The making of Homegrown Concert Series, Little Rock's best kept secret
Have you ever had a song on your playlist that you skip often but one day you decide to let it play and it turns out to be the best song you heard in a while? Imagine that but instead of just one song it’s a whole collection of songs from a diverse group of artists, and better these artists are all in close proximity to you. This is the idea of ‘Homegrown: the concert series’ produced right here in Little Rock in 2019. “The mission of [Homegrown] is to be a pub source for local artists and talent,” artist, producer and creator of Homegrown, Stoney Jackson said. “We already have local shows happening around the city, so Homegrown essentially is just my version of that.” Jackson wanted to cultivate an “intimate” concert series that not only features artists and talent from the city but also has a “kickback” vibe to it to where people can gather and revel. “When I got there it was super warming, it was such a different atmosphere compared to what I had been around,” Char Dupin...