New year, new music
Listen Up!
Brian Washburn
Issue date: 1/12/09 Section: Lifestyles
It's officially a new year. With new seasons, new experiences and new resolutions people will break as soon as they get back into their everyday routine around mid-January, there is something else starting that can be celebrated by all: a new year of music.
Though 2008 saw the emergence of several Fayetteville bands ready to shed their "local" titles and break out onto the national scene, this year will feature much of the same. However, the difference this year will be which bands will actually break through to national success and which bands will struggle to find the spotlight
Fayetteville golden-boy and last year's Northwest Arkansas Music Award winner Benjamin Del Shreve will continue his national acclaim through the new year. Although his album has already made the rounds in the local scene, new material is key for Shreve to continue his success. ?
Local bands also took Dickson's main stage this past year. Rock bands such as Thanks For Nothing, Apartment 5 and A Good Fight have started to see their success translate to the big stage. While these three bands have the abilities to make it on the national rock scene (the scene that has allowed Hinder and Nickelback), their progression as songwriters and their managerial skills will be key in determining which of these bands has what it takes to go cross-country.
Not only will 2009 be a big year for these three bands, Fayetteville can also expect an emergence of new bands throughout the year - some of which will stick, while others will fall. There is also an array of bands that have already been cemented, such as the.radio.sky, Jarris, Matt Jones, The Memphis Pencils and pop-rock goddess Lauren de Miranda.
Even though 2008 saw the demise of several local music venues - the latest being the promising Old Post Office at the Urban Table, which closed just a week ago - 2009 will likely see venues such as Froggy's and The Gypsy on College Avenue soar, and, ideally, other new music venues will crop up throughout Fayetteville and become the new stomping grounds.
Though 2008 saw the emergence of several Fayetteville bands ready to shed their "local" titles and break out onto the national scene, this year will feature much of the same. However, the difference this year will be which bands will actually break through to national success and which bands will struggle to find the spotlight
Fayetteville golden-boy and last year's Northwest Arkansas Music Award winner Benjamin Del Shreve will continue his national acclaim through the new year. Although his album has already made the rounds in the local scene, new material is key for Shreve to continue his success. ?
Local bands also took Dickson's main stage this past year. Rock bands such as Thanks For Nothing, Apartment 5 and A Good Fight have started to see their success translate to the big stage. While these three bands have the abilities to make it on the national rock scene (the scene that has allowed Hinder and Nickelback), their progression as songwriters and their managerial skills will be key in determining which of these bands has what it takes to go cross-country.
Not only will 2009 be a big year for these three bands, Fayetteville can also expect an emergence of new bands throughout the year - some of which will stick, while others will fall. There is also an array of bands that have already been cemented, such as the.radio.sky, Jarris, Matt Jones, The Memphis Pencils and pop-rock goddess Lauren de Miranda.
Even though 2008 saw the demise of several local music venues - the latest being the promising Old Post Office at the Urban Table, which closed just a week ago - 2009 will likely see venues such as Froggy's and The Gypsy on College Avenue soar, and, ideally, other new music venues will crop up throughout Fayetteville and become the new stomping grounds.
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