CATIE LAUSTEN + LAKIN CRAWFORD + SUSANNA KENNEDY @ EL ROCKO LOUNGE THU AUG 17 | 9 PM It may seem so, but it’s not always loud guitars and big, […]
Frank Ricci
Frank Ricci is a freelance writer living in Savannah, Georgia. In his career, he's contributed to many Las Vegas megaresort brands owned by Mandalay Resort Group and Mirage Resorts. He’s also worked with Dell, Root Sports Network, Savannah College of Art and Design, ad agencies in Las Vegas and New York, and a few years in video slot machine development and production. Before that, he was the original music editor at SCOPE Magazine in Las Vegas. Originally from New Jersey, Frank is a graduate of American University in Washington, DC. He loves music, food, Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey and driving slow cars fast.
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A funny thing happened on the way to the comedy club
You sometimes hear about the bizarre career changes of famous people. Brad Pitt drove a limo. Stephen King was a janitor. Pope Francis was a nightclub bouncer. Depending on your […]
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THE CONNECT 5: Shows you shouldn’t miss this week
OMENKILLER + MANHACK + CORRUPTED EMPIRE @ SOUTHBOUND BREWERY FRI AUG 11 | 7 PM Aura’s Summer Brutality show features Savannah’s own Omenkiller, fresh off a tour that took them […]
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THE CONNECT 5: Shows you shouldn’t miss this week
TRAE PIERCE & THE T-STONES @ BARRELHOUSE SOUTH SAT AUG 5 | 9 PM Trae Pierce has won four Grammy Awards, three with the Blind Boys of Alabama; he’s backed […]
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THE CONNECT 5: Shows you shouldn’t miss this week
DUKE DEUCE @ ELAN SAVANNAH FRI JUL 28 | 10 PM When Lil Jon asked everyone “let me see you get crunk, let me see you get buck, let me […]
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THE CONNECT 5: Shows you shouldn’t miss this week
RODNEY JORDAN QUINTET @ GOOD TIMES JAZZ BAR FRI & SAT, JUL 21 & 22 | 8 PM The versatile jazz bassist made his way up the status ladder with […]
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THE CONNECT 5: Shows you shouldn’t miss this week
SHEHEHE + MERCYLAND @ EL ROCKO FRI JUL 14 | 9 PM Anthemic, singalong punk rock has a long history, starting with the late 70s Oi! movement in the UK, […]
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THE CONNECT FIVE: Shows you shouldn’t miss this week
THE 502s @ VICTORY NORTH THU JUL 6 | 8 PM The 2011 Big Easy Express tour, featuring Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, and Old Crow […]
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THE CONNECT 5: Our picks for shows this week
ROCK EUROPA + LAKIN CRAWFORD @ EL ROCKO THU JUN 22 | 9 PM Clayton Waller is the Nashville-based, Mississippi native singer/songwriter who performs as Rock Europa. He’s written, produced, […]
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THE CONNECT 5: Our picks for shows this week
SPACE COKE/HOLLOW LEG/CLAMFIGHT/MANAROVS @ EL ROCKO A big, loud, four-band beatdown is what sweaty, beer-soaked, difficult-to-recall nights at El Rocko are all about. The new one-at-a-time bathroom policy probably won’t […]
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THE CONNECT 5: Our picks for shows this week
MIKE JONES AND GROOVE CENTRIC @ GOODTIMES JAZZ BAR | FRI & SAT, JUN 9-10 | 8 PM Groove Centric made their mark in Atlanta in the late ‘00s, artfully […]
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THE CONNECT 5: Our picks for shows this week
DOG DAYS FEST @ Multiple Venues | FRI-SUN JUN 2-4 The post-pandemic explosion of revived older bands and many ambitious new bands playing killer shows left and right is due […]