“Carper sounds so natural in each sonic corner of ‘Borned in Ya’ that trying to assign it a genre is a fool’s errand.” That’s No Depression’s take on the new solo album from Arkansas-connected crooner Melissa Carper, which came out today. It’s a sentiment that’s hard to disagree with.
Daniel Grear
Daniel Grear is the culture editor at the Arkansas Times. Send artsy tips to danielgrear@arktimes.com
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Good Looks and Adam Faucett at White Water on Thursday
Mixing rollicking bar rock with jangly splashes of guitar sustain, Austin indie rock quartet Good Looks is going to fit right in at the White Water Tavern, but don’t let the good-natured jams fool you into neglecting the searching urgency of their lyrics.
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Cinema I/O to screen ‘Suburbia,’ ‘West Indies’ and more
Little Rock’s Cinema I/O — a “nomadic, non-profit microcinema” founded by Arkansas Times Film Series curator Omaya Jones, among others — is celebrating Art House Theater Day with a series of screenings next week.
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Arkansas Symphony Orchestra announces grand opening of future headquarters
The $11.75 million, 20,000-square-foot space will open in September, a little over a year after construction began.
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‘Footloose’ charms at The Rep
Full of standout performances by Spencer LaRue, Ray Robinson and Emily Royer, the production’s virtues are located in the little things instead of its overarching themes.
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Chappell Roan is coming back to Arkansas
As predicted, the venue this time around — the Walmart AMP in Rogers — is exponentially bigger than her Natural State appearance just a month ago, with the AMP’s 11,000-person capacity eclipsing The Hall eightfold.
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Arkansas Times scores 2 wins from national alt-newsmedia group
After being nominated for seven AAN awards — a personal best for us! — we took home two top prizes and placed in several other categories.
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Best of Arkansas 2024: Winners, finalists and faves
The best of the best in Arkansas, from dance clubs to dry cleaners to dermatologists.
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‘Call me a million times’: Blackbird Home Inspections is in a long-term relationship with Arkansas homebuyers
Owner and McCrory native Eric Young doesn’t think of his services as a one-time transaction.
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‘I’m gonna tattoo till I die’: Robert Berry’s 7th Street Tattoo and Piercing is a Little Rock institution
Little Rock native Robert Berry, 67, opened 7th Street Tattoo and Piercing in 1998. He has no plans to slow down.