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Tonight at South on Main – Yuni Wa presents a multi-media music experience

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Yuni Wa :: a multi-media music experienceYuni Wa returns to Arkansas and the South on Main stage on Tuesday, July 9. Join them for a multi-media experience as Yuni Wa shares music and videos he’s crafted to create a truly unique musical experience. Show begins at 8 pm with a $5 cover. Call ahead to reserve a table at (501) 244-9660.
Yuni Wa has been nominated by the Arkansas times for best Electronic artist/DJ and was named one of the top 10 Arkansan visionaries for the year of 2017 by the Arkansas Times. He was also nominated for best Electronic Artist/DJ in the Black Apple Awards and nominated again for Best Producer by The Black and Gifted Blog in 2017. Excited to release his new album “Dawn Of The Black Wings” which is a follow up to his “Dead Idols” project there is much anticipation surrounding it. He has explained it to be an abstract Electronic soundscape texturized strong emotions, returning to his roots of truly focusing on making music to uplift the people, sonically detailing hardships and overcoming them. Leading a new wave of musical freedom and creativity.
Born on April 27th 1997, Yuni Wa is a multi-genre producer and Live Mixer from Little Rock, Arkansas. Yuni Wa is short for “Yunibasaru” which means universal a name he gave himself for being able to make so many different types of music. Painting vivid pictures with his abstract and as he calls it “yuniversal sounds” ranging from Hip Hop, Trap, Electronic, House, Pop, Rock, Future Bass and Drum And Bass he puts an emphasis on releasing diverse quality music. Being surrounded by music his whole life he started making music at the age of 13 and now at the age of 19, he has a craft that people continue to praise and support due to its overall feeling that it gives off. He has already made big accomplishments, two of them being his acclaimed songs “All About You’ that has over 300,000 views on Youtube, and “So 1989” with 400,000. Everything he has accomplished thus far has been accomplished independently without backing from a label or management company. He has released 24 albums and 4 Singles between 2014 and 2016.

The Trap Jazz Giants perform on South on Main stage tonight

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Trap Jazz GiantsThe Trap Jazz Giants are bringing the fireworks to the South on Main stage on Friday, July 5!
Show begins at 10 pm. Advance tickets for $10, or $15 cover at the door. Tickets do not guarantee a reserved seat. Please call South on Main to reserve a table at (501) 244-9660.
Trap Jazz is a new genre of music birthed out of the original art forms of contemporary and Jazz standards with a baseline and core of traditional Hip-Hop. The giants of this genre are Phillip “Philli Moo” Mouton and Quincy “QNote” Watson.
Philli Moo is molding his legacy as a premiere saxophonist, in addition to his skills as a singer, producer, and drummer. He is the former student of legendary jazz trumpeter Clark Terry Ron Carter,the great saxophonist and music aficionado Gerald Johnson, and his father, pianist Carl Mouton.
QNote is a Little Rock native with global awareness. He combines his Southern background and his many travels seamlessly into Songwriting, Rapping, Producing, Podcasts, Live Sound Production, Film and Documentaries, Musical Directing, Arranging, and playing Bass Keys, Guitar, Piano, and Organ. Trap Jazz is the foundation of a solid musical future. Together these giants of Trap Jazz bow before the legends of classic music while towering in their new territory of sound.

36th Pops on the River, presented by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Pops on the River, presented by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, will take place Thursday., July 4, in downtown Little Rock.

In its 36th year, this free community event is the largest Fourth of July event in the state as more than 30,000 are drawn downtown to the events surrounding Pops on the River.

Pops has continued to grow these last three decades in no small part because it has held true to its roots and continues to focus on a family-friendly environment complete with fantastic food, fireworks, and music by the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. It is a heralded community event that many remember for years to come.

Pops on the River will begin at 3pm in the River Market area of downtown Little Rock with free activities for kids in the Kid’s Pavilion, a marketplace for shopping, food trucks and entertainment for all ages.

Entertainment inside the First Security Amphitheater will include live music by Nicky Parrish, Rodney Block and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. Fireworks will begin at approximately 9:30 p.m. and are shot off the Main Street Bridge.

The event is free to the public and a portion of proceeds benefit a local charity. This year’s benefiting charity is Rock City Rescue. Pops on the River is also sponsored in part by the Orion Federal Credit Union, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Little Rock Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, 106.7 The Ride and Waste Management.

Josh Newcom on the South on Main stage tonight

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South on Main is excited to welcome country artist Josh Newcom to their stage on Saturday, June 29.Josh Newcom

Show beings at 9 pm. Purchase advance tickets for $7 or pay $10 at the door. Tickets do not guarantee you a seat. To reserve a table, please call (501) 244-9660.

Josh Newcom is the epitome of independent! All Josh Newcom songs are made for live shows! Sometimes aggressive, rowdy and in your face Southern Rock and blues and others times, it’s just pop a top, grab your partner, good ole country music. Josh Newcom has been on shows with great artists like Merle Haggard, Clutch, Jamey Johnson, Blackberry Smoke, Corrosion Of Conformity, Randy Rogers Band, Methods of Mayhem, Papa Roach, Jason Boland, PowerMan 5000, Billy Currington, Corey Smith, and even the great Don Williams to name a few.

www.joshnewcom.com

Tonight on South on Main stage – Mark Currey and 92 Days

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Sessions :: Mark Currey & 92 DaysCapitol View Studio presents June Sessions at South on Main ending with a performance from one of their recording artists, Mark Currey and 92 Days. Show begins at 8 pm. Purchase advance tickets for $7 or pay $10 at the door. Tickets do not guarantee you a seat. To reserve a table, please call (501) 244-9660.

ABOUT MARK CURREY & 92 DAYS

Mark Currey is a Little Rock singer-songwriter whose roots run through North Texas and Southeast Arkansas. Inspired by roots rock, classic country, folk and Americana music as well as southern gothic literature, Mark is a storyteller searching for an honest expression of his own southern voice.

Mark was a finalist in the Texas Heritage Songwriters’ Associations 2015 Texas Songwriter U Competition and is currently working on his first solo recording. The record is due to release around the end of 2016 and will feature eleven original songs supported by an impressive line-up of locally and internationally respected musicians.

Mark has shared the stage with artists such as Billy Joe Shaver, Todd Snider, Radney Foster, Jack Ingram, Wanda Jackson, Amanda Shires, David Olney, Charlie Robison, and Lilly Hiatt.

Band members include:

Mark Currey
Matt Stone
Whitman Bransford
David Valley
Bart Angel

ABOUT CAPITOL VIEW
Capitol View Studio LLC is located at 120 S. Cross in the West End of downtown Little Rock, AR and is a full production recording studio. Owner, Bryan Frazier, is a working visual artist with a background in art education and music production and is an award-winning singer/songwriter and video producer.

Engineer and producer, Mark Colbert, is the primary audio engineer for Capitol View Studio. Mark is an experienced producer, engineer and professional session drummer. Colbert has spent many years working in professional studios in Los Angeles and has performed and recorded with Grammy award-winning artists such as Kelly Clarkson and Alanis Morissette among many others.

CVS artists include: John Burnette, Townsend, Mark Currey, SUMOKEM, Jeff Matika, Dazz & Brie among many others. Capitol View Studio is one of central Arkansas’s fastest growing full production studios with Little Rock’s largest live room for recording that’s like no other.

The Oxford American announces its 2019 Music Issue

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South Carolina Music Issue

The Oxford American has announced their 21st Annual Southern Music Issue & Sampler will be devoted to the musical legacy of South Carolina! The issue will feature unforgettable stories, songs, and artists that honor the deep history and continuing vitality of South Carolina’s music—including icons like Dizzy Gillespie, Eartha Kitt, and the Marshall Tucker Band, as well as contemporary voices, such as Iron & Wine, Toro y Moi, Shovels and Rope, and so many others.

With contributions from some of the state’s most beloved homegrown writers, the South Carolina Music Issue will present an unforgettable collection of profiles, essays, and tributes, rendered with the magazine’s signature literary sensibility. As always, the music issue will come packaged with a sampler compilation of songs spanning the 78-rpm era to the present (in CD and digital download formats), with accompanying liner notes included within the magazine.

Issues can be pre-ordered here.