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SEE & HEAR: FAYETTEVILLE COURTESY OF THE ARTISTS Dig the sound Downtown Fayetteville and Dickson Street hold the keys to entertaining eves By Joe Mack Things in downtown Fayetteville and its adjoining cosmic corridor of Dickson Street are seemingly in a state of flux, and we’re not just talking about a change in the weather. “Things around here ain’t like they used to be,” the late, great Bruce Walker of Flying Possum Leather told me way back in 2008 when I was doing an interview for another snazzy alt-monthly. Walker’s former Dickson Street storefront is one of many structures that’ve been through the mill as more restaurants and boutiques move in. Luckily, contrary to the lines uttered by another giant who’s surrendered to the ether – Tom Skinner – there are still places to go dancing in this town; you know, if you’re the dancing type. Ryleigh’s on Dickson, located at 313 W. Dickson, keeps the high-energy music coming on select weekend dates. This month get your body and mind moving to The Magic Beans on Nov. 7, new-soul sensation Branjae and her hypnotic band on Nov. 14, and a co-billing of Crazy Neighbor and the cleverly concocted Fuggins Wheat Band on Nov. 28. Learn more at www.ryleighsondickson.com. Ye old Smoke & Barrel at 324 W. Dickson are indeed purveyors of fine whiskey and facilitators of funk, jazz, improv and songwriter savvy shindigs. Here you can enjoy performances by the likes of local funk heroes Mudhawk on Nov. 6, raucous reggae unit Hypnotion on Nov. 13 and the outlandish, guitar-led MSG (featuring guit-pirate extraordinaire Matt Smith) on Nov. 21. Get show times and go times at www.smokeandbarrel.com. More great live music can be found often at the Dickson Street Pub, located at 303 W. Dickson, where the focus is more on acoustic-based singer/ songwriter solo and duo acts on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings beginning at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.dicksonstreetpub.com for a continually updated music menu. Similarly, visit www. The Magic Beans sprout up at Ryleigh’s on Nov. 7. commongroundsar.com for special shows getting brewed up at The Common Grounds, located at 412 W. Dickson, on select Sundays. Turning our attention even further uphill and towards the Square, music fills the air beginning at 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday morning at Fayetteville Underground’s Family Music Tuesdays, where youngsters get to wrap their heads and hands around harmony, then take it home! Fayetteville Underground, which is housed at 101 W. Mountain Street, also hosts Shirkey’s Pickin’ Post Presents at 7 p.m. on Nov. 20. For a complete class list and details visit www.new.fayettevilleunderground. com. Finally, when JR’s Lightbulb Club has a show – be there. Don’t ask questions. Buy the ticket, take the ride, thank your friends at NWA Mag later (hint: post-punk unit Nervous Curtains are performing on Nov. 21, and they have blue vinyl – do you have blue vinyl?!). Things ain’t what they used to be, and that’s okay, because it’s obvious there are still things. We miss our friends dearly, but perhaps there’s a few we haven’t met yet waiting at one of these ‘digs? 10 | NOVEMBER 2015 | WWW.NWAMAG.COM
SEE & HEAR: SPRINGDALE COURTESY OF THE ARTISTS Voxana brings their unique Americana flavor to downtown Springdale on Nov. 14. Sounds of time Modern and prehistoric folk music hits downtown Springdale By Heather Becker It’s all about folk music for Springdale this month, and visitors to the area will have a chance to celebrate and experience both modern and prehistoric folk music. Main Street Music Nights will feature Voxana at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Arts Center of the Ozarks Gallery off of South Main Street in Springdale. The Main Street Music Nights Series provides talented local area musicians with an intimate and relaxed venue that creates an up-close and personal experience for the musicians and the audience. Voxana, a modern folk duet, brings a unique mix of instruments and several genres of music to the stage. Stephen Pruitt sings while simultaneously playing the guitar and drumming with his feet, and Ashytn Nilsen-Barbaree sings and plays an 8-string tenor ukulele. Pruitt started Voxana, a play on Latin words that means voice of the soul, in the spring of 2012. Fans may have noticed a recent change, as former band members Eddie Mekelburg and Brittany Stephenson recently moved on to pursue other endeavors. Nilsen-Barbaree, of Farmer and the Markets and the Ozarka Orkestra, has been with Voxana for three months now. “Voxana is back to its original state as a duet and thriving!” Pruitt exclaimed. “Our goal is to release a 5-song EP by late summer.” On the night of the show, the set will consist of several uniquely played cover songs and few original songs like “Here and Now”. For more information or to purchase tickets, please call (479) 751-5441. For a fascinating look at the musical roots of Arkansas, come to The Musical Archeology of the Prehistoric Ozarks from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at the Shiloh Museum, located on the corner of North Main Street and West Johnson Avenue in Springdale. Jim Reese, a member of the Arkansas Archeological Society, will speak about some of the prehistoric musical instruments that archeologists have recovered from the valleys and hollows found throughout the Ozarks. “My topic will be about folk music, but folk music of a very ancient variety,” said Reese. “In fact, it is music that is so old we don’t know exactly what it sounded like. These bluff shelters have yielded a rich variety of ancient music artifacts including the world’s oldest two-chambered flute, a prototype of the modern Native American Flute.” Based on research he’s conducted at the University of Arkansas Museum Collections and the Arkansas Archeological Survey, Reese will show some slides and replicas of these ancient musical instruments, and he’ll attempt to demonstrate what some of them may have sounded like. For more information, please call (479) 750-8165. WWW.NWAMAG.COM | NOVEMBER 2015 | 11
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