We’ve searched the state far and wide to find the right talents to light up the stage at our very first Arkansas Music Office Homegrown Showcase!
Hosted at Prairie Street Live, one of Fayetteville’s great little outdoor venue spots - giving music festival vibes in city limits! This showcase captures what the Arkansas Music Office is all about: connecting artists, talent buyers, and listeners to grow our state’s music scene together.
Buckshot Princess
Buckshot Princess comes from the haunted swamps and dark forests of the south you don’t see on TV. Crawling onto the stage in 2023, these alt-country upstarts have gone from crowded house shows to large festivals, propelled entirely by a DIY ethos that shows no signs of slowing.
Buckshot Princess is outlaw goth— country music for the misfit. Though influences range from The Gun Club, to Lana del Rey, to Dracula, Buckshot Princess isn’t emulating anybody. Call it post-punk honky-tonk or dark Americana, but it’s clear at a glance nobody is doing it like them.
Famed for a tireless work ethic and for theatrical live shows that leave audiences shellshocked, by hook or by crook, Buckshot Princess is a must-see.
Buckshot Princess is Payton Marshall, Evan Peck, Katie Hooten, Autumn Tomeš, and Ivey Swint, operating out of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Monsterboy LIVES
Monsterboy LIVES is a husband-and-wife indie rock duo from Little Rock delivering a sound bigger than their lineup suggests. With saxophones in the basement register, soulful grooves, and slick electronic textures, they channel a vibe somewhere between Beck, The Black Keys, and Timbaland—once described as “Florence and the Machine on muscle relaxers.”
Known for immersive live sets that blur the line between rock show and art installation, the pair swap instruments under custom lighting and visuals. Their music has been featured on Peacock’s House of Villains, NPR’s Arts & Letters, and PBS Nova’s Building Stuff, with two NPR-inspired albums and a new collection of originals on the way.
Monsterboy LIVES is built for outsiders, dreamers, and anyone carving their own path.
Monsterboy LIVES is Veronica Wirges, and Chris Long. Based in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
Roll Cage Mary
Roll Cage Mary is the musical project of Justin Dolan, a folk artist from the Arkansas-Oklahoma border whose music weaves tales of sinners, saints, and the struggles of the downtrodden. Drawing inspiration from local history as well as his own personal experiences, Roll Cage Mary strives to channel the spirit of the region’s past and present.
RCM shows offer a mix of Original and Cover tunes. Artists like John Prine, John Cash, John Hurt, Blaze Foley, Townes Van Zandt and more!
Madaline Collins Duo
A true believer that Rock n’ Roll will never die, Madaline Collins is an innovative songwriter. She brings a classic rock sound to the table through her raw, expressive, and dynamic vocals with piano melodies that explore a range of emotions.
Taking the stage with her electric guitar accompaniment, John Wilkerson, these two are not ones to miss!!!
Recently relocated to Fayetteville, AR from Memphis, Tennessee Madaline is excited to get her feet into the NWA music scene.
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