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Local Live tonight features QNote at South on Main at 7:30pm

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llsom qnoteTonight at 7:30pm, join the Oxford American magazine for this week’s Local Live concert at South on Main, featuring QNote!

As always, Local Live is free and open to the public. To guarantee a table/seat for this popular series, call ahead at (501) 244-9660. Local Live is made possible by the generous sponsorship of the Ben and Jane Hunt Meade.

Quincy “QNote” Watson is a Little Rock native with global awareness. He combines his Southern background and his many travels into songwriting, rapping, producing, engineering, and playing various musical instruments. He’s played nationally as well as locally, including at his Alma Mater Philander Smith College.

In addition to his technical aptitude for music, he is also a performer, a part of the rap duo Griff and QNote. Several of the songs from Soul South Age were performed on the historic steps of Little Rock Central High School to honor the Little Rock Nine and their sacrifices for social justice. He is also a member of TP and the Feel, fusing the genres of Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop, and R&B. As a solo artist and producer, QNote remains in that vein, using his craft for a purpose, employing music as a healing agent for truth and justice.

On Father’s Day Week – Sad Daddy is featured at Local Live this week

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llsom sad daddyThis week’s installment of our Local Live concert series features Sad Daddy!  It is tonight at 7:30 at South on Main.

Presented by the Oxford American magazine, Local Live showcases the best of local and regional music talent and is always free and open to the public. Call ahead to South on Main to make your reservations and ensure a table: (501) 244-9660. Local Live is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Ben and Jane Hunt Meade.

Sad Daddy began as the meeting of three musical minds—Brian Martin (guitar), Melissa Carper (bass), and Joe Sundell (banjo). The dynamic songwriting of the original three members carried the group’s 2010 self-titled release and won them a loyal following in and around the great state of Arkansas. However, with Carper and Sundell residing in Austin, TX and Martin far away in Ozark country, the group’s opportunities for collaboration and performance were few and far between.

Now, with the original members all back in Arkansas, as well as with the addition of standout fiddler Rebecca Patek, Sad Daddy is embarking on the next chapter of their musical journey, which includes a follow up album in the works and a full schedule of tour dates. While Sad Daddy’s musicianship and stagecraft are worthy of mention, the songwriting of Martin, Carper, and Sundell remains the cornerstone of the group’s allure and allows them to connect with a wide range of audiences.

Stuart Baer with Bugtussle Slim on the bill tonight at South on Main’s Local Live

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llsom bugTonight at 7:30 at South on Main is the Oxford American’s Local Live free concert series featuring Stuart Baer with Bugtussle Slim. Call ahead at (501) 244-9660 to reserve your seat at a table for this popular series. Local Live is made possible by the generous support of Ben and Jane Hunt Meade.

Little Rock’s own Stuart Baer began to study classical piano at age six and continued college level instruction at UALR at age fourteen. He began playing the blues as Hammond player for Arkansas blues legend Michael Burks, and he produced Burks’ first CD in 1996.

Bugtussle Silm (Lance Womack) also played with Burks at this time and served as session drummer. Baer toured with Burks for a couple years as well as Son Seals, Guitar Shorty, and Dr. Hector and the Groove Injectors (Riverfest, 2000). Baer authored two songs and is featured on the CD Axe to Grind by the Joe Pitts Band, to be released April 2015.

Stuart Baer and Lance Womack were both inducted into the Arkansas Blues Hall of Fame in 2013.

Selections from GUYS AND DOLLS tonight at South on Main for Local Live

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llsom guysanddollsLuck will be a Lady tonight as songs from Frank Loesser’s Tony winning Guys and Dolls are highlighted!

This week’s installment of our Local Live concert series features The Muses! Presented by the Oxford American magazine, Local Live showcases the best of local and regional music talent and is always free and open to the public. Call ahead to South on Main to make your reservations and ensure a table: (501) 244-9660. Local Live is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Ben and Jane Hunt Meade.

Join The Muses for a special evening of tunes from the classic musical Guys and Dolls. Featuring a combination of local and national artists, including singers Daleen Davidson, Jeanne Bennett, Scott Lindroth, and Stacey Murdock, with pianist Gloria Kim.

This is a special preview show for the full staged production of Guys and Dolls, by Frank Loesser, June 12, 13, and 14 at the Muses Cultural Arts Center in Hot Springs (428 Orange Street). For more information, visit www.themusesproject.org.

Tonight’s Local Live – Cutthroat Trout at South on Main

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llsom cutthroattroutThe pirate movie Cutthroat Island may have been a bomb.  But the gypsy jazz ensemble Cutthroat Trout is a treat!  Tonight at 7:30 PM, join the Oxford American magazine for this week’s Local Live concert at South on Main, featuring Cutthroat Trout!

As always, Local Live is free and open to the public. To guarantee a table/seat for this popular series, call ahead at (501) 244-9660. Local Live is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Ben and Jane Hunt Meade.

Cutthroat Trout is a gypsy jazz ensemble that plays music in the style of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli. Based in Fort Smith, the group’s reverence for classics, innovative arrangements of pop tunes, and period originals keep their sound fresh and unique. Combined with excellent musicianship and tight three-part vocal harmonies, Cutthroat Trout allows audiences to relive this timeless music.

Tonight at South on Main’s Local Live Concert – Luke Pruitt

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llsom lukepAt 7:30 tonight, Luke Pruitt will take the stage at South on Main for the Oxford American’s Local Live free concert series . Call ahead at (501) 244-9660 to reserve your seat at a table for this popular series. Local Live is made possible by the generous support of Ben and Jane Hunt Meade.

Although Luke Pruitt spent several years honing his songwriting craft in Nashville, Tennessee, it was moving back to his hometown of Fort Smith that gave the songwriter the inspiration for his Songs of Home album series, which Pruitt describes as “a sort of op-ed about the American Dream in a post 9/11 world.”

In Pruitt’s debut EP Songs of Home, pt. 1, released in 2014, we hear the story of a young millennial kid playing for tips and dreaming of a future in music success, as well as a hometown story about Vietnamese immigrants in Fort Smith who were forced to adapt to a new home after the fall of Saigon, and have built their own American Dream as restaurant owners. Part 1 gives good insight into Pruitt’s influences not only in songwriting, but in classic American literature, as his stories have both poetic and prosaic tendencies.

Songs of Home, pt. 2 will be Pruitt’s first full length release, due out in 2015, and will finish the story of the American Dream that the writer started in part 1.

Fret & Worry tonight at South on Main’s Local Live concert series

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llsom fretTonight at 7:30 is this week’s installment of the South on Main Local Live concert series.  This week features Fret & Worry!

Presented by the Oxford American magazine, Local Live showcases the best of local and regional music talent and is always free and open to the public. Call ahead to South on Main to make your reservations and ensure a table: (501) 244-9660. Local Live is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Ben and Jane Hunt Meade.

Fret & Worry (Uncle Joe Meazle on guitar and RJ Looney on harmonica) sing songs that celebrate Arkansas and cover the subjects of trains, ladies of the evening, wrongful deaths, and moonshine.