Sometimes my friend and I would get invited to go along on his dad’s cookie route. The first leg of the trip began with a visit to the smell source – the North Little Rock bakery. As boxes of cookies were loaded onto the truck by dolly, we two hicks from the sticks would gaze in pie-eyed wonder across the river at the Little Rock skyline. If we could make it there, we agreed, we could surely make it anywhere.
Stephen Koch
Stephen Koch is an award-winning journalist in both broadcasting and print. Author of "Louis Jordan: Son of Arkansas, Father of R&B," he's also writer/host of “Arkansongs,” heard on public radio stations all across Arkansas, in east Texas and Louisiana.
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe mural dedicated today in downtown Little Rock
A crowd of a couple of dozen onlookers and press gathered in an alley today for the dedication of Little Rock’s newest official public art mural, honoring singer/guitarist Rosetta Tharpe.
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Rockabilly entertainer Ronnie Hawkins dead at 87
The Huntsville, Arkansas-born king of Canadian rock ’n’ roll, Ronnie Hawkins, died Sunday at age 87.
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2022 Arkansas Times Academic All-Stars team
The 2022 Arkansas Times Academic All-Star Team, the 28th team the Times has honored, includes a renowned crossword constructor, budding activists, enterprising craftspeople and tireless volunteers. There’s rarely a B on the transcripts of these students in not just this, their senior year, but in any year of their high school careers.
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The scoop: A milkshake roundup
This particular round-up of Central Arkansas milkshake options was brought to you by a fractured tooth, but with warmer weather coming, don’t wait for a dental emergency to give some of these shakes a fair shake.
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Hot Springs Documentary Film Fest shorts venture from Seoul to the Andes
Ranging from seven to 21 brisk minutes, Tuesday’s short films took audiences from the Andes to Seoul, making stops at a Quapaw buffalo range and a Guatemalan teen’s cartoon reality in Los Angeles.
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Paul Chesne at White Water Tavern Saturday night
In notices for a 2009 show with late Little Rock conga player Joe Cripps, Chesne was described as “like Dr. Dre meets Johnny Cash.” If the through line here is extreme songcraft coupled with unpredictable performance, there are less apt comparisons.
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Rickie Lee Reynolds of Black Oak Arkansas fame dead at 73
Rickie Lee “Ricochet” Reynolds, 73, guitarist and “The Wizard of Oak” in the band Black Oak Arkansas, died of kidney failure and cardiac arrest on Sept. 4, 2021, while being treated for COVID-19.
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Hot Springs producer-songwriter Henry Glover wasn’t just behind the scenes, he was inventing the scenes
Hot Springs National Park turns 100 years old this year, as would have one of its most groundbreaking natives, songwriter and producer Henry Glover.
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Life-size portrait of Scipio Jones proposed at namesake post office
An effort is underway to raise $50,000 to commission a portrait of renowned Arkansas attorney Scipio Jones. The artwork would go on display in the Little Rock post office named after Scipio.