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No mention of Evanessence or even of Amy Lee?
One outstanding band left out is "The Cate Brothers" from Northwest Arkansas. This R&B and heavy on the B band had a few hits in the late 60's and 70's with "Mr. Union Man" in the line up. Update your material please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.33.63.254 (talk) 19:52, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Section is currently an example farm of non-notable bands, could this possibly be rewritten in paragraph form? Even the section title 'new scene' probably needs further definition... otherwise, I'm seeing this section as a likely delete.Cander0000 (talk) 04:27, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This article completely ignores the vast contributions of blues, R&B, and jazz musicians from the state which are largely African American. The Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame and the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame provide anyone attempting to explain Arkansas music with a list of highly recorded, accomplished artists, producers, and writers. Further, examination of the Arkansas Delta article contained in Wikipedia provides a vast list of performers from the eastern part of the state alone. Nonetheless, this article attempts to portray the state as one with primarily a country music\bluegrass and southern gospel tradition with only a couple of mentions of African American artists. The utter lack of inclusion in an article such as this is one of the reasons why so many people are misled about the state's history and culture. Arkansas is unfortunately still seen by many non-residents as a lily white hick state full of pick-up drivin' good ole boys. My goodness, how could anyone leave out names like Al Green, Ne-Yo, Smokie Norful, Louis Jordan, Scott Joplin, Howlin Wolf, Albert King, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Big Bill Broonzy, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Jimmy Witherspoon, Junior Wells, Junior Walker and I could go on and on. Most of these people are either in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or are Grammy winners/nominees. I could simply add names to the list of performers in this article but there is so much narrative which skews the entire piece toward country music that it would be pointless. This entire pseudo-article needs to be trashed and rewritten. After looking at articles from other southern states' music pages on Wikipedia, Arkansas' is the only one which so poorly represents African Americans. Arkansas music is far more diverse than this article suggest; but, sadly, this diversity is relegated to the back of the proverbial bus. On second thought, it ain't even on the bus!!! What a shame!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmmyjam (talk • contribs) 15:48, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Easy to find racism when you look? Bias is clear in the writer's horrific assessment of music in Arkansas. If I attempted to portray my hometown of Pine Bluff in a marketing strategy without ever projecting images of white citizens, I might be considered racially or culturally biased. If I characterize Arkansas music without including any discussion of the genres which predominate among African Americans, I might be considered racially or culturally biased. I don't give a rip if the person is from another part of the state where there is more country music. He/She is writing an article to represent the entire state. There is no excuse for excluding gospel, jazz, blues, R&B. I don't care about what the person's motivations are...the result of the original article is a complete lack of diversity and therefore, a complete misrepresentation of Arkansas music. Good luck writing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmmyjam (talk • contribs) 21:51, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Your forgot in the classical section your world famous composer and player piano player Conlon Nancarrow. --Michael Striebel (talk) 11:45, 7 September 2012 (UTC) from Austria[reply]
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