Jeff & vida This heartbreakingly sincere and immensely talented acoustic duo honed their own personal take on bluegrass, alt.country, old-time and Tin Pan Alley-style songwriting in the Big Easy before […]
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Interview: Last Waltz Ensemble
ON NOVEMBER 25, 1976, The Band —a legendary rock group made up of Canadian and American musicians who cut their teeth on the U.S. “chitlin’ circuit” before backing bluesman John […]
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Savannah Winds Ensemble on the river
THE IRONY IS not lost on me that a detailed breakdown of the Savannah Winds Ensemble takes my breath away. The community concert band (in residency at AASU), which is […]
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The DFL Project: bringing punk into focus
FOR AS LONG AS THERE HAVE BEEN live music scenes, there have been photographers who have attempted to document them for posterity. However, up till now, most of the published […]
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Spotlighted Gigs & Recommended Shows
Appetite for Destruction This professional tribute act works hard to replicate the look, feel and sound of vintage Guns ‘N’ Roses, playing everywhere from small bars to large venues like […]
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Interview: PES
THE WORLD OF BOWLING has nothing on stop-motion animation when it comes to counting frames.One of the oldest types of film work, stop-motion —which entails shooting one frame of film […]
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‘Slam dunk’ opera
THIS PAST OCTOBER IN ST. JOHN’S CATHEDRAL, the Savannah Choral Society —under the direction of conductor Peter Shannon— staged a production of Mendelssohn’s famed oratorio Elijah that was notable in […]
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Bloodkin How good are these minor legends of the Athens, Ga. music scene? If you enjoy no-bullshit roots-rock and roll with a Stonesy swagger that comes from within and not […]
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Smells like a Nirvana tribute band
THE VELDMAN BROTHERS (J., Alex and Sam) first started making music in 1991 — just when the infamous “Seattle sound” was turning the small Northwestern grunge scene into an international […]
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How do you say Earth Day in French?
THIS YEAR’S LOCAL EARTH DAY celebration in Forsyth Park would seem to have a little something for just about anybody. Whether it’s informative displays and classes on how to make […]
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Full interview with Savannah Choral Society Condutor Peter Shannon
How long has this show (La Traviata) been in the works? Peter Shannon: Well, it’s been on the Choral Society’s program since before Christmas. So, in essence it’s been going […]
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Joe Buck There’s a demon in Joe Buck’s head and it wants you dead. Formerly of Th’ Legendary Shackshakers and perhaps best known as the upright bassist in Hank III’s […]