The 2021-2022 United Way Annual Campaign, led by Campaign Chair and local business owner Cecilia Russo Turner, has come to a successful conclusion. The grand total of funds in and through United […]
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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SOUNDBOARD: Who is playing where this week?
MOLLY TUTTLE & GOLDEN HIGHWAY @ DISTRICT LIVE Channeling early Dolly Parton, with a familiar-yet-compelling flutter in her voice, Molly Tuttle is a budding bluegrass star. She’s laying a solid […]
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SOUNDBOARD: Who is playing where this week?
JUPITER COYOTE @ SERVICE BREWING Over three decades of playing original compositions, the Macon rock back has quietly sold more than a million records. They call their music “mountain rock” highlighted […]
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SOUNDBOARD: Who is playing where this week?
KLEPT, BLURRY, GLAZED, GARLANDS @ EL ROCKO This AURA Fest promotion is more alternative than the other, with indie and experimental rock, post-punk, pop punk and some electro-goth shoegaze. AURA […]
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SOUNDBOARD: Who is playing where this week?
LAKE STREET DIVE @ DISTRICT LIVE Many bands claim to be multi-genre, but LSD actually is. Formed at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, they began playing “free […]
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SOUNDBOARD: Who is playing where this week?
ARMS UP!, LILAKK, SKYDIVER @ THE SENTIENT BEAN With less than four months until the all-day AURA Fest, the promotion keeps busy cramming big loud sounds down Savannah’s eager earhole. […]
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SOUNDBOARD: Who is playing where this week?
SIMON GROSSMANN @ VICTORY NORTH Miami’s celebrated Venezuelan-American Latin indie artist creates a supremely chill vibe, blending a bevy of sounds. Sweet, soulful vocals and a distinct tropical atmosphere carry […]
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SOUNDBOARD: Who is playing where this week?
HEYROCCO & H.A.R.D. @ EL ROCKO Influenced by The Cure, Radiohead, The Strokes, and Built to Spill, Heyrocco (pictured) renovates a classic grunge sound with clean notes of early new […]
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Laura Pleasants bids farewell to Savannah
After more than 20 years in her adopted hometown of Savannah, musician Laura Pleasants is about to embark on the next chapter of her life in Southern California. The Greensboro, […]
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Curtain rises on Fred and Dinah Gretsch School of Music at GSU
Songs of celebration echoed from Savannah to Statesboro earlier this year as the Gretsch family, makers of highly-regarded guitars and drums, pledged $3 million to Georgia Southern University. The family […]
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ACT II for Dolette McDonald
Dolette McDonald has been living in Savannah for three years now. She describes her life in three acts.
Act 1 was her life, largely on the road, as a professional singer. Act 3 is her life since “retiring” from her second career, part of which includes her move to Savannah.
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El Rocko braces for Weedeater, friends
To the uninitiated, Dave “Dixie” Collins can easily be perceived as a scary guy. Known for making crazy Manson eyes on stage and accidentally shooting his big toe off while cleaning a shotgun, he’s certainly not a hippie death cult leader lacking in firearms safety skills. What Collins has accomplished is surviving 25 years in the music industry without compromising a damn thing.