HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU attended an outstanding live concert event only to wish in vain that you could somehow obtain a high-quality document of the show to listen to […]
Jim Reed
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Teaching kids to ‘feel’ jazz
CONYERS, GA. NATIVE MARCUS PRINTUP was raised on gospel before catching the jazz bug in his late teens. An award-winning trumpeter in college, he was befriended by the masterful jazz […]
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Spotlighted Gigs & Recommended Shows
The Chuck Courtenay Band Some professional musicians (such as myself) who make the club, bar and restaurant scenes must working in groups. If the instrument we play (in my case, […]
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It’s a psychobilly freakout!
IT’S BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS since SCAD’s Internet-only radio station (www.scadradio.org) sponsored an ALL-AGES concert, but it’s heartening to know they have another one on tap for this Friday night. It […]
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‘Down’ with history
THIS WEEKEND MARKS THE THIRD year that the local nonprofit AWOL (or All Walks Of Life) will present its original stage production, the Hip-Hop History Play. Incorporating dramatic elements with […]
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Who needs an Academy Award when you’ve got a kazoo?
LITTLE COULD BE FINER THAN catching NYC’s Two-Man Gentlemen Band live in concert. Clad in dark, tailored suits, ties, spit-shined shoes and hats (plus suspenders and hankies when required), this […]
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Spotlighted Gigs & Recommended Shows
The BlaggardsWhen a band lists their main influences as Shane MacGowan, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and caffeine (and claim they sound like both Slayer and The Carpenters), you either have […]
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Entertainment Briefs
Blues Guitarist Scott Ainslie The Savannah Folk Music Society presents a teaching workshop (slide work, finger picking, alternate tunings, Piedmont and Ragtime styles) and concert from a master musician. When: […]
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A.W.O.L.’s Hip-Hop History Play – The Interview
The following is the full transcript of Connect’s recent interview (conducted by Music Editor Jim Reed) with AWOL’s Executive Director DaVena Jordan concerning her non-profit youth organization’s upcoming Hip-Hop History […]
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The official kick-off to St. Patrick’s Day
LATELY IT SEEMS (around town at least) that St. Patrick’s Day is on everyone’s mind. With talk of our fabled festivities being further truncated in the name of “public safety,” […]
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Interview with a Diva
MALINDA HASLETT’S RADIANT BEAUTY is perhaps matched only by the grandeur and elegance of her voice. Audiences and critics alike from Mexico to Brussels have been enthralled by her operatic […]
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Spotlighted Gigs & Recommended Shows
Aquariums, Midtown Dickens At least one track on the debut CD by this low-key, Nashville-based ennui-rock act was written in Savannah (where frontman Martin Schneider’s brother resides), which may explain […]