Music

By Andrew McClain Contributing Editor  Cory Branan came into Stickyz right off the road from Memphis, still wearing a suit from being in Br...

By Andrew McClain Contributing Editor  White Water Tavern played host to the most recent in a series of Thick Syrup showcases Friday night,...

By Andrew McClain Contributing Editor The six musicians in Don’t Stop Please are very talented. They write very good songs. They play ...

By Kody Ford Idle Class Editor (Click to listen to Concrete Youth and Friends.) Teenagers make it look easy.  Beneath the black chandelier...

By Andrew McClain Contributing Editor  There are certain pairings of bands and venues that are ideal and some that are less than ideal. It�...

By Kody Ford Idle Class Editor Audra Mae don’t mess around. With her red hair, razor-sharp wit, and “backyard swagger,” she’s a forc...

By Kody Ford Editor Surf de Soleil, the Fayetteville-based rocker band, have been cultivating a following around northwest Arkansas.  The b...

By Kody Ford Idle Class Editor  Shawn James, the wandering, soulful folkster, just finished his debut album “Shadows,” a collection of ...

By Andrew McClain Editor-at-Large Around noon on a Sunday, Idle Class editor Kody Ford and I pull up to Adam Putman’s Insomniac Stud...