In New Orleans music circles, if your last name is Marsalis (or, for that matter, Neville) you have a reputation to live up to.

The All Night Drug Prowling Wolves are far more than just an anthropomorphic lifestyle choice. The quartet makes the kind of uncomplicated, riff–driven pub rock that was bread and butter for late ‘70s, first wave punk acts like the Clash, the Replacements or Social Distortion.

After thirty-some years in the public eye, and 40 million in album sales, John Mellencamp just isn't interested in greasing the rock ‘n' roll machine any more.

There’s something subversive about the Two Man Gentlemen Band, returning to Savannah Friday for a show at the Sentient Bean.

Born in Singapore in the spring of 1981, Emma Anzai spent her earliest years in Tokyo before her family relocated to Sydney, Australia.

Everything old, apparently, is new again. Onstage, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros look like a barefoot road company of Hair, dancing and grooving, with a lot of blissed–out smiling and group hugging, shirtless frontman Alex Ebert playing the messianic Berger to the adoring members of his “tribe.”

First, the name. Framing Hanley was originally called Embers Fade. They changed the moniker in 2006 to honor Ashley Hanley, the drummer’s girlfriend, who’d passed away. Ashley had been the band’s official photographer – she framed them.

For the fourth consecutive year, the sound design program at AWOL has tapped the creative vein running through Savannah youth. Shattered Reflections is an eclectic, 15–track collection of music, rhymes, sounds, samples and spoken word written and performed by aspiring artists between the ages of 13 and 19.

Tapping into the grittiness of American roots music - emotionally precise lyrics, tight harmonies and lustily-picked acoustic instruments - the Avett Brothers created a rock ‘n' roll hybrid that feels anything but forced.

The Athens band Venice is Sinking creates atmospheric music, rooted in pop but free from the constraints of predicable song structure – the melodies, and the arrangements, go where they will. The instrumentation includes acoustic guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, trumpet and viola, and like all the best pop music, they’re combined in various ways to create a distinctive sound. The vocal harmonies are rich and layered.

There were a few years there when Randall Bramblett’s name was certain to be added to the list of great Southern musicians who crashed and burned at the intersection of Drugs and Alcohol.

Among the epicurean delights available from street vendors in New Orleans is a noodle dish known as ya–ka–may. It involves hard–boiled eggs, a variety of meats, seasonings and whatever else is handy to make up a tasty, Big Easy–centric gumbo.

Perhaps the most popular indie band in the country right now, the Hold Steady come to Savannah May 25 with a rock ‘n' roll roadshow that has all the energy of a sweat-soaked punkfest, and the anthemic songs and heart-pounding glory of a stadia-sized classic rock event.

On a 100–acre farm in Norristown, just about an hour’s drive from Savannah, the tribes will gather this weekend.

A decade of Savannah decadence is coming to an end. For 10 years, Chris Cook has been the city’s unofficial partymeister. Every month he’s planned and put on the First Friday Fetish, a sex–themed bash that encourages outlandish costumes – or the lack thereof – and includes games, shows, a bit of light S&M play, dancing, drinking, music ... and all sorts of (legal) naughty activity. Things can get pretty wild. Friday’s event, Sex & ...