Today we listen to samples from "Half the City," the debut album from St. Paul and the Broken Bones.
Ozarks At Large
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers offers a brief preview of the Eureka Springs Blues Weekend.
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Tyson Foods yesterday announced that Hillshire Brands had accepted its $8.5 billion acquisition bid over a smaller acquisition by Pinnacle Foods. Senator John Boozman returns to Washington, D.C. more than a month after undergoing emergency heart surgery, and a new effort aiming at legalizing cannabis gets underway in Arkansas.
Saturday's Wellfest lets you run, ride, even hula hoop.
Here is a direct link to all things Wellfest, including race courses.
Here is a direct link to all things Wellfest, including race courses.
Ahead on Ozarks, we learn the differences between various types of Arkansas charter schools. Plus, a UA researcher receives a grant to study the genetic composition of diatoms.
Diatoms are microscopic, but vital, parts of life. Research at the University of Arkansas is finding out more about them.
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Friday, June 20, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a summer tradition returns with the opening of the 64th season of the Opera in the Ozarks, and there are modifications going on with the Arkansas Child Maltreatment Registry.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gives us the skinny on concerts you may think are worth a drive.
Google Glass is out, but will it catch on? We ask Ty Dennison to help us figure out the latest in the digital world.
"Workout" by Hank Mobley
Kevin Kinder, who blogs about music at NWA TunedIn, returns for his annual guide to the upcoming Wakarusa Music Festival.
Artists and songs we heard during this interview:
"La Que Me Gusto" by Los Amigos Invisables
"Sleep" by Allen Stone
"Last Love Song" by ZZ Ward
"Niamey Jami" by Bombino
Arkansas's senators speak about a potential farm bill, possibly coming up for discussion this week. Martha Shoffner gets arrested over the weekend. And more severe weather heading into the area.
"Fifty-Fifty Blues" by Louis Armstrong