THURSDAY, APR. 23, 2020 at 8:00 PM | LITTLE ROCK

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“This young musician and composer is at once reestablishing the artistic, cultural, and social tradition of jazz while creating an entirely new jazz language for the 21st century.”
—MacArthur Foundation

THURSDAY, JAN. 30, 2020 at 8:00 PM | LITTLE ROCK

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“An elegant force of musical invention, Fred Hersch can not be discounted in any discussion of the top contemporary jazz pianists.”
—LA Times

THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 2019 at 8:00 PM | LITTLE ROCK

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“[Marsalis’s] playing is eccentric within graceful boundaries, concerned with polyrhythm as science, history and gamesmanship, full of technique used to nonslick ends…Discipline and strategy are written deeply into the band.”
—New York Times

THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 2019 at 8:00 PM | LITTLE ROCK

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“One of the most underrated pianists in jazz today ... Martin plays with the kind of daring and excitement that marks a distinctive personality on the keyboard.”
—Washington Post

THURSDAY, APR. 16, 2020 at 8:00 PM | LITTLE ROCK

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“Ranky Tanky proved that exotic music can be both unfamiliar enough to be surprising, and yet familiar enough to provoke swinging hips and nodding heads. When it works, it’s the best of both worlds.”
—Paste

THURSDAY, MAR. 12, 2020 at 8:00 PM | LITTLE ROCK

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“In a short­attention­span world overloaded with sensory stimulation, there aren’t many artists who can stop you in your tracks with a single song.”
—American Songwriter

THURSDAY, DEC. 5, 2019 at 8:00 PM | LITTLE ROCK

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"A wonderfully charismatic performer with a show­stopping voice and an unabashedly old­fashioned repertoire."
—The Washington Post

THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 2019 at 8:00 PM | LITTLE ROCK

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"Rev. Sekou delivers the spiritual performance we need now."
—Paste

THURSDAY, MAR. 26, 2020 at 8:00 PM | LITTLE ROCK

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"…[Mary Gauthier’s] Rifles and Rosary Beads, is not only one of the most arresting American singer-songwriter records in recent years, but one of the most vital pieces of art to come out of those two wars.”
—Rolling Stone Country

THURSDAY, FEB. 20, 2020 at 8:00 PM | LITTLE ROCK

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“Cleary embodies the heart and soul of the Crescent City, keeping the sound and the fury of its legendary piano pounders alive and kicking.”
—No Depression