Savannah Music Festival presents: The Infamous Stringdusters Every year around this time, the folks over at the SMF hold a big press conference. That’s when and where they announce to […]
Jim Reed
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More than just a rock opera
“IF WE’D EVER HAD ANY LUCK, we wouldn’t be so far under the radar,” says songwriter Jeff Holmes. He’s speaking of The Floating Men, the band he co-founded almost two […]
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Blues, BBQ and beer — what more does one need?
IF, AS THE LEGENDARY BLUES SINGER AND GUITARIST Muddy Waters once intoned, “the blues had a baby, and named that baby rock ‘n’ roll,” then a strong argument could be […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Bloodkin *** One of Athens, Ga.’s best straight-up rock and roll bands for the past two decades, this raw, rootsy, guitar-based act has never received their due — although those […]
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Seeing liabilities as opportunities
IS DARE DUKES A SAVANNAH MUSICIAN and songwriter? That seems like it would be an easy question to answer, but the reality is a bit more complex. The ultra-indie artist […]
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A ‘Lynch-pin’ of hard rock stops in Savannah
YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING: If the van’s a rockin’… they must be listenin’ to Dokken. Or, you know, something like that. There will likely be plenty of Dokken fans […]
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‘We’re so far beyond funk’
YOU CAN LOOK ALL AROUND this whole wide world and not come across another band that sounds like PBS. There are some that sound similar, but the unique approach and […]
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Growing up Warner
MOST SATURDAYS AS A CHILD, Cass Warner accompanied her Oscar-nominated writer/producer father to the famed Warner Bros. studio lot. Now, decades later, she helps run her own film production company […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Rev. Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy, Reckless Kelly *** I can’t deny that the last time I tried to take in a rare, independently promoted rock show at this primarily black-oriented […]
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Paper, cut!
FILMMAKER VANESSA GOULD IS THE FIRST to admit that when she began work four years ago on Between The Folds, a just-completed documentary on origami (or artistic paperfolding), she knew […]
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Complete interview with Between The Folds director Vanessa Gould
How did you come to make this picture? Vanessa Gould: It was an idea out of the blue that I had several years ago. I’d heard about physicists and mathematicians […]
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Complete Interview with guitarist Brian Stoltz of Porter Batiste Stoltz
THE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION took place via phone. Where are you speaking to me from? Brian Stoltz: I’m in Ft. Lauderdale. I came in yesterday and am playing the next three […]