Name: Arkansauce
Start: 2024-12-19T21:00:00-05:00
Location: 650 E. 2nd Street Wichita KS 67202

Arkansauce calls forth melodies of the Ozark Mountains' rolling hills and raging rivers with their
distinct blend of newgrass. This progressive string quartet features Tom Andersen on bass, guitarist Zac
Archuleta, Ethan Bush on mandolin, and Adams Collins on banjo. Their music features improvisational
string leads matched with complex melodies, intriguing rhythms, and deep thumping bass grooves. Each
member sings lead and harmony parts as well as contributes to the lyrics, which offer authentic,
intelligent songwriting with hard-hitting hooks.
Music Mecca’s Spencer Nachman calls them a “fiery, finger-picking string band... What is apparent at any
Arkansauce show is their positivity and desire to uplift the audience’s spirit, no matter the circumstance.”
They are a band inspired not only from their home state of Arkansas, but also throughout their travels.
“We are a band that spends most of our time in the back of a van hurtling toward long nights, good times,
and a destiny unknown,” says Ethan. “Our inspiration is gathered by events unfolding in our own
adventures in real time. These days, the desire to create, inspire, and redefine within our scene seems to
be the main driving force behind our music. From a young age we were huge fans of live music and were
introduced to a lot of great music by our families.”
Arkansauce independently released their 5th album, OK to Wonder, on April 21, 2023. With 11
original tracks—ranging from upbeat and stimulating to contemplative and encouraging—the collection
is filled with songs of revelry, wonder, insight, and whimsy.
The album was met to critical acclaim with reviews in Bluegrass Today (“a truly inspired effort”),
Americana Highways (“this is high-octane stuff, meticulously rendered & with lots of spirit”), Americana
UK (“that’s a bluegrass line-up right there – but this isn’t your grandpappy’s bluegrass”), and Blog Critics;
premieres by The Bluegrass Situation and Glide Magazine. Songs from the album are in two official
Spotify Playlists: “Indie Bluegrass” and “Fast Grass” and have received airplay on SiriusXM Bluegrass
Junction.
They’ve also interviewed and performed a few of the new tunes in studio in their home state with
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Little Rock's THV11.
The band was founded in 2011 after Zac and Ethan, who had grown up across the street from one another
in Johnson County, Arkansas, moved to Fayetteville. Tom and Adams were slowly introduced to them
through the tight-knit Fayetteville music community. During a fateful gig at a Riverstomp Music Festival
in 2014, the band was down a couple of members, and Adams and Tom filled in on the fly—magic was
made on the stage that night, and the lineup was forever changed.

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