Stephen Koch

9/25/2008 - By Stephen Koch

Rootsy singer-songwriter band rock was the order of the day as a nearly full house welcomed Wade Bowen and Sean McConnell to the Sticky Fingerz stage Friday night.

5/3/2007 - By Stephen Koch

Floyd Cramer, who grew up in Huttig, became one of the most important piano players in the development of country music.

4/26/2007 - By Stephen Koch

the UALR Theatre Arts and Dance Department’s production of “Big Love” premiered April 19 to a nearly-filled house.

3/15/2007 - By Stephen Koch

From his beginnings in Cherry Hill, Bob Dorough knew music was his thing.

1/25/2007 - By Stephen Koch

In 2004, Jason Morphew recorded his first score, for a film called “Runaway,” starring Robin Tunney of TV’s “Prison Break.”

12/28/2006 - By Stephen Koch

Live recording "My Best Day" is Trout Fishing's third Grammy nomination.

9/21/2006 - By Stephen Koch

Can the term supergroup be applied to a band that rarely gigged, whose records are impossible to find and no one’s ever heard of?

8/10/2006 - By Stephen Koch

MEMPHIS — There was scarcely room for another porkpie hat or vintage dress in the gilded sold-out Orpheum Theatre when Tom Waits returned to Memphis last Friday night.

8/10/2006 - By Stephen Koch

Bill Carter is not a musician. But the Rector native, author of the 2006 autobiography “Get Carter,” has had a hand in the careers of Tanya Tucker, Reba McEntire and others, most notably the Rolling Stones for many years. Before that, Carter served in the U.S. Secret Service under presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.

7/20/2006 - By Stephen Koch

Lee Hays was a singer and songwriter who gained fame in the Weavers, with that folk group being blacklisted in the 1950s and its music being branded as “un-American.”