Last night Ryan Bingham won the Academy Award for Best Original Song from a Motion Picture for his tune “The Weary Kind”. Many of you (but not everyone) are aware that Bingham has played twice at Sticky Fingerz during the past 24 months. In fact, when he was last here in May 2009 the show was almost a sellout. We knew that he was trending upward fast, but we could’ve never predicted that some 9 months later he would win what could be considered one of the top annual songwriting awards.
And that’s exactly what makes me so proud. As a talent buyer in Arkansas since 1991, there have been hundreds of nights that the staff and a handful of customers have watched excellent acts come and go on our stages. So many times we’ve had that feeling that we were seeing something special even if the cool kids or whoever weren’t there to see it for one reason or another. When a Ryan Bingham wins an Oscar, or when a Zac Brown Band is nominated for country music’s Entertainer of the Year award - it just makes us feel validated for taking risks and losing thousands and thousands of dollars in order to continue to provide Arkansans with the best live music experience possible. Thanks so much for your continued support, and Congrats Ryan Bingham.

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Rolling Stone is reporting that Mark Linkous of the outrageously underappreciated band Sparklehorse has committed suicide. Man, that’s just sad.

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Once upon a time not long ago…
OneStone Productions Presents Doug E Fresh and Slick Rick at The Rev Room on Friday April 9. Advance tickets on sale soon. $25 advance. Words cannot explain our excitement, we are beatboxing with anticipation. 6 minutes, 6 minutes, 6 minutes Doug E Fresh you’re on…

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Sometimes it’s hard, to be a rocker. Especially when you have to endure some silliness on live local tv before you get to rock it out like you were born to do. There’s a reason why Letterman, Fallon, Kimmel, and whoever is on NBC now don’t spend a lot of time asking the bands questions. Seriously, this person (who I’m sure is very loved and respected in her home viewing area) actually asks them “What studios are you with now?”. What does she mean by that? And why do I feel like the band cringes everytime she mentions that their show might get rained out.
All that being said - Jonthan Tyler & Northern Lights are hands down one of the BEST NEW BANDS in the SOUTH. They will be playing at Sticky Fingerz on Saturday March 6 with The Effects and Luster (welcome back, Luster!).

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Just got word that Gangstarr/Jazzmatazz leader MC Guru is in a coma after suffering a heart attack over the weekend. Guru’s Jazzmatazz performed at the Rev Room in August 2007 to a crowd of about 150 lucky listeners who got to witness one of the best rap shows Little Rock has EVER seen on the club level. Our prayers are with Guru and his family.

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The pride of Interlochen, Michigan, 100 MONKEYS will make their debut appearance in Little Rock at The Rev Room on Wednesday March 24. $8 adv tickets go on sale Friday Feb 26.

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April 13th, y’all!! Tix go on sale THIS FRIDAY for $15. Click Click Boom!

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Sunday March 14 - Kidz in the Hall / 88 Keys / Izza Kizza / Donnis bring the 2nd major Hip-Hop event of the year to The Rev (the 1st, of course, is G EAZY on Sat Feb 20)!!
Tickets will go on sale next Friday Feb 26. Only $10 for this Blowout LIVE HipHop Show.

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All the way from Bandera, Texas, to Little Rock, Arkansas - Charlie Robison is bringing his original Alt-Country show to The Rev Room on Friday April 2. $10 Advance Tickets are on sale soon - call 501 823 0090 for more information!

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The bad news is that Little Rock’s Charity Vance was sent home from the next to last “Hollywood” Round of American Idol last night. The good news is that she made it to the top 71, and that’s definitely a great starting point. Cheering for Arkansans on Idol is one of our guilty pleasures (ok, just watching Idol regularly is our actual Guilty Pleasure - having an Arkie on the show justifies it!). We truly hope that Charity goes back through the audition process next year, b/c straight up - we think she has “Top 12″ potential.

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