“Everybody will have their own perspective on what makes a good Celtic band,” laughs McLean Avenue’s Padraig Allen.
Bill DeYoung
Bill DeYoung was Connect's Arts & Entertainment Editor from May 2009 to August 2014.
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St. Paddy’s music: Saints preserve us!
There are some familiar faces in the bunch, but for quite a lot of the people who’ll be visiting Savannah for the first time, they’ll all be new bands.
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Stopover spotlight: Wye Oak
‘First and foremost, I made this thing for myself, and I’m happy with it. And that means the world to me.’
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Stopover spotlight: T. Hardy Morris
‘I think music was in a pretty special place, in the late ‘60s, early-mid ‘70s, I just love that whole era.’
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Magic Man cancels Stopover show
The band Magic Man has canceled Saturday night’s appearance at the Savannah Stopover Festival. According to Stopover producers, the band abruptly decided to accept a last-minute offer from South By […]
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Danielle Hicks: No place like Ohm
‘I want to travel the country behind an album I’m really proud of, but I can definitely see calling Savannah my home, sure.’
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Stopover Shorts, Part Deux
Mini-profiles of Caitlin Rose, Raccoon Fighter, Kylesa, Born Cages, the Weeks and the Black Cadillacs.
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Stopover spotlight: Speedy Ortiz
‘I’ve always just been more interested in bands that focus more on wordplay, or not being 100 percent straightforward.’
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Stopover spotlight: Those Darlins
‘I don’t really think about being a woman and how different it is that much. The only time it really gets on my nerves is when people say stuff that’s just kinda stupid.’
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Stopover spotlight: Wild Child
This is a band you want to bring home and introduce to someone you love.
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Stopover spotlight: Peelander-Z
The four Japanese musicians clown and cavort amongst giant squids and lizards.
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Stopover spotlight: St. Paul & the Broken Bones
Paul Janeway grew up in a strict Pentecostal home. Black gospel music was common in his church services.