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Thanks to B.B. King’s relentless touring schedule – appearing in 342 shows in 1956 – he was known worldwide as “The King of the Blues.” He reworked a 1951 blues song, “The Thrill is Gone,” lifting it to a Grammy award in 1970.

Opened in 1945 when there were not many other African-American-owned businesses in Indianola, Club Ebony has succeeded through three owners…

Before 1895, Dockery Plantation was, like much of the Delta at the time, a swampy tangle of gum and cypress…

When the Grammy board searched for the most appropriate location to build its first museum outside L.A., they could have…

Now is the time to think about 2019.

For some people, absolute silence is necessary to focus on tasks and be productive at work. However, for many others, listening to music is an effective way to concentrate while working on an assignment. If you fall into the latter group, choosing which song to listen to can be a daunting task.

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s Film with Orchestra series is set to highlight everyone’s favorite little alien next month. Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning film “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” will be shown on a big screen at the Robinson Center Performance Hall on May 11 and 12, with the legendary score performed live by a full symphony orchestra in sync to the film.

Gene Simmons and the rest of the Kiss crew will make their way to Pulaski County next year before hanging up the microphones for good.

The newest addition to Central Arkansas’s festival scene is Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s Symphony Local, which accompanies the second concert of the 2018- 2019 Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks season, Elgar’s “Enigma Variations,” Saturday, Nov. 10, and Sunday, Nov. 11, at Robinson Center.

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is bringing “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” to Robinson Performance Hall Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. The symphony, created by the French composer Paul Dukas, is based on a 1797 poem written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

In a place, not so far away, The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra will present the music of “Star Wars” this fall.

At Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, we use donations to transform generations through music. We aspire to create lifelong memories of amazing concerts for children, parents and grandparents to experience together. We aspire to make school fun and interesting for kids, to improve the high school graduation rate. We aspire to create the next generation of doctors, musicians and leaders for our community.

Ready to get in the holiday spirit? For Christmas lovers of all ages, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s “Home for the Holidays” concert is a must.

The Arkansas Youth Symphony Orchestra’s annual fall concert, Symphonie Fantastique, will be held on Nov. 12 at the Albert Pike Masonic Center. In addition to performances by the orchestra, the Little Rock Parkview High School Madrigals and Lab Singers will join for a grand finale featuring highlights from Joseph Haydn’s “Mass for Troubled Times.”

The Johnny Cash Heritage Festival kicks off Oct. 19 at the historic Dyess colony, the boyhood home of the Man in Black.

In celebration of Rodney Block’s sixth album, “Trumphouse,” a lively launch party took place at South on Main this past weekend. The Arkansas 100 sponsored the event, which featured performances by a number of local artists.

“Harry Potter” is going from the halls of Hogwarts to the halls of the Robinson Center with the help of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. On Oct. 7 and 8, the orchestra will perform signature selections from all eight of the “Harry Potter” films, under the direction of Maestro Philip Mann.

For the classic country lovers: Girl band meets country in The Wildflower Revue. Reminiscent of legends like Patsy Cline and the Dixie Chicks, their blend of classic country and Americana is a guaranteed crowd pleaser.

The indie folk band, Valley Queen, will perform at popular venue South on Main in Little Rock on March 4. The band is fronted by lead vocalist Natalie Carol, who is an Arkansas native. Valley Queen is described as reminiscent of artists including Fleetwood Mac, My Morning Jacket and Florence Welch

Arkansas Educational Television Network has produced a documentary on the historic downtown Little Rock Dreamland Ballroom. The documentary, titled “Dreamland Ballroom,” will premiere on March 31 at the CALS Ron Robinson Theater as a part of Arkansas Sounds.

The 2017 UALR Artspree Concert Series will kick off Feb. 23 with a performance from the Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet.

Tens of thousands of blues musicians and fans from around the country will travel to Helena, Ark., for the King Biscuit Blues Festival Oct. 5-8, for its 31st year. It’s named after the famous, longest ever running radio show “King Biscuit Time,” founded in 1941 and still playing today.

Local jazz musician Rodney Block released his third album, “Eyes Haven’t Seen, Ears Haven’t Heard” over the Labor Day weekend.

Band Together NC is a nonprofit organization that uses live music as a platform for social change. Since its inception in 2001 following the tragedy of 9/11, the organization has grown to become the largest annual charitable music festival in the Southeast, donating nearly $5.5 million to local charities.