Live Music

Mount Sequoyah is hosting a concert and showcase with folk singer Willi Carlisle. Coined as a night of protest songs and public theater, proceeds from ticket sales will go toward the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund, or PCRF, and Mount Sequoyah’s Rainbow Art Camp.

On today's show, making glass recycling easier for restaurants and bars. Also, improving care and education for geriatric care in Arkansas. Plus, considering how we carry our emotions of home through music.

For the first time in 10 years, the Cave Springs community gathered in full force at the Illinois River Watershed Partnership sanctuary this weekend to celebrate the Bats and Bluegrass Festival. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis spoke with organizers and attended the event to get to know the people and causes behind the festival.

On today's show, the Illinois River Watershed Partnership combines bluegrass and bats for a conservation-themed event. Plus, the second summer for the University of Arkansas’ Master's program in Black sacred music is nearing the end. Plus, a non-profit radio station with a mission of community and music is ready to show off its new home.

On today's show, Little Rock Public Radio helps us get up to speed on the Arkansas Abortion Amendment. We also brush up on our Shakespeare with Arkansas Classical Theater. Plus, the person behind On the Map Shows explains the art of booking concerts.

KUAF Public Radio and Fayetteville Public Television have begun a new multimedia series of "Live Sessions". These sessions both film and record songs and conversations with local and traveling musicians. Today’s excerpt features Stepmom, an “orchestral dream punk” band based out of Oklahoma City.

Marisa Anderson is coming back to northwest Arkansas. The Portland, Oregon-based guitarist last played here in the fall of 2022. She’ll be at The Creamery on West Birch in Rogers tomorrow night. Last week, during a stop in Nashville, she talked with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about what’s already been a busy year. She’s released two new records, including music for the soundtrack to the sparse film “A Perfect Day for Caribou.”

On today's show, we consider the future of reproductive rights in Arkansas. We also learn how giving blood is a 15-minute opportunity to help another in the future. Plus, how co-workers destined for future iconic status inspired a new play.

Tonight and tomorrow night, June 18-19, NWA will have a chance to hear early 20th-century Delta blues performed by a pair of talented Argentinian singers, musicians and researchers who go by Dallas Ponce. They’ll perform at BC’s Blues Shack and Juke Joint in the David and Barbara Pryor Center and at Murano’s in Fayetteville. Yesterday afternoon, they stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.

On today's show, we hear from a group gathering signatures to petition a ballot measure before next month’s deadline. Also, a bold and colorful salute to a part of Fayetteville. Plus, from Argentina to the American south: a celebration of country blues.