Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Music moves outdoors with Sad Daddy in SoMa
Sad Daddy will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the SoMa Little Rock
Outdoor Dining Room, at the intersection of Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive and Main Street in Little Rock.
Members of the roots rock/ Americana/bluegrass band are Brian Martin, guitar; Melissa Carper, acoustic bass; Joe Sundell, banjo; and Rebecca Patek, fiddle.
Sad Daddy had a series of Central Arkansas shows that were canceled due to the coronavirus but the band finally did a show May 29 for the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival for a drive-in movie event at Hot Springs Mall.
An “Acoustic Throwdown” will be held at 5 p.m. today at The Library
Kitchen + Lounge, 313 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock.
Willy D’s Piano Bar, 322 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, will feature
Pamela Hopkins and Aaron Beumeler at 9 p.m. today; Hopkins, Beumeler and Matteo at 9 p.m. Friday and Matt
Sammons, Hopkins and Beumeler at 9 p.m. Saturday.
Singer-songwriter John Hiatt will complete his pair of livestreamed performances next week: At 7 p.m. Monday he will do a “Songs and Stories” event where he will perform and tell stories behind his songs, including a handful of fan requests. A week earlier, Hiatt performed two of his albums in their entirety, start to finish.
Tickets, which include both nights, are $40 for access or $100 for “front row experiences” which include being seen by Hiatt with your live video appearing on his screen as he shows up on yours, as well as receiving a signed setlist from one of the performances and taking part in a post-show Q&A with Hiatt.
For more information, and to book tickets, visit johnhiatt.topeka. live.
In more Hiatt high jinks, he is offering his fans a chance to join him on a safari to Africa on Oct. 11, 2021. The announcement on his website says, “Limited places are available on this small group adventure combining some amazing sights and safari along with five private shows for the group in some incredibly unique settings.”
For more details, see african musicsafari.com/au/john-hiatt
Percussionists of all levels and skills are invited to a Drum Circle on Saturdays, continuing through Oct. 11, at Bernice Gardens, 1401 Main St., in Little Rock. Searcy Ewell will facilitate. Donations are encouraged, masks are required and physical distancing will be practiced. Drums, chairs and hand sanitizer will be supplied. No musical experience is needed.
LIVE IN SPA CITY
Rockey Jones will perform at 7 p.m. Friday and Chuck & Charlotte will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at The Blitzed Pig, 4330 Central Ave., Suite A, Hot Springs. KK & Kenny of KK & The Rev. Blues Revival will perform at 8 p.m.
Saturday at The Trough Bar and Grill,
833 Central Ave., Hot Springs.
Cliff & Susan (Prowse)will perform their Pink Piano Show at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Arlington
Resort Hotel & Spa, 239 Central Ave. in Hot Springs.
STAY TUNED
Metallica, onstage for the first time since September 2019 concerts that opened Chase Center in San Francisco, shows up on two Arkansas drive-in screens Saturday — 8:30 p.m. at the 112 Drive-In in Fayetteville and 8:15 p.m. at the
Stone Drive-In Theatre in Mountain View. It’s part of the Encore DriveIn Nights series. The concert also includes a “special guest performance” by Three Days Grace. Tickets — $115 per vehicle (up to six people) — are at ticketmaster.com/ encore-metallica and include four digital downloads of “S&M2,” the album documenting the two concerts that reunited the band and San Francisco
Symphony for the first time in 20 years. Theaters will adhere to CDC guidelines and state and local health mandates on social distancing and spacing between cars, personal protective equipment and limiting restroom capacity.
Steve Wariner, Ingrid Andress and Jordan Davis will perform live at 8 p.m.
Saturday at the Grand Ole Opry on the Circle TV channel, available on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook channels or on the DISH network.
Pam Tillis, Runaway June and Jon Pardi performed last week on Circle. Their show is available at YouTube and Facebook.
LISTEN UP
Reminder of an Arkansan’s concert reported last week: Country singer Justin Moore, along with headliner Lee Brice and The Peterson Farm Brothers, will perform a free benefit virtual concert at 7 p.m. today. The concert, which will be available on demand afterward, will air within Farm Journal
Field Days and on RFD TV.
For information on donating, see tinyurl.com/y38qk3xk
The Whippoorwill Arts Festival of Americana Music will be held virtually Saturday and Sunday, and
will feature Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Molly Tuttle, Brittany Hass, Annie Staninec,
Snap Jackson and Kamara Thomas.
The festival, with performances and workshops, begins at 11 a.m. Saturday and 12:30 p.m. Sunday and can be livestreamed at facebook.com or here: https: nellandjim.com/ whippoorwill-arts-festival.
Yo-Yo Ma joins Raffi and Lindsay Munroe on “For All You Do,” a song of thanks for essential workers. The song was written by Raffi and features rising children’s artist Munroe and noted cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Proceeds from downloads and streams will go to Direct Relief, an organization dedicated to providing equipment and medication to health care workers around the world. See Raffi sites on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.
Wilson Pickett, who died in 2006, is still having an impact with his 1968 song, “People Make the World,” written by Bobby Womack and recorded anew by Atlanta soul singer
Clark King. The song and video can be enjoyed at abkco.lnk.to/clarkking.
Jimmy Chamberlin, the drummer in the band Smashing Pumpkins, has a new band, Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, and the band, which focuses on jazz, has released its latest album, “Honor,” to be released Sept. 25. The album’s tracks are named “Integrity,” “Humanity,” “Service,” “Grace” and “Entitled.”
The Fayetteville Roots Festival will host a livestream from the Roots HQ on Facebook from 6:30 to 9 p.m. today, featuring music from Birds of Chicago, John Fullbright, Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally, The Steel Wheels, Raina Rose, The Honey Dewdrops and others. The show will be hosted by Roots co-founders Bernice & Bryan Hembree of Smokey & The Mirror, and chef Jerrmy Gawthrop.