Somewhere in this stuffed-to-the-gills life, UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson’s not-so-secret identity as a hardcore music fanatic and music maker has emerged with clues dropped along the way, including the photo of Big Star’s “#1 Record” on his Twitter profile. He answers all our music-related questions.
Fellowship Hall Sound
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Greg Spradlin talks Jim Dickinson, converting from ‘Southern Baptist to Southern Buddhist’, and his long-time-coming album ‘Hi-Watter’
Despite a history packed with thwarted record contracts and wrong legal turns, the Pangburn (White County) native ended up making his dream record, mastered by Grammy winner Tchad Blake and tracked by a roster of musicians that includes the likes of David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), a good chunk of Elvis Costello’s backing band and a legendary but elusive B3 player, the late Rudy Copeland.
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‘Tell My Mama I’m Back’: Joshua Asante on depression, diamonds and keeping his new single ‘as Black and as spacey’ as he could make it
Tracked and mixed in spaces adjacent to Fellowship Hall Sound in Little Rock, Asante’s new pair of songs make a pretty clear case for why he calls his music “astral soul.”
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Buddy Flett at White Water Tavern
Here’s the latest in our music video series collaboration with Greg Spradlin and Camp Friday Films. It features Buddy Flett, the legendary Louisiana guitarist, live at White Water Tavern.
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The Gourds’ Kevin Russell previews new music
Kevin “Shinyribs” Russell, of the Gourds, does a jig in this video preview from the forthcoming album from his side project, Shinyribs.