Here’s what’s going on today (Sunday, Nov. 18): There are 3 p.m. matinees of Johnny Mercer and Me and God’s Favorite (at Muse and Asbury, respectively). Violet Hills plays Lulu’s […]
Bill DeYoung
Bill DeYoung was Connect's Arts & Entertainment Editor from May 2009 to August 2014.
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Nov. 17: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Saturday, Nov. 17): It’s Carmina Burana day at the Johnny Mercer Theatre. The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus performance begins at 5 p.m. Johnny Mercer […]
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Nov. 16: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Friday, Nov. 16): Both Lincoln and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 are in Savannah theaters today. Knife and Miggs celebrate the release […]
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Nov. 15: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, Nov. 15): Johnny Mercer and Me, Miriam Center’s original musical drama, is onstage at 8 p.m. at Muse Arts Warehouse. At 7 p.m., Bay […]
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Nov. 14: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, Nov. 14): There’s an all-new CONNECT on the streets. Check out the New Orleans funk of Dirty Bourbon River Show at Live Wire, the […]
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The Screaming Eagle of Soul
Savannah Music Festival headliner Charles Bradley is a flagship artist on Daptone Records, the label that gave us Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings and other artists who re-kindle the funk, […]
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Savannah Music Festival ’13: All-star Americana and so much more
What’s sure to be the Americana tour of 2013 is coming to Savannah next April, as one of the Savannah Music Festival’s hallmark concerts. Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, who […]
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Consider the envelope pushed
Three years ago this week, in these very pages, we reported on what seemed to be the death knell for community theater in Savannah. The story, headlined The Final Curtain?, […]
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Mack the Knife
Mackey’s back in town. After a year living and working in Jacksonville, Kedrick Mack —co–founder of Savannah’s frontier–busting hip hop ensemble Dope Sandwich — has returned with a vengeance. You […]
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Stephane Wrembel: Everybody say ‘oui’
LET’S STATE the obvious and go from there: Stephane Wrembel is a monster guitarist, one of France’s proudest musical exports, and a one–man distillery of exotic global styles and shadings. […]
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Collaborating on a masterpiece
German composer Carl Orff considered the cantata Carmina Burana his magnum opus. According to legend, soon after it premiered in 1937 he told his publisher to destroy everything he had […]
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Nov. 13: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Tuesday, Nov. 13): Bay Street Theatre is throwing a party at 7 p.m. (in Club One) to announce its 2013 season of shows. It’s Tongue […]