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January 1 is deadline to submit for Arkansas Times Musicians Showcase

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The Arkansas Times is accepting submissions for the 2019 Arkansas Times Musicians Showcase. Original material in any musical style is welcome.

Finalists will be asked to perform in one of four semifinal rounds which will take place at Stickyz Rock ’n’ Roll Chicken Shack. Winners from each round will compete for a prize package (which the Times terms “robust”) in the final round at the Rev Room in March.

Send streaming links (Bandcamp, YouTube, Soundcloud, etc.) of your band performing to showcase@arktimes.com. Please include band name, hometown, date the band was formed, age range of members (all ages are welcome) and a contact person’s name, email address and phone number.

Deadline for submissions is Jan. 1, 2019.

Hayes Carll at the Rev Room Tonight – with Bonnie Montgomery opening

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181891_C18_044_004Hendrix College alum Hayes Carll returns to Little Rock for a concert tonight at the Rev Room.  Doors open at 7pm and the concert starts at 9pm.   Bonnie Montgomery, a renowned singer-songwriter in her own right, will open for him.

“Another Like You,” Carll’s stereotype’s attract duet of polar opposites, was American Songwriter’s #1 Song of 2011 – and KMAG YOYO was the Americana Music Association’s #1 Album, as well as making Best of Lists for Rolling Stone, SPIN and a New York Times Critics Choice.

Playing rock clubs and honkytonks, Bonnaroo, Stones Fest, SXSW and NXNE, he and his band the Gulf Coast Orchestra merge a truculent singer/songwriter take that combines Ray Wylie Hubband’s lean freewheeling squalor with Todd Snider’s brazen Gen Y reality and a healthy dose of love amongst unhealthy people.

Born in Houston, he went to college at Hendrix College in Conway – getting a degree in History, then heading back to Crystal Beach to play for a wild assortment of people either hiding out, hanging on or getting lost in the bars along Texas’ Gulf coast.

After releasing Flowers & Liquor in 2002, Carll was voted the Best New Artist of 2002 by The Houston Post. He would go on to release Little Rock, on his own Highway 87 label, which became the first self-owned project to the top the Americana charts.  His third album was 2008’s Trouble in Mind.

For those who live in and/or love Little Rock, Carll’s paean to the Capital City of Arkansas contains probably one of the best descriptions ever:  “A piece of this Earth for my peace of mind.”