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 […]
Jim Reed
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
The Wiyos @ The Telfair & Jepson *** If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to travel back in time to the USA of the 1920s and 1930s, […]
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An exclusive interview with The Wiyos
BELOW YOU’LL FIND THE COMPLETE, unexpurgated text of my recent chat with two members of this wonderful, increasingly well-known Old-Time Americana quartet. This will be the first time you have […]
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Sounding like one pianist rather than two
MARINA LOMAZOV BELIEVES SHE KNOWS the reasons so many classical musicians find themselves romantically linked to others in the same profession: proximity, opportunity and a sense of simpatico. “Young people […]
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Complete Lomazov/Rackers Interviews
HERE ARE THE COMPLETE TRANSCRIPTS of my recent conversation with married concert pianists Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers: You’ve been described by one newspaper as a “diva of the piano.” […]
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“We have evolved into the big-time”
SAVANNAH FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY PRESIDENT Hank Weisman fell in love with the wide world of acoustic folk at an extremely early age. “It was some of the first music I […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Audie Blaylock and Redline *** Nominated for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Emerging Artist of the Year in both 2005 and 2006, this ace group features mandolin, bass, banjo and […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Jonathan Richman & Tommy Larkins *** It’s been exactly 18 years since this legendary indie-rock singer/songwriter graced Savannah with his inimitable presence, and in that time an awful lot has […]
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Fantastic, frightening cinema abounds!
WANNA SEE SOMETHING REALLY SCARY? Then you’re in luck for the next five weeks, as two local independent film societies and one corporate-owned cineplex are offering movie lovers a whopping […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Mountain Heart *** Fresh from three major shows opening for Southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd, this universally praised bluegrass supergroup returns to the no-frills environs of a 100-seat smoke and […]
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Simone on Simone
Talent and fame are funny things. It’s quite possible to have both, but more often than not, one or the other is all some folks can muster. When the children […]
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Looking forward, but grounded in culture
15 YEARS AGO, when Juan Diés founded the Grammy-nominated progressive folk group Sones de México, he and his bandmates were infinitely more concerned with making sure their take on traditional […]