown Fayetteville nearly every weekend.  They play because they love it, because it makes them happy, because they don't know how to stop.

Temper their enthusiasm with day jobs that keep them in check (and in charge) and you have some of the longest running music careers on the local scene.

The Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville has a series of events planned for its second ever Artosphere series.  If you like music, theater, art, biking, or gardening, there's something for you.

Malia Drinkwitz learned the language of dance as a child. Growing up in Fort Smith, she used to flip and somersault off furniture. She taught herself how to do back handsprings. By the age of nine, she enrolled in gymnastics.

Lori McKenna’s latest release, “Lorraine,” is by far her best yet.  Certainly a step up from her previous release, the overproduced piece of pop fluff she recorded under the tutelage of country artist, Tim McGraw.

Take a bunch of college guys, throw in a snow day, add a Katy Perry song and see what you get.  If you're Van Buren's Devon Park the mix results in a little thing called global recognition.

Once called the greatest white blues singer ever, Gregg Allman has been making records, both solo and with the Allman Brothers, since 1969.  Some are classics, who can deny 1972’s “Eat A Peach,” 1971’s “At Fillmore East,” or his solo revelation “Laid Back” from 1973, and some are not, just check out either of the group’s two releases on the Arista label.  He has never released an album like this.

Their third release, “Love On The Inside,” debuted at number one on the Billboard charts and spawned no less than eight hit singles, leaving country fans wildly anticipating whatever might come next. So what happened?

On the night of March 5, 400 performers will gather on the stage of Harvest Time Tabernacle in Fort Smith to sing the old gospel songs.  It’s a monumental event and a major fundraiser for the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Academy of the Arts.