$307.5M
Music Industry Contribution to State GDP
Economists Inc 20186,825
Jobs Supported
Economists Inc 2018558
Music Establishments
Economists Inc 2018A2IM/NIVA1,083
Royalty Recipients
SoundExchange/SAG-AFTRA10,367
Songwriters
ASCAP/BMI/SESAC/GMRArkansas boasts a rich and diverse music history,
home to legends like Johnny Cash, Al Green, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Levon Helm, and modern hitmakers including Evanescence and Ne-Yo, Arkansas boasts a rich and diverse music history. Mountain View, located in the Ozark Mountains, is the "Folk Music Capital of the World," and Helena in the Arkansas Delta hosts the King Biscuit Blues Festival each year, also broadcasting the longest-running daily blues radio show in the nation, "King Biscuit Time." In 2009, sections of US Highway 67 in Newport and Jackson County were designated as "the Rock 'N' Roll Highway," paying homage to the historical significance of the area, which featured regular performances by the likes of Elvis Presley, Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Some
Notable
Musicians
- Al Green
- Evanescence
- Johnny Cash
- Levon Helm
- Ne-Yo