Concert for a Cure 2009 Hard-touring, local “Y’allternative” band WormsLoew (fresh off an opening slot for legendary Southeastern roots-pop combo Jupiter Coyote in Hilton Head) headlines —and organizes— this lengthy, […]
Jim Reed
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Philharmonic Chorus brings ‘Good Vibrations’
In 1966, when Beach Boy and genius pop music composer Brian Wilson described his masterwork LP Smile as a “teenage symphony to God,” he likely envisioned something akin to a […]
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Jimmy Herring
Though not a household name by any means —unless perhaps one has a devoted electric guitarist under their roof— Jimmy Herring is one of the most respected exponents of rock-oriented […]
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Neva Geoffrey plays The Listening Room
You’d likely never know it to meet her in passing, but Savannah resident Neva Geoffrey is a shockingly talented singer-songwriter. Born in Syria and raised in Saudi Arabia, this seemingly […]
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To Sir Duke, with love
How beloved must one man be to draw an estimated 12,000 to his funeral? Well, as beloved as the late “Sir” Duke Ellington, apparently. Born Edward Ellington on April 29, […]
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Dailey & Vincent at Randy Wood’s
Dailey & Vincent It takes a lot of nerve for a musician to up and quit a band that’s doing extremely well. It’s even more gutsy to split from a […]
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A different perspective on the Festival
Make your home in Savannah for long enough and it’s almost frighteningly easy to wake up one morning and realize you have inadvertently come to take the inherent beauty of […]
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Wish they were here?
When I catch up with Tod Weidner, the construction worker is on a cell phone in the rural countryside near Dayton, Oh. (where he was born and raised). He’s hard […]
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Greg Koons & The Misbegotten
Greg Koons & The Misbegotten This Pa.-based Americana singer-songwriter has a rapturously beguiling vocal delivery that’s instantly (if only slightly) reminiscent of both Dwight Yoakam and the late, great Townes […]
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Nikki Talley plays The Distillery
Nikki Talley *** This young standout on the Asheville, N.C. songwriting scene is known to perform as a solo acoustic artist, as well as to arm herself with an electric […]
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Bela Fleck’s Africa Project at Trustees
One of the coolest “gets” by this year’s Savannah Music Festival must surely be Saturday night’s exceedingly rare chance to catch the genre-hopping master banjoist Béla Fleck joined by four […]
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ASO & The Marcus Roberts Trio
ASO & The Marcus Roberts Trio *** In one of the most curious (and curiously depressing) developments of this year’s SMF, this closing day performance by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra […]