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Thursday’s Music

Published on: May 16, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Bluesboy Jag, Booyah! Dad, Cornerstone Pub, Foul Play Cabaret, Josh Abbott Band, Rev Room, Rob Baird, The Afterthought, Tiger High, White Water Tavern

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Tiger High.

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These guys in Memphis-based Tiger High have quite the musical pedigree. Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jake Vest was in Jack Oblivian and The Trashed Romeos, and drummer Greg Roberson was in Reigning Sound, Arthur Lee’s Love, The Trashed Romeos, Jack Oblivian and Compulsive Gamblers. The duo are joined by two of Vest’s longtime musical partners: brother Toby Vest and Greg Faison, and the quartet create infectious garage rock with power pop melodies that you can dance to on their Myth Is This album. Joining Tiger High for a White Water Tavern show will be the full-on dance rock/punk assault of Little Rock’s Booyah! Dad and the burlesque show of Hot Springs’ Foul Play Cabaret. The night gets going at 9:30 p.m.

Jack White’s new album hit No. 1 on iTunes’ all-genres album chart. What was the No. 2 album behind it for a while? The independent release Small Town Family Dream from Texas country — with a touch of Red Dirt — group Josh Abbott Band. The band’s new album also hit No. 5 on Billboard‘s Top Country Albums Chart. Abbott and band are coming to Rev Room. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door with the music starting at 9 p.m. with opening act Rob Baird and his Americana/country hybrid music found on his new album I Swear It’s the Truth. It’s an all-ages show.

North Little Rock cigar-box luthier and hill country blues master Bluesboy Jag is busy this weekend. Thursday night he and band — harmonica player and vocalist Jawbone Kenyon, drummer Joe Roitz and bassist Bass Joe — play The Afterthought at 8 p.m. There’s no cover. Friday night the band plays Cornerstone Pub at 8 p.m., and Saturday the band plays Levy United Methodist Church for an Amboy Community Food Pantry benefit beginning at 2 p.m.

Here are Tiger High with their “Carry My Love”:

Carry My Love

Friday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: May 10, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: belair., Cornerstone Pub, Downtown Music, Epiphany, Joe Nichols, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Shooter's Sports Bar & Grill, The OD, Thick Syrup Records, White Water Tavern

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Joe Nichols.

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Here’s what country musician Joe Nichols says about his new work It’s All Good, his sixth studio album released in November: “Yes, this is about commercial success, but if you want to make something that lasts, it’s about art, too. I want to bring a traditional sound into 2011 and 2012, to keep it faithful and make sure we’re still connecting with today’s listener.” Nichols connects with listeners on No. 1 country hits such as “Gimmie That Girl” and “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off.” It’s all those new and old tunes Nichols brings to Shooter’s Sports Bar & Grill. The music starts at 10:30 p.m. with tickets $25 in advance and $30 day of for the 21-and-up show.

Red Jumpsuit Apparatus got back to what they are good at with their last record, the August 2011 release Am I the Enemy. And by what they are good at we mean some raging post-hardcore music. Not that there isn’t room for a little emo or polished pop punk in their sound, because there is. The band, with some new members since their last visit, come to Downtown Music. The doors open at 7:30 p.m. with the music starting at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Opening the show is Magnolia-based, faith-inspired alternative rockers belair.

Speaking of a local artist who has been on the road touring (and I was yesterday with Audrey Dean Kelley), Little Rock hip-hop all-star Epiphany has been out and around the region, including playing a St. Patrick’s Day show in Oklahoma City. And he is off to Tulsa, Okla., next weekend, promoting his great, new hip-hop album Such Is Life. But a The OD show finds him back at Cornerstone Pub where he’ll be part of a night of real rap and some of the best hip-hop around. The music gets going at 9 p.m.

Little Rock’s own Thick Syrup Records is turning 6 and throwing a two-night party Friday and Saturday at White Water Tavern to celebrate. (A Thursday night show is also being held at Maxine’s in Hot Springs.) The music starts at White Water at 9 p.m. each night and will include appearances by The See, The Alpha Ray, Browningham, Androids of Ex-Lovers and more. All the shows are being filmed for an upcoming documentary.

Here’s Joe Nichols with his “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off”:

Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off

Saturday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: March 23, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Arkatext, At War's End, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Cornerstone Pub, Curtis & Luckey, Downtown Music, Firesaw, Howard "Having Fun" Wilson, JB and the Moonshine Band, North Mississippi Allstars, Powder Mill, Rev Room, Sea Nanners, Shooter's Bar and Grill, Stickyz, The See

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North Mississippi Allstars.

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When the great Jim Dickinson died, his two sons — Luther and Cody — were not playing music together in the North Mississippi Allstars. Luther was playing with The Black Crowes and Cody was with Hill Country Revue. No feuding; the boys were just doing different things. But Jim had always told his two sons that they were better together so not long after he died in 2009, drummer Cody and guitarist Luther along with bassist Chris Chew got the Allstars back together and recorded Keys to the Kingdom. It’s rock ‘n’ roll rebellion and sexified blues, and that’s what the North Mississippi Allstars will be bringing to Rev Room. The opening act is Powder Mill with their Missouri-bred “hillbilly slop bucket rock” kicking off the music at 9 p.m. Cover is $20 for the 18-and-up show.

There are 15 tracks on the full-length debut of Little Rock indie rockers The See‘s Pretending and Ending. Let me say that the lurching rocker “Bring It Back” is just a purely awesome song. So is the countrified kicker “Head Like a Stone.” And let’s not forget about the pure punk gallop of “Storytelling.” Those tunes are just three of the first five tunes on the album recorded by Jason Weinheimer at studios in Shreveport and Little Rock, and the rest of the album is just as amazing (and those other two tunes in the first five are just fine, too). Pretending and Ending is fun; it’s catchy; and it’s just damn great Arkansas-bred rock ‘n’ roll. Come celebrate this greatness with a CD release party at Stickyz. The opening act is Sea Nanners with their jittery indie rock kicking off the music at 9 p.m. Cover is $5 for the 18-and-up show.

Tickets may be available for this show and they may not. Check now because presale tickets moved really quick. Oh, what show? Bone Thugs-n-Harmony at Downtown Music. Yes, that’s right, the Cleveland hip-hop band known for their smash hit “Tha Crossroads” is coming to Little Rock, and even though there is talk of a split, Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone will both take part in the show. The opening act is Arkansas hip-hop group Arkatext. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. with the music starting at 8:30 p.m. Tickets — if there are any left — are $25 in advance and $30 at the door.

Beer for Breakfast — now there’s an album title, and that’s exactly what East Texas country rock band JB and the Moonshine Band named their sophomore album, a rollicking collection of honky-tonk flavored country. JB and the Moonshine Band bring that sound to Shooter’s Bar and Grill. Joining the guys from Tyler, Texas, will be the rocking country of fellow Texas act Curtis & Luckey, two singer/songwriters who love putting a little party vibe in their tunes. The music starts at 9 p.m. with tickets $7 in advance and $10 day of for the 21-and-up show.

At Wars End is currently working with We are the Fallen and Living Sacrifice’s Rocky Gray on a debut album. It’s going to be heavy because that’s what the Little Rock band plays: heavy rock. But for a show at Cornerstone Pub the five guys of At Wars End are going acoustic. The show starts around 8:30 p.m. and the opening act is Little Rock rock outfit Firesaw. It’s a 21-and-up show with only a $5 cover at the door, and the night is hosted by comedian Howard “Having Fun” Wilson.

Here’s North Mississippi Allstars with their “The Meeting”:

The Meeting

Saturday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: February 10, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Cornerstone Pub, Crunkfest Two, Humming House, Hunter Hayes, Juanita's, Matt Nathanson, Rachel Platten, Rascal Flatts, Reckless Kelly, Rev Room, Sara Evans, Verizon Arena

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Rascal Flatts.

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Celebrate the arrival of spring a month early with a visit from Rascal Flatts, a pop country band on their Thaw Out 2012 tour visiting Verizon Arena. Rascal Flatts is a new member of the Grand Ole Opry and currently readying a new release for April titled Changed so expect the band’s newest single “Banjo” along with the outfit’s other hits, including smashes such as “What Hurts the Most.” The doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the music starting at 7:30 p.m., and fellow country acts Sara Evans and Hunter Hayes open the show. Tickets are $25.50, $40.25 and $60.25 at the Verizon Arena Box Office or available through all Ticketmaster outlets with all those nasty little Ticketmaster charges extra.

Crunk music returns to Argenta and Cornerstone Pub with Crunkfest Two, a night of Southern rap and hip-hop featuring Memphis rapper Haystak; J Bo Cracker Swagger, a North Little Rock rapper known for mixing Southern hip-hop with gangsta; and a ton of other artists, including Atlanta rapper Yard Call, Young Hart, Lil Blaze and more. Advance tickets are $20 and available during business hours at Cornerstone, or $30 at the door.

Red Dirt rockers Reckless Kelly released their newest album Good Luck & True Love back in September 2011. It hit the Top 20 of the country charts with little or no radio play. How does that work? Well, Reckless Kelly bypasses the suits in shiny offices and takes their sound, which includes a mingling of rock ‘n’ roll with country and a taste of roots rock, straight to the people, creating electrifying nights that people remember. So look for Reckless Kelly at Rev Room creating another night to remember. Nashville, Tenn.-based Humming House is the opening act, kicking off the music at 9 p.m. with their “Irish porch stomp” that includes a mix of folk, blues and bluegrass with a touch of pop. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 day of for the 18-and-up show.

Singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson put out his first collection of music way back in the early ’90s. But it was 2008′s “Come On Get Higher” that finally broke the folk rocker. Since then, Nathanson has released last June’s Modern Love, a 11-track collection that included a guest spot from Sugerland. So, Nathanson is more acoustic pop rather than folk rock now, and it’s that refined sound that Nathanson brings to Juanita’s. The music starts at 9 p.m. with tickets $18 in advance and $20 day of show. The opening act is singer/songwriter Rachel Platten, whose debut album of infectious soulful pop Be Here includes the hit single “1000 Ships.”

Here’s Rascal Flatts with their “What Hurts the Most”:

What Hurts the Most

Saturday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: December 9, 2011

Categories: General

Tags: Amy Garland, Cornerstone Pub, Elise Davis, Joe Pitts Band, Joe Pitts Band Xmas Jam, White Water Tavern

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Elise Davis.

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Elise Davis is now making her home in Nashville, Tenn., working to break into the music business, and with the young, prolific songwriter writing tunes such as the ones found on her new album Cheap Date, it should only be a matter of time before she’s bigger than what she is now. Cheap Date is Davis’ best and boldest work, an album of Americana tunes produced by Mark Nevers, a producer who has worked with Lambchop, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Andrew Bird and Charlie Louvin. Davis comes to White Water Tavern, opening for another acclaimed singer/songwriter with an appearance by Amy Garland and band with their soulful Americana. Cover is $5, and each attendee will receive a copy of Cheap Date with admission. Music starts around 9 p.m.

The great Joe Pitts is a blues guitarist who plays something a little different than straight-ahead blues. Fronting the Joe Pitts Band, his music has touches of funk and jazz in it. It’s layered and multicolored, and it’s that deeper blues rock sound that the Joe Pitts Band — Jimmy Lynn on bass and Lance Womack on drums — will bring to Cornerstone Pub for the annual Joe Pitts Band Xmas Jam. It’s the fourth-annual affair with the music starting at 9 p.m. Expect special guests also on the stage and some of central Arkansas’ best blues music.

Here’s Elise Davis with her “Make the Kill”:

Make the Kill

Friday’s Music (And Toys)

by sstewart

Published on: December 1, 2011

Categories: General

Tags: Argenta Community Theater, Bohemian Sauce, Cornerstone Pub, Glossary, KSSN 96, Mountain Sprout, Nilson Matta & the Brazilian Voyage, Reno's Argenta Cafe, Rev Room, Se7en Sharp, Slobberbone, Stickyz, Toy Hill at War Memorial Park, Toys For Tots 2011, Two Cow Garage, White Water Tavern, Zoogma

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Mountain Sprout.

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Mountain Sprout is one of those bands making a name for itself through its live shows and for good reason. The four guys from the Arkansas band describe their band as a “highly energetic hillbilly music machine, spitting original tunes and blowing minds with witty lyrics and face-melting musicianship.” Live, the band is on fire, spitting out white-hot slices of music that’s probably best titled insurgent Americana with equal parts psychobilly and hillbilly, and a touch of class with bluegrass. So it’s that sound Mountain Sprout bring to Stickyz. The opening act is to be announced, but expect the music at 9 p.m. with cover $6 for the 21-and-up show.

For more than 30 years, Toy Hill has helped gather toys for Toys for Tots, a charity program from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve that donates new toys to children whose parents can’t afford Christmas presents. And so it does again this year as KSSN 96 and on-air personality and legend Bob Robbins return with Toys For Tots 2011 at Toy Hill at War Memorial Park starting at 5 p.m. Friday and going right through to 5 p.m. Sunday. Bring new, unopened toys to the drop off at War Memorial Park and also take part in the festivities, including the third annual Fire & EMS Toy Run with parades, and live music from three Arkansas country acts Saturday in Victoria Taylor, Ryan Couron and Luke Williams Band. You can also drop toys off at USA Drug stores and AT&T locations in central Arkansas, or Jester’s Tattoo in Cabot, Black Angus Steakhouse in Little Rock or the Clear Channel Studios.

The world needs more just straight-ahead rock ‘n’ roll. It’s just a fact. And so Little Rock record label Last Chance Records is delivering two nights of it Friday and Saturday with Slobberbone, Two Cow Garage and Glossary at White Water Tavern. Tickets are $12.50 per a night or $20 for both nights. The music starts at 9 p.m. each night. Ohio outfit Two Cow Garage is rough-hewn rock ‘n’ roll with punk overtones; Slobberbone is white-knuckled, freewheeling, catchy alt country; and Glossary is known for their bleeding heart rock ‘n’ roll tunes torched by country and R&B. On Friday night all three bands will play individual sets, and on Saturday night the three bands will team up for a “This Is American Music” style revue show with band members rotating on and off stage playing each other’s songs and covers, and delivering surprises.

Bohemian Sauce is the name that Henderson State University professor Marck Beggs gives to his work away from his folk-rock band dog gods, and it’s Bohemian Sauce that will make an appearance at Reno’s Argenta Cafe. The music starts at 10 p.m. with a $5 cover. Of course, Beggs is more than a professor and songwriter; he’s also a published poet with a number of poetry books out, a Ph.D. holder in English and a cat whisperer. Yes, you read that right. One has to believe that all of that somehow finds its way into the music of Beggs and Bohemian Sauce.

A couple of months after holding the release party for their extended play EPic at Cornerstone Pub, Se7en Sharp returns to the Argenta club for a night of music benefiting the Boys & Girls Club. Se7en Sharp is an act known for their modern rock sound with tunes such as “Let It Go” and “Bone Against the Knife,” but the band also has the country rock of “Give Me a Chance.” There’s no cover charge, but music lovers are asked to bring three canned goods, a gently worn coat, a new toy or a $7 donation. All proceeds go to the Boys & Girls Club, and Se7en Sharp will donate $1 from every purchase of merchandise. Santa will be on hand, and door prizes will be given away as well. The show is a 21-and-up affair with the music starting around 8 p.m.

A musical tour of Brazil is coming to North Little Rock for one night with a visit from Nilson Matta & the Brazilian Voyage at Argenta Community Theater. Tickets are $35 with the show starting at 7 p.m. Matta is a bassist who has played with a number of American and global musicians, and is joined by flutist Anne Drummond and guitarist Vic Juris. The music of Nilson Matta & the Brazilian Voyage explores the music of each of Brazil’s distinct regions and their music, which blends the early blues roots of jazz with the tropical swing of Brazil.

Rev Room‘s monthly Zodiac dance party returns with Sagittarius edition, featuring the music of Wakarusa Music Festival favorite Zoogma, a Mississippi quintet that plays music that combines a fully operational rock band with the sonic colors of a DJed electronica band in creating their candy-coated and light-show enhanced take on electronica, rock, jazz and world music with a show built on improvisation. Oh, and there is an amazing light show, too. The opening act is to be announced, but expect the music at 9 p.m. with a $10 cover for the 18-and-up show. The first 50 people to arrive who were born under the Sagittarius zodiac sign get in free with proper ID.

Here’s Mountain Sprout with their “Dry Counties”:

Dry Counties

Friday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: November 24, 2011

Categories: General

Tags: Brother Andy and His Big Damn Mouth, Cornerstone Pub, Local Motives, Mulehead, Stickyz, The Push Part 2: Black Friday Edition, Weakness for Blondes, White Water Tavern

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Mulehead.

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It has been since August 2010 (Harvest doesn’t count) that Mulehead has graced a Little Rock club stage — when they did for two nights — but the band known for their Arkansas-stamped alt country sound is returning with a show at Stickyz. Brother Andy and His Big Damn Mouth — who kick out their “white trash power pop” (gritty, power rock) — will kick off the music at 9 p.m. with tickets $10 for the 18-and-up show. Mulehead disbanded in 2004, after celebrating the release of their fourth and final full-length album Finer Thing, and has only reformed a handful of times since. The August 2010 reunion shows received rave reviews and sold out both shows. Consider yourself lucky and thankful for this show.

Little Rock’s own jamband extraordinaires Weakness for Blondes chase spontaneous creativity, going down several rabbit holes, scampering after blues rock, jazz and soul with a touch of psychedelic and funk to brew their infectious jamming sound. The band, influenced by the Grateful Dead, The Band, blues, jazz, Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis, will return to a Little Rock stage with a show at White Water Tavern. There is a 9 p.m. start time to the music with a $5 cover.

Local Motives was formed to unify the Little Rock hip-hop scene, and for the second time the local initiative collects a group of local hip-hop and rap artists for a show. This time it’s The Push Part 2: Black Friday Edition at Cornerstone Pub. It’s a 21-and-up show with the music starting at 9 p.m., and a $5 early admission price. Hosted by Osyrus Bolly, the night will include performances by YK (Grim Muzik), Southwest Boaz, Chucc Johnson (4×4 Crew), Aasylum, Yung 2 (Tho’d Studios), North Rock, the legendary Back Yard Entertainment, Parker Brothers and K. Toomer. DJ Fatality will be on the turntables between sets.

Here’s Mulehead with their “Ordinary Day”:

Ordinary Day

Friday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: November 3, 2011

Categories: General

Tags: A Bullet for Pretty Boy, All Time Low, American Aquarium, Cornerstone Pub, Downtown Music, He Is We, Jason Boland and the Stragglers, Jerry Don O'Neal, Juanita's, Rev Room, Robinson Center Music Hall, The Air I Breathe, The Diary of Black Men, The Great Commission, The Plot In You, The Ready Set

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American Aquarium.

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Red Dirt country rockers Jason Boland and the Stragglers have released a new album, Rancho Alto, the follow-up to the band’s 2008 release, Comal County Blue, an album that hit the Top 40 of the country music album charts. Rancho Alto‘s first single “Mary Ellen’s Greenhouse” hit No. 1 on The Texas Music Chart, and the band is on the road promoting the album and single, including a stop at Rev Room. The opening act is worthy of headlining their own show — and the band has in Little Rock often — as North Carolina act American Aquarium kicks off the music at 9 p.m. with their hard-charging, gritty, country-flavored rock ‘n’ roll. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 day of for the 18-and-up show.

Pop punk band All Time Low kicks off the weekend by bringing their high-energy, fun-loving music to Juanita’s, including the new music from the band’s fourth album Dirty Work, released earlier this year. The doors open at 8 p.m. with the show at 9 p.m. Tickets are $22.50 in advance and $25 day of show. Also on the bill is Washington State indie pop band He Is We, and singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist The Ready Set, the irresistibly danceable pop music of 21-year-old, Indiana-born musician Jordan Witzigreuter who is touring in support of his newest release, the EP Feel Good Now.

The new album from Texas-based Christian hardcore act A Bullet for Pretty Boy is titled Revision: Revise so it makes perfect sense the five piece is on The Revision: Revise Tour, which stops at Downtown Music. Joining A Bullet for Pretty Boy in their local stop is California “heavy worship” act The Great Commission, and Ohio metal band The Plot In You and New Jersey metalcore group The Air I Breathe, two bands that most recently played Downtown Music as supporting acts on The Circle of Friends Tour with headliners Thick as Blood. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the music at 6:30 p.m., and tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.

Jerry Don O’Neal, who goes by the name of just plan ol’ Jerry Don when he’s playing his Arkansas-bred country music, comes to Cornerstone Pub. There’s a $5 cover at the door with the music for the 21-and-up show starting around 9 p.m. Growing up in the self-described “simple, down-home country life,” Jerry Don got his first guitar at age 10 and soon started learning the tunes of his idols, men such as Merle Haggard, Conway Twitty and Don Williams. Jerry Don is currently working on an album and will play some of those down-home country tunes during his Argenta stop.

The social commentary theatrical play of Thomas Meloncon, The Diary of Black Men, will call Robinson Center Music Hall home for a Friday and Saturday night showing. Subtitled How Do You Love a Black Woman, the play deals with the issues of love, trust, black family values, and relationships between men and women though six male stereotypes: The Player, a Blue Collar Worker, a Militant, an Urban Professional and Intellect, a Black Muslim, and a Pimp. The play starts at 7:30 p.m. each night with tickets $27.95, $34.10 and $39.20 with all those nasty little Ticketmaster extra charges included.

Here’s American Aquarium with their “Ain’t Going to the Bar Tonight”:

Ain’t Going to the Bar Tonight

Friday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: August 11, 2011

Categories: General

Tags: Charlie Robison, Cornerstone Pub, Michael Burks, Rev Room, Stickyz, The Dirt Drifters, The O.D. Dime

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Michael Burks.

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This is what the Chicago Sun-Times had to say about Arkansas’ “Iron Man” of the blues Michael Burks: “Michael Burks is a flamethrower guitarist. He is the complete bluesman: songwriter, singer, riff-master, bandleader, and showman … Savage fury and heartfelt tenderness.” Burks, who uses his guitar to split the sky and make it cry with piercing, soulful, electric Delta blues, comes to Stickyz. A guitar player since the age of 2, Burks was a member of the house band at the Bradley Ferry Country Club juke joint on the outskirts of Camden before releasing his debut album in 1997 and has remained a prominent contemporary blues figure since, earning multiple Handy Awards nominations in the last 14 years. The opening act is to be announced, but expect the music at 9 p.m. with cover $10 for the 21-and-up show.

Charlie Robison‘s 2009 release Beautiful Day didn’t produce any country hits, but then Robison isn’t your typical country artist. He’s Texas country, and Beautiful Day displayed his sound with rocking country such as “She’s So Fine,” slower-paced ballads such as “Reconsider” and a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Racing in the Streets.” And Robison isn’t afraid to mix in a classic rock cover or two when playing live, which the Lone Star singer/songwriter and Little Rock favorite will when visiting Rev Room. Rowdy country act The Dirt Drifters are the opening act, with the music starting at 9 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 day of show.

Real Rap continues as local hip-hop performer and entrepreneur Epiphany brings his The O.D. to Cornerstone Pub with the tenth performance of the rap and hip-hop showcase. Aptly titled The O.D. Dime, the event will be hosted by Piph and feature DJ Silky Slim on the turntables. And the night of music features a wealth of local and regional hip-hop artists: Da Saw Squad, Goines, SJ (of 4X4 Crew), J-Fuego, Duke Stigall, Juke Joint, Heavy Hustlin’ and Joe Average. The music starts at 9 p.m. with the cover $10 for the 21-and-up show. Ladies get in free until 11 p.m.

Here’s Michael Burks with his “Empty Promises”:

Empty Promises

Saturday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: August 5, 2011

Categories: General

Tags: Arkansas Blues Society, Art Porter Week, Cornerstone Pub, Downtown Music, Jawbone & Jolene, Lalah Hathaway, Magic Springs Water and Theme Park, Riverfest Amphitheatre, Sara Evans, The White Glove Test, Underclaire, Unseen Eye

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Sara Evans.

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Sara Evans scored her first No. 1 country hit in 1998. Since then she has won Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music awards, and had more No. 1 country hits, including her newest, the 2010 single “A Little Bit Stronger.” Her newest album is the March release Stronger, her first album in five and a half years, and a triumphant return for the country music superstar. Evans comes to Magic Springs Water and Theme Park. The show is at Timberwood Amphitheater with concert gates opening at 6 p.m., and the show starting at 8 p.m. General main gate admission is $44.99 for the day, and tickets after 4 p.m. are available for $22.50.

As Art Porter Week continues in Little Rock, R&B and jazz singer Lalah Hathaway (the daughter of the legendary Donny Hathaway) makes an appearance at Riverfest Amphitheatre. The concert will cap a week of events and concerts honoring the father-son duo of Art Porter Sr. and Art Porter Jr., two legendary Little Rock jazz musicians. The week benefits the Art Porter Music Education & Foundation, an organization that raises money for music scholarships and educates the public on music through workshops and seminars. The music starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $29 in advance and $35 at the door.

It sounded like local minimalist alternative rock outfit Underclaire had called it quits a few months ago, with Mike Mullins and Rob Brackett forming that local rock supergroup Year of the Tiger. But Underclaire returns from the dead for a show at Downtown Music. The music starts at 8:30 p.m. with a $6 cover. Underclaire’s third album Making Sky was a 12-track album of smart, muscular rock such as the start-stop rush of “Belladonna” and the bass-powered swing of “Las Muertas.” Hot Springs experimental indie rock act The White Glove Test is the opening act.

The Arkansas Blues Society presents the CD release party for Jawbone & Jolene at Cornerstone Pub. The music starts at 9 p.m. with an open jam following all the CD release festivities. Cover is $5. The album is titled Lifestyles of the Poor & Infamous, and the open jam following an appearance by Jawbone & Jolene includes UnSeen Eye and several other local blues singers and musicians.

Here’s Sara Evans with her “A Little Bit Stronger”:

A Little Bit Stronger

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