“Whatever we’ve become live has really just been years of evolution, and chasing whatever the moment feels like,” says Paul Meany. “And I like that about our band.”
Bill DeYoung
Bill DeYoung was Connect's Arts & Entertainment Editor from May 2009 to August 2014.
Lucero, Dennen add to SCAD-grad concert punch
Just how well-regarded is Lucero? A Sept. 14 concert in St. Paul, MN, features just three bands—The Replacements, The Hold Steady and Lucero.
Black Cadillacs, Wynn’s Believers to return in July
Two bands that absolutely smoked at this year’s Savannah Stopover – the Black Cadillacs and Thomas Wynn & the Believers – will co-headline July 23 at the Jinx. Tickets for […]
The Accomplices’ accomplishments
Introducing ‘A Truck, A Train, An Old Dump Pile.’
Jim White: ‘Twisting on the spit of life’
White is sort of a Georgian Townes Van Zandt – he’s not afraid to draw from the well of his own dark mind, a mind he couldn’t shut up if he wanted to.
The man who would be Miggs
“I’m going to pick and choose what aspects of that artistry I enjoyed, but I’m not gonna tell tales of a life that I didn’t experience.”
The Odd Lot: Now with more laughs!
The Odd Lot menu has expanded to include a Saturday interactive performance at Savannah Coffee Roasters.
Venturing Into the Woods
“You have to master the rhythm, and the pitch, and the bizarre orchestrations that don’t help you at all when you’re trying to sing the right melody.”
Kudos for Kota Mundi; a new Butcher band
The songs are tight and concise, with nice use of two- and three-part harmony, octave singing and twin lead guitars.
Hallelujah for Tybee theater
So far, 2014 has been a banner year for TAPS. The most recent production, Sordid Lives, had to be held over.
Saint Francis rocks; Jonathan Toubin sweats
Toubin spins old-school soul 45s for your dancing and sweating and dancing-some-more pleasure.
Blitzen Trapper’s sinister beauty
“Townes never stepped away from tragedy. Every song he ever sang has these tragic aspects to it. He sings about death 90 percent of the time.”
