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OCTOBER 2-8, 2022 WHAT'S UP! 37 PRESIDENT Brent A. Powers EDITOR Becca Martin-Brown 479-872-5054 bmartin@nwaonline.com Twitter: NWAbecca REPORTERS Monica Hooper mhooper@nwaonline.com April Wallace awallace@nwaonline.com (479) 770-3746 DESIGNER Deb Harvell ! UP WHAT'S ON THE COVER Science writer Timothy Ferris (played by Jordan Marshall) proudly displays the Golden Record, representing 115 analog-encoded photographs, greetings in 55 languages, a 12-minute montage of sounds on Earth and 90 minutes of music chosen to travel into space with Voyager to serve as an introduction to any alien species the probe might meet. A new musical titled "The Golden Record" launches Oct. 6 at Pilot Arts in Fayetteville. (COURTESY PHOTO) What's Up! is a publication of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Figarova Continued From Page 11 on the latest album. Born in Azerbaijan, Figarova was destined to play the piano. As a child, she attended the Baku Academy of Music, where she studied classical piano. "I started with the classical music, of course, because at the time there were no jazz lessons for kids. I come from a family of doctors and politicians, but everybody was very musical. I started playing the piano in the house when I was 2 years old," she says. At the time, she tried to pick out notes that she heard on the radio. "Then I started really quickly learning by myself, and my mother, as a psychiatrist, she did not want to push me. She wanted to give me all the possible space. And so she didn't hire any teachers for me, because she let me be me. [Meanwhile] I was playing non-stop." By age 3 she was making up her own songs that her parents would record with tape players. At age 6, her mother took her to the Baku Academy of Music, she says, "just to observe the examinations. This is a very special music school for the most talented kids — a combination of music school and regular school. And my mother wanted me to observe it first, because I'm also the only child, so she wanted me to observe the whole thing, the environment." At that point, Figarova says she had never even been to kindergarten. As she observed kids who were ages 7 and older perform classical music, she kept thinking that she could do the same. After hearing the young Figarova perform and testing her ear and rhythm, she says the teachers insisted that she start studying music a year earlier than the other students. She studied to become a classical concert pianist at Baku, but while performing at the Moscow Jazz Festival in 1988, she was invited to study at the Rotterdam Conservatoire in the Netherlands. From there she landed in New York City in 2010 and later studied at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, where she met several of the musicians that she still plays with today. "I call it a family that circulates between a few bass players, a few trumpet players and a few saxophone players." Joining in on the album were Alex Pope Norris on trumpet, her husband on flute, Wayne Escoffery on soprano and tenor sax, Yasushi Nakamura on bass and both Rudy Royston and Brian Richburg Jr. on drums with special appearances by Hasan Bakr on percussion and Sasha Masakowski on vocals. For the tour, her sextet will include Alonzo Demetrius, whom she calls a "lion" and "an incredible trumpet player," Yasushi Nakamura on bass and Ryan Sands on drums. FAYETTEVILLE • Magnolia Brown plays at 9 p.m. Oct. 7; Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal play at 9 p.m. Oct. 8 at Chelsea's Corner Bar, 10 Mountain St. FAYETTEVILLE • Hill City Rumble featuring Nick Shoulders, Dylan Earl, Ashtynn Barbaree and Johno Leeroy starts at 2 p.m. Oct. 8 at 710 S. College Ave. The event will also include a classic motorcycle show, music, vendors, food and more. Part of the proceeds will go to charities. • Eyehategod with Savage Master, Deadbird and Mud Lung starts at 7:30 p.m Oct. 2 ($15 and up); Randall King with Tyler Halverson starts at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 6 ($20); Happy Hour with Earl & Them starts at 5 p.m. Oct. 7 ($8); Tanner Usrey with Palmer Anthony starts at 9:30 p.m. Oct. 7 ($15) Madison Cunningham with Bendigo Fletcher starts at 8 p.m. Oct. 8 ($22 and up); Pony Bradshaw plays at 8 p.m. Oct. 9 ($12 and up); Titus Andronicus plays at 7 p.m. Oct. 12 ($20 and up) at George's Majestic Lounge, 519 W. Dickson St. Fayetteville. georgesmajesticlounge.com/shows. • Mary Gauthier plays at 7 p.m. Oct. 14 ($30 and up); Dar Williams plays at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 ($30 and up); jams return in October at Roots HQ, 1 E. Mountain St. fayettevilleroots.org. • Jenee Fleenor & Friends perform at 7 p.m. Oct. 7 ($25-$150) at The Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, 4703 N. Crossover Road. • Hippie Sabotage plays at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 ($32.50); Old Crow Medicine Show plays at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8; Wallows performs at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 ($29.50); Goose plays at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13; Yung Gravy performs at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14 (sold out); Cooper Alan plays at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21 ($20 and up); Peco's & the Rooftops perform at 7 p.m. Oct. 22 ($25 and up); Gov't Mule performs at 7 p.m. Oct. 23 ($35 and up); Highly Suspect plays at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 ($27.50 and up); Gogol Bordello performs at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 ($30 and up) at JJ's Live, 3615 N. Steele Blvd. jjslive.com. • The Texas Gentlemen perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 ($36 and up); Amina Figarova and band perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 ($33 and up) at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. waltonartscenter.org. • Jenna and the Soul Shakers play at 4 p.m. Oct. 2; Chucky Waggs & the Company of Raggs play at 9 p.m. Oct. 7; Doctor Junior plays at 8 p.m. Oct. 14; Patti Steel Band plays an album release show at 9 p.m. Oct. 28 at Kingfish, 262 N. School Ave. facebook.com/kingfishbar. FORT SMITH • Dirty Honey, Dorothy and Mac Saturn play at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2 ($27.50 and up); Logan Mize plays 7 p.m. Oct. 7 ($20 and up); The Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular starts at 7 p.m. Oct. 9 ($22.50 and up; Teddy Swims plays at 7 p.m. Oct. 11 ($39.50); Larry Fleet plays at 8 p.m. Oct. 13 ($25-$39); Preacher Lawson performs at 7 p.m. Oct. 14; Jackyl plays at 7 p.m. Oct. 22 ($29-$49) at TempleLive, 200 N. 11th St. 222- 6186; fortsmith.templelive.com. • Jacob Stelly plays at 8 p.m. Oct. 8 ($10 and up); Kameron Marlowe plays at 7 p.m. Oct. 13 ($15 and up) at Majestic Fort Smith, 817 Garrison Ave. majesticfortsmith.com. • Duo Divinas perform at 6 p.m. and Danza Tonantzin performs at 7 p.m. Oct. 8 for a Hispanic-LatinX celebration from 5-9 p.m. hosted by 64.6 Downtown at Garrison Commons Pocket Park, 13 Garrison Ave. Free, no tickets required. 646downtown. com LOWELL • Steward Huff performs at 6 p.m Oct. 14 and 6 & 8:45 p.m. Oct. 15; Paul Varghese performs at 6 p.m. Oct. 21 & 22; Chris Cope takes the stage at 6 p.m. Oct. 28 & 29; Kevin Nealon and Bruce Barth perform in December at The Grove Comedy Club, 808 S. Bloomington St. grovecomedy.com. ROGERS • The Chicks and Patty Griffin play at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 ($39 and up); Five Finger Death Punch, Megadeth, The HU and Fire from the Gods start at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 12 ($35 and up); The Black Keys, Band of Horses and The Velveteers perform at 7 p.m. Oct. 13 ($59.50 and up) at the Walmart AMP, 5079 W. Northgate Road. waltonartscenter.org/AMP. SPRINGDALE • Dirty Flannel Shirt play at 6 p.m. Oct. 5; Mike Thomas plays at 6 p.m. Oct. 12; Mike Cooper performs at 6 p.m. Oct. 19; and Mike Thomas plays at 6 p.m. Oct. 26 at Core Brewery Taproom, 2470 N. Lowell Road, coreofarkansas.com. • Will Loden will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6; Nate Williams will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13; Ryan Trickey & Aaron Scarbrough perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20; and a Rodeo Book Club Takeover happens at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 at Black Apple Hard Cider, 321 E. Emma Ave., facebook.com/ NaturalStateComedy. • The Mixtape Music series with Earl Hazard + Sewlo play at 7 p.m. Oct. 19; and Victor Charlie & Vraii + 64velour at 7 p.m. Nov. 30 at 214 By CACHE, 214 S. Main St. cachecreate.org. WEST SILOAM SPRINGS • Casey Twist and Reckless Kelly perform Oct. 6 (times TBA); and Dead Metal Society performs at 9 p.m. Oct. 7 at Seven in Cherokee Casino, 2416 U.S. 412. cherokeecasino.com/west- siloam-springs/entertainment. Send info about your upcoming concerts and events to Monica Hooper, music editor, at mhooper@ nwaonline.com Live! Continued From Page 10 LIVE! A MUSIC CALENDAR