Local Music News

Kyle Kellams and Wai-Kay Carenbauer preview a Halloween week of live music, from a Rocky Horror send-off for the Garden Room to Punkinhead at George’s and Neko Case at the WAC.

Xiting Yang and Joshua Youngblood preview the Florence Price International Piano Competition, Nov. 6-7 at the UofA, along with an exhibit of Price’s manuscripts from Special Collections.

A soundtrack to the 1970s wouldn’t be complete without at least some of the songs of Karen and Richard Carpenter. Between 1971 and 1975, the sibling duo recorded 10 albums, scored 13 top 10 songs and performed more than 800 concerts.

Saxophonist Austin Farnam talks with Shades of Jazz host Robert Ginsburg about his 11-piece band Groove Culture, its influences and its Nov. 11 concert at the Victory Theater in Rogers.

Wai-Kay Carenbauer and Kyle Kellams preview live music Oct. 22-28, from Three Dog Night at Ozark Music Hall to Squirrel Flower at George’s and a free Music Monday flute recital.

UofA flutist Cristina Ballatori and pianist Kevin Chance, friends since LSU, perform 21st-century works and more at a free Music Monday concert in Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.

Lia Uribe explores two visionary Brazilian women, Vânia Dantas Leite and Bianca Gismonti, whose music blends tradition and experimentation into deeply personal worlds.

Dallin Credible, one of the owners of Punk Truck Stop in Fayetteville, talks about growing a traveling merch truck into a coffee shop, bodega and music venue on Spring Street.

Brick Fields and the Blues Therapy Group, one of three NPR Tiny Desk Contest: Arkansas Showcase winners, talk about Wednesday blues nights, a restaurant and a return to music.

Kyle Kellams and Wai-Kay Carenbauer preview a week of live music, from Ziggy Marley and Ashley McBryde at Ozark Music Hall to Ruthie Foster in Joplin.