The second season of the "Live at the Five & Dime" outdoor concert series continues on Wednesday, May 8, with the Fayetteville-based roots group Smokey & The Mirror, featuring Bryan and Bernice Hembree. The series is free and concerts are every Wednesday night from 6-8 p.m. outside the Walmart Museum on the Bentonville Square.

This year's series will feature 25 concerts from April 24 to Oct. 9. The concerts are a collaboration between the University of Arkansas Department of Music, the Walmart Museum, and Downtown Bentonville Inc. The performances feature faculty, students and other artists connected to the Department of Music at the University of Arkansas, and overlap partly with the Wednesday Farmer's Market on the Bentonville Square. A current list of events can be found below.

Smokey & the Mirror

Smokey & The Mirror is husband-and-wife duo Bryan and Bernice Hembree. Based out of Fayetteville, Smokey & The Mirror have toured nationally and internationally over the past decade. The band has supported tours for Old Crow Medicine Show, The Wood Brothers, I'm With Her, Elephant Revival, John Fullbright, and many of their musical heroes. They tour most often as a duo, but also plays many shows a year as a four-piece band. Whatever the configuration, the interplay of their two unique voices coupled with engaging, accessible songs form the foundation of Smokey & The Mirror.

The Hembrees work tirelessly on many musical and creative pursuits. They are committed to others' music as much as their own. They have found that the most satisfying path to longevity in music is to put others' art in the spotlight or to inspire others' to find their voice. They believe that the future of music is not winning the "me first" battle, but rather building community. They are founders and co-creators of the Fayetteville Roots Festival (Arkansas). They also spent a year (2017) with Austin-based international songwriting collaborative, House of Songs, to pilot House of Songs Ozarks in Bentonville, Arkansas. Bernice is also a music educator and has worked in private instruction, with the I'll Fly Away Foundation's songwriting program for elementary students, and to develop a music curriculum for the Fayetteville Montessori School. Bryan co-founded the Crooked Crow Songwriting Retreat for working songwriters with good friend and fellow musician, J Wagner.

LIVE AT THE FIVE & DIME CONCERT SERIES

May 8 - Smokey and the Mirror
Bryan and Bernice Hembree Listen

May 15 - Dueling Oboes
Theresa Delaplain, Fiona Slaughter, and Katelyn Barry

May 22 - Chris Teal Trio
Chris Teal (drums), Matt Nelson (piano), Kyth Trantham (bass)

May 29 - Hogtown Hot Club
Jim Greeson (guitar), Ed Nicholson, Jim Jernigan, Mike Johnson Listen

June 5 - Trio de Janeiro
Fernando Valencia and Friends

June 12 - UA Faculty Trio
Theresa Delaplain (oboe), Er-Gene Khang (violin), and Lia Uribe (bassoon)

June 19 - Chamber Trio
Tara Mueller (violin), Theresa Delaplain (oboe), and Andrew Chilcote (bass)

July 3 - Hogtown Hot Club
Jim Greeson (guitar), Ed Nicholson, Jim Jernigan, Mike Johnson Listen

July 10 - Veridian Saxophone Quartet
Eric Troiano, Casey Grev, Madeline Morizio, and Kyle Landry
(winners of the 2016 North American Saxophone Alliance Quartet Competition) Listen

July 17 - Veridian Saxophone Quartet
Eric Troiano, Casey Grev, Madeline Morizio, and Kyle Landry

July 24 - Jazz Trio with Felipe Antonio
Felipe Antonio (guitar)

July 31 - Chris Teal Trio
Chris Teal (drums), Matt Johnson (piano), Kyth Trantham (bass)

Aug. 14 - Blue Thread
Cristi Catt (soprano), Nikola Radan, and Friends  Listen

Aug. 21 - Jake Hertzog Trio
Jake Hertzog (guitar), Chris Teal (drums), and Garrett Jones (bass) Listen

Aug. 28 - Afro-Cuban Trio
Fernando Valencia

Sept. 4 - Fermambo Valencia Latin Jazz Quintet
Fernando Valencia

Sept. 18 - Lyrique Quintette
Ronda Mains (flute), Theresa Delaplain (oboe), Nophachai Cholthitchanta (clarinet), Lia Uribe (bassoon), Timothy Thompson (horn) Listen

Oct. 2 - University of Arkansas Songwriter's Workshop
directed by Jake Hertzog

Oct. 9 - University of Arkansas World Music Ensemble
directed by Nikola Radan