BERNIE KENERSON IS a man with a mission. A professional jazz musician for many years, the producer, composer and arranger was born into a musical household. He first took to […]
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Spotlighted Gigs and Recommended Shows
The Jeff Beasley Band For several years now, this Savannah native has been working at a feverish pace, juggling two distinctly different, yet related gigs. He plays often as a […]
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Sing Hallelujah, people
FOR YEARS, ONE OF THE MOST beloved aspects of the old Savannah Symphony was its annual Holiday Sing-Along production of Handel’s Messiah — which found young and old audience members […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
The Hellblinki Sextet The creepy, Tim Burton-esque brainchild of former Savannah resident Andrew Benjamin, this dark, theatrical and downright addled “Pirate Cabaret” is a mesmerizing mélange of Bertolt Brecht-ian melodrama, […]
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‘I’m now very comfortable in my own skin’
HARRY O’DONOGHUE is a man of many talents. A storyteller, an entertainer, singer and songwriter, a guitarist, a recording artist, an authority on Celtic music, a radio personality, a tour […]
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Noteworthy shows this week
Carroll, Houlihan, Lashley & Bray Self-proclaimed “HardFolk” artist Julia Carroll is extremely psyched about this upcoming four-way gig at one of the city’s most eclectic performance spaces. “Recently, there’s been […]
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A tale of two benefits
2nd Annual Ellis Square Holiday Silent Auction The Ellis Square Merchants Association formed in the wake of the massive demolition and construction project adjacent to City Market which aims to […]
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Noteworthy shows this week
Oteil Burbridge & The Peacemakers This Broughton St. eatery ups the ante for live entertainment by hosting another nationally-known act. Bassist, vocalist and band leader Burbridge is a true legend […]
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No more drive-bys
FOR FIVE YEARS, Alabama native Jason Isbell held down a spot at the front of the stage in Athens, Ga.’s Drive By Truckers. An accomplished guitarist, singer and lyricist in […]
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Noteworthy shows this week
Battle of The Nutcrackers For decades now, The Nutcracker has been almost universally regarded as the most popular ballet in the Western world. Based on E.T. A. Hoffman’s 1816 tale […]
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MusicAlive! spreads the joy of classical music
MOST KIDS who leave their hometowns after graduating high school and subsequently find some measure of success in their chosen field either A) stay gone for good, or B) return […]
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Noteworthy live gigs
Antarctic Crazy-tight, technical and disjointed hard prog quartet from North Florida that makes mesmerizing, percussive —yet melodic— instrumental guitar and drum rock that sounds like a mash-up between Pinback, The […]