When you’re being beaten over the head with a stick, you don’t always stop to ask what kind of wood it is. A Slayer show is a little like that, but with more fire.
Author: By Kevin Kinder
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Fayetteville Roots Festival announces full music schedule; these shows are among the highlights
Here are the highlights of the music lineup for the 2018 Fayetteville Roots Festival.
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Crystal Bridges flexes muscles in assembling two of the three temporary exhibits it will put on display in 2019
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art hopes to follow a strong 2018 exhibition schedule with a bit of superhuman strength.
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REVIEW: Halsey brings provocative pop show to AMP on a scorching-hot Arkansas evening
Those at the show got to see Halsey push through her hits and adorn them with blasts of dramatic smoke, pyrotechnic charges and dancing.
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REVIEW: Modest Mouse returns to a new world with same trademark weirdness
Maybe, just maybe, Modest Mouse liked their surroundings enough to come back again. And maybe it won’t be another 17 years before they do.
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Big Smith dons the overalls once again for big-time reunion show at George’s
You could call it a reunion if you want. You could say, like guitarist and vocalist Mark Bilyeu does, that the band members are just poking their head up a bit.
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REVIEW: Janet Jackson offers a high-energy dance party to AMP crowd
The Walmart AMP booked a superstar for Friday night. And Jackson delivered the kind of marquee extravaganza that we always hope to see at our largest music venue.
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REVIEW: Thirty Seconds to Mars uses energetic crowd to fuel their carnival-like live show
If you could assemble a concert from a do-it-yourself kit, the result might turn out something very much like what Thirty Seconds to Mars served to a crowd in Rogers.
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REVIEW: Glitzy pop showcase by Kesha and Macklemore brings escapism and openness to the AMP
“You can be sensitive AND blast people with a confetti cannon, if that’s your dream.”
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REVIEW: Ray LaMontagne opts for electricity at AMP show with Neko Case
LaMontagne’s change in dynamics is worth noting, depending on when you might have first heard his music. He’s doing what he wants.
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RIBBON CUTTING TODAY: Public art project hopes to provide education on water flow with overlay of School Avenue
The work covers four blocks of School Avenue with a precision-measured topographic map meant to show how water flows on the street.
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Walton Arts Center opens Create-Your-Own subscription packages while announcing new acts, including Jay Leno
The Walton Arts Center has rolled out its next season subscription package, and in doing so, the Fayetteville-based arts organization has revealed several new shows coming to the area.
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Georgia O’Keeffe gets a fresh look courtesy of the works she inspired in new Crystal Bridges exhibit
The exhibit makes its debut in Bentonville before going on display at two other American art galleries.
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Colorado Americana rockers The Drunken Hearts find a flow with help from two Arkansans
The five-piece electrified Americana band features two musicians with deep ties to the Northwest Arkansas music scene.
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REVIEW: Walton Arts Center’s offering of “The Sound of Music” brings us back to classic songs
The capacity crowd for Tuesday’s opening night performance at the WAC devoured it, and with good reason. There are some really wonderful moments.