When I was a kid, I remember that my grandpa would sometimes go to the nearby small town and play music on the square. Perhaps this is the root of early live music in Arkansas. No one does this better than Mountain View, AR. Mountain View is the hometown of local musician Lane Long. Lane […]
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Today we visit with music group Kordsmeier Music from Conway for our first ever Musician Profile. We get the scoop on how they got started, their favorite places to play, and their favorite song to cover for this married music duo. Bio Sound molded by picking guitars around a fire on a perfect summer night,
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Conway, AR – Jan. 6, 2020 – UCA CMI will present Music & Movement classes at Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall at 925 Mitchell St. beginning on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, from 10:30 am – 11:15 am. Music and Movement is a group play experience between children and their parent(s)/caregiver(s). Parent/Caregiver and child will
The Conway Institute of Music is excited to announce their Winter Recital Red Carpet Event Saturday on December 21st held at James H Clark Auditorium, on the Conway High School campus, located on 2300 Prince Street, Conway AR 72034. There will be 9 recitals held starting on the hour, with the first recital starting at
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A houseshow, on Friday night, May 24, will benefit Deliver Hope. Dreamed up by Lane Long and Drew Foote, the show will feature four local bands as well as crawfish by Crawfish Cares. “I think music is beautiful and giving people a great experience is amazing, Foote told me. “But to use all of that
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This year’s Toad Suck Daze music lineup is a mixture of up and coming artists, local favorites, and Grammy Award-winning musician, Steve Earle. You are sure to find a band or musician who’s style you will enjoy. All performers will be either at the Main Stage of Simon Park or King’s Live Music. We have
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CONWAY – Legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Buddy Guy will perform live at Reynolds Performance Hall on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Guy has received seven Grammy Awards, a 2015 Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award, 37 Blues Music Awards (the most any artist has received), the Billboard Magazine Century Award for distinguished
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What does it take to find your way back home from tragedy? For one Conway singer and songwriter, the answer came, of course, in the form of a song. For Townsend, music has been a part of her life for a long time. “So, I’ve been playing music for as long as I can remember.
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For the fourth year, City Church will host Freedom Fest for the city of Conway. The first two years the event was held in Laurel Park. Last year, the event was moved to Beaverfork Lake where it will be held again this year. The event is free beginning at 5 pm and ends around 9:30
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Registration is open for fall music lessons at the University of Central Arkansas Community School of Music.
According to Smokey Emerson, Community School of Music director, for more than 26 years, the Community School of Music has offered exceptional musical training and instruction to children and adults in the Central Arkansas area. The faculty of the Community School consists primarily of UCA Music faculty and selected graduate and undergraduate students, along with adjunct instructors who are professional musicians and teachers.
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