For this holiday weekend we listen again to music recorded inside Firmin-Garner Performance Studio during the first six months of 2014. We hear from:
Pearl Brick
Cletus Got Shot
Sweetwater Gypsies
Isayah Wofford
The Riverblenders
Xcluded
Sons of Otis Malone
Finvarra's Wren
Dick Johnson
Elephant Revival
And a weekend update of things to do from Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers.
Ozarks At Large
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Arkansas. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will be celebrated between 2011 and 2015.
Our local food ambassador Teresa Maurer tells us peaches and watermelons are at the local farmers markets.
“This Land is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie
Since our series Music Matters began, we’ve heard several musicians explain their musical instrument of choice. The violin, the flute, the trumpet, the base and the cello have received our attention…and now Sophie Kid, the curator of our series, examines the viola. To hear the extra story click here.
Senator Mark Pryor agrees with proposal to extend the Bush tax cuts for people with yearly incomes of $250,000 or less; Arkansas’s congressional delegation wants to make sure the state gets its fair share of federal funds for drought relief efforts; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“The Golden Age” by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
