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Sunday’s Music

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Published on: May 19, 2012
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Gabriel Iglesias.

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“I’m not fat … I’m fluffy” is the tagline of comedian Gabriel Iglesias. Fat or merely fluffy, the comic is definitely funny, a stand-up comedian that uses a little bit of voice effects during his hilarious storytelling that brings the laughs. The Comedy Central star comes to Robinson Center Music Hall. The fun starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $47.75 and that includes a nice Ticketmaster fee of $9.75 for each $38 ticket.

Here’s Gabriel Iglesias with a bit of stand-up:

Gabriel Iglesias

Friday’s Music

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Published on: April 19, 2012
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

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Roger Lewis plays baritone saxophone for the legendary New Orleans act Dirty Dozen Brass Band. This is a piece of advice he once handed out to me: “Want to look good. Always got to look good on stage,” You don’t argue with advice like that, and you don’t argue with the sound of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Since 1977, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, a collection of New Orleans musicians originally formed as the Original Sixth Ward Dirty Dozen Brass Band, has been playing a jubilant brass band sound of second line jazz mixed with New Orleans R&B, funk, soul, modern jazz and bebop to create their innovative romps and high-energy performances. It moves the body and soul. The outfit’s new album is the May 1 release Twenty Dozen, and the band visits Rev Room to celebrate. FreeVerse kicks off the music at 9 p.m. with their free-spirited rock ‘n’ roll of tightly focused jams infused with funk and jazz. Tickets for the 18-and-up show are $12 in advance and $15 day of.

Know why The Hangover Part II wasn’t very good? Besides basically being a repeat of The Hangover except set in Bangkok? No Black Doug, played by comedian Mike Epps. That’s an interesting theory at least because Epps does bring the funny, in roles from Next Friday to … well, The Hangover. But it’s the stand-up comedian Epps who is visiting Robinson Center Music Hall. The show starts at 8 p.m. with tickets $59.05 and $64.20 through all Ticketmaster outlets, which means there is almost $9 tacked on to each ticket for “fees.”

Harding University is bringing two days of music and fun to Searcy this Friday and Saturday with its second annual First Thaw, hosted by the Harding University Campus Activities Board. The first night on Friday features soulful, pop rocker Sara Bareilles, the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter behind such tunes as “Love Song” and “King of Anything,” as headliner on the Benson Auditorium stage with her piano-fueled music. The concert kicks off at 8 p.m. with Katie Herzig, a Colorado-based folk rock singer/songwriter. Tickets are $25 for the general public, and $20 for Harding students, faculty and staff, and can be purchased through www.firstthaw.com. Doors open at 7 p.m. Saturday’s day includes a bazaar with Harding students selling their goods and art, and five bands and artists — Brett Vanderzee, The Shindiggers, Brianna Gaither, The Sheriffs of Nottingham and The Coasts — playing music from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The day ends at 8 p.m. with a documentary chosen by the student body in the Administration Auditorium. Saturday’s events are free for all.

Here’s Dirty Dozen Brass Band with their “Ain’t Nothin’ But a Party”:

Ain’t Nothin’ But a Party

Sunday’s Music

by sstewart
Published on: March 31, 2012
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Struc/tures.

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Struc/tures is Canadian hardcore metal. Five guys from Toronto that throw in a little progressive metal into the mix. The band’s full-length debut is the fall release Divided By, and the act is on the road promoting it, including a stop at Downtown Music. It’s going to be the band’s first headlining show after a string of dates with White Chapel and Miss May I so be ready. Joining Struc/tures will be two local acts: Hot Springs hardcore metal act Through The Looking Glass and central Arkansas heavy music act Achaia. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the music starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door.

From Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow … Right! and I Spy right up through Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and The Cosby Show and on to I Didn’t Ask to Be Born (But I’m Glad I Was), Bill Cosby has long been a funny man. For something like 50 years. And it’s those 50-plus years of being funny that Cosby brings to Robinson Center Music Hall for his Bill Cosby Live act. The show gets going at 3 p.m. Tickets are on sale now for $34.40, $39.55, $49.80 and $70.85 through all Ticketmaster outlets, and that price includes all those nasty little Ticketmaster charges.

Here’s Struc/tures with their “In Pursuit Of”:

In Pursuit Of

Saturday’s Music

by sstewart
Published on: March 30, 2012
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John Michael Montgomery.

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It has been almost 20 years since John Michael Montgomery hit the top of the country charts with his smash “I Love the Way You Love Me.” What did he do next? Well, he hit No. 1 again with his “I Swear.” Then throughout the ’90s Montgomery hit No. 1 again and again. His star might have faded a little since then, but Montgomery is still a masterful country singer/songwriter, most recently hitting the Top 40 with his 2008 hit “Forever.” And it’s those two decades of hits that Montgomery will bring to Juanita’s for a show presented by KSSN 96. The opening acts are to be announced, but expect the music at 8 p.m. with tickets $25 in advance and $30 day of show.

Best event name of the week goes to Alzheimer’s Arkansas and their Amp Out Alz at Rev Room, a Memory Keepers presents event that will use rock ‘n’ roll as a fundraiser for Alzheimer’s Arkansas. Amp Out Alz: Think about it. Awesome, right? It’s an all-ages show with the music starting at 7 p.m., and tickets are $25. Reserve tables are available, and door prizes will be awarded all night long. And what does one get for $25 besides throwing a right (or left) punch at Alzheimer’s? The classic rock of Geezer, playing a collection of rocking tunes from The Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin to U2 to new rock acts such as The Foo Fighters. And then after Geezer there will be a DJ.

It’s time for the return of The Youth Rock Orchestra at Robinson Center Music Hall. The show starts at 7 p.m., and tickets are $20 or $26.20 if you order them through a Ticketmaster outlet. What it is is classical takes on artists from Led Zeppelin to Aretha Franklin and even some more as 94.1 The Point’s Youth Rock Orchestra (made up of band students from local high schools) teams up with the Mark Wood Experience for a night of student orchestra with rock band reworkings of rock, pop, metal and soul standards. The Beatles, Metallica and others are some of the other artists covered by the two bands.

This Dallas hip-hop guy but Hot Springs native named Wide Frame AKA Freddie Dolls is coming to Little Rock and the Clear Channel Metroplex. Co-headlining the show is Who It Be RP, and the two are bringing along such hip-hop artists as Lil Spade, T-Scott and others for the show. It’s all being hosted by Pimpin’ Leonard, and tickets are $10 in advance through local stores Ugly Mike’s and Uncle T’s, $15 at the door and $25 for VIP. So what does it all mean? Well, it’s being billed as March Madness, and Wide Frame will play his hit songs “Mr. Hit That” and “Magnum,” and Who It Be RP will play “Bam.” That’s for sure. Beyond that? Who knows, but it’ll be a large party. Get ready.

Here’s John Michael Montgomery with his “If You Ever Went Away”:

If You Ever Went Away

Wednesday’s Music

by sstewart
Published on: March 27, 2012
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Daughtry.

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Taylor Hicks. Katharine McPhee. Elliott Yamin. Chris Daughtry. That was the rankings one through four of American Idol season five. Well, a couple of years ago, Billboard ranked the Top 24 American Idols of All-Time. Guess who came in third, right behind Carrie Underwood at No. 2 and Kelly Clarkson at No. 1? Chris Daughtry, so it doesn’t look like that fourth-place finish hurt him too much. In fact, he is one of the reality TV show’s few longtime success stories, and his newest album with the rock band he fronts, Daughtry, is called Break the Spell. Daughtry brings the Break the Spell Tour to Robinson Center Music Hall with opening act Tulsa-raised, Nashville-based outfit Safetysuit with their pop-flavored rock. The music starts at 8 p.m. and tickets are $49.75 for balcony, and $60.55 for mezzanine and orchestra through all Ticketmaster outlets, and those prices include all those nasty, extra Ticketmaster charges.

Here’s Daughtry with their “September”:

September

Friday’s Music

by sstewart
Published on: March 22, 2012
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Patrick Sweany.

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Patrick Sweany creates bluesy roots rock straight from the Rust Belt, vintage-sounding rock ‘n’ roll crammed with blues, folk, soul and even punk, and swaggering and swaying under the weight of dirty guitar and Sweany’s soulful howl. As Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys says, “Patrick speaks the truth in his songs.” His newest release is 2011′s That Old Southern Drag, and it’s more of Sweany’s roots-meets-blues sound. Sweany comes to White Water Tavern. The music starts at 9:30 p.m. Cover is $6 with Bonnie Montgomery kicking off the show with her honky-tonk Arkansas folk/country music.

2011′s Paper Airplane was the first album by Alison Krauss & Union Station since 2004, so of course the bluegrass outfit toured behind it throughout last year. The band took a small break from touring in the new year, and picked up a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album, but now Alison Krauss & Union Station are back on the road, including a stop at Robinson Center Music Hall, playing tunes from Paper Airplane and other bluegrass numbers from their extensive back catalogue that have hints of roots and pop. Tickets are $59.05 for balcony, and $69.35 for mezzanine- and orchestra-level tickets, and that’s with those Ticketmaster fees tacked on. The show starts at 7:30 p.m.

Coming back from a SXSW visit, the Memphis group Star & Micey makes a return trip to central Arkansas with an appearance at Downtown Music to crank out sparkly slices of self-described soulful folk pop: shimmering guitar rhythms with heart-on-the-sleeves lyrics and infectious, playful pop melodies … complete with handclaps on “So Much Pain.” Joining them will be local “gospel/blues/rock” singer/songwriter Sean Michel, and the husband-and-wife duo of Ben and Emily Roberts as Carolina Story playing their gorgeous Americana tunes. Doors open at 8 p.m. with the music starting soon afterward. Cover is only $7.

100.3 The Edge welcomes Oklahoma hard rock band Aranda back to Little Rock with a show at Juanita’s. The band, led by Dameon and Gabe Aranda, is holding a CD release party for its January release Stop the World, a collection of post-grunge flavored tunes that includes the mainstream rock hit “Undone.” Three local rock ‘n’ roll bands are slated to open the show: Nevertrain, Se7en Sharp and Jessica Seven. The music starts at 9 p.m. with tickets $7 in advance and $10 day of show.

Here’s Patrick Sweany with his “Shoestring”:

Shoestring

Wednesday’s Music

by sstewart
Published on: February 14, 2012
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Blue Man Group.

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After kicking off their three-day residency on Valentine’s Day, those blue guys are still hanging around Robinson Center Music Hall. And by the blue guys we mean the Blue Man Group, a group of men in blue who are not cops but really just a few guys who thrill audiences with their theatrical show that includes comedy, music and technology. It’s really kind of like nothing you’ve ever seen if you’ve never seen it. And if you haven’t seen it, the Blue Man Group is still at Robinson Center Music Hall through Thursday. Tickets are $24, $33, $42 and $51 for the nearly two-hour show that includes no intermission. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. each night with a 1 p.m. matinee Thursday when all tickets are $24.

Here’s Blue Man Group doing their thing:

Blue Man Group

Tuesday’s Music

by sstewart
Published on: February 13, 2012
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The Black Lillies.

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A cover of the legendary Townes Van Zandt’s “If I Needed You” is perhaps the best Valentine’s Day gift. And perhaps Americana band The Black Lillies will deliver that tune (they cover a range of tunes along with original tunes they describe as “indie roots rock via Appalachia”) when the Tennessee-bred five piece visits Juanita’s. The band is touring in support of their 100 Miles of Wreckage, a collection of tunes that combine country, roots, rock and blues for their take on Appalachian mountain music. The opening act is North Little Rock Americana singer/songwriter Audrey Dean Kelley kicking off the music at 9 p.m. Cover is $8 for the show.

By this time in our cultural history, most people know of the Blue Man Group, Maybe not exactly what they do, but the group is woven into our shared cultural fabric by now. So when one says Blue Man Group is coming to Robinson Center Music Hall for three nights (through Feb. 16), one knows there will be these blue guys entertaining crowds through their theatrical show that includes comedy, music and technology. It’s visually stunning and unique. Tickets are $24, $33, $42 and $51 for the nearly two-hour show that includes no intermission. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. through Feb. 16 with a 1 p.m. matinee Feb. 16 where all tickets are $24.

Here’s The Black Lillies with their “Two Hearts Down”:

Two Hearts Down

Monday’s Music

by sstewart
Published on: January 29, 2012
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Elvis Lives!

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Elvis was the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. No doubt about that. A true musical legend and a cultural icon. Elvis would be 77 now, and even though he has been dead for 35 years the legend survives — not just because of his influential music and career, but through thousands of tributes, including Elvis Lives! at Robinson Center Music Hall, the “ultimate Elvis tribute artists tour” that features a “multimedia and live musical journey” through Elvis’ career. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. with tickets $22, $29, $39 and $49 with handling charges extra if purchased through Ticketmaster.

Here’s Elvis with his “Burning Love”:

Burning Love

Wednesday’s Music

by sstewart
Published on: January 10, 2012
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The Haves and The Have Nots.

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The Haves and The Have Nots. No, this is not some play about the 1 percent and the 99 percent written by members of the Occupy movement. Instead, it’s a Tyler Perry play about the 1 percent and the 99 percent. It’s also a play about the strength of family love and honor with a heartfelt message told through acting and music. On a Southern tour, Tyler Perry‘s The Haves and The Have Nots comes to Robinson Center Music Hall. The event starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $37.50 through Ticketmaster, which means they are actually $48.75 with all those nasty little extra charges.

Here are some clips of The Have and The Have Nots:

The Have and The Have Nots

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