THOSE OF us familiar with The Firesign Theater’s motto “Forward into the past!” couldn’t help but think time was folding in on itself several years back when The White Stripes […]
Jim Reed
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‘Our best work’
THE PAST 23 YEARS have seen the Cowboy Junkies evolve from a little-known Toronto bar band to a consistently impressive, internationally-known act with over a dozen albums to their name. […]
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The real Irish celebration
WHILE ST. PATRICK’S DAY REVELRY seems to be on everyone’s mind these days (as the City is once more making a last-minute attempt to curb the more excessive elements of […]
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Lucky Doll’s 7th Annual Lingerie Show
Lucky Doll Lingerie Show *** For the 7th Annual installment of this theatrical, risqué fashion revue, local lingerie designer Jeanne Taber Tompkins has planned what must be her largest production […]
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Pato Banton at Live Wire
Pato Banton *** EVER SINCE his 1982 debut as guest vocalist on The Beat’s Special Beat Service LP, this London-born reggae singer —whose first name means “Wise Owl”— has been […]
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The Black Box becomes The Listening Room
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, the greater Savannah area has slowly but surely begun to re-establish itself as a worthwhile destination for touring popular music acts. Much of that long-overdue […]
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The Turkey Callers play The Jinx
The Turkey Callers *** What do you get when you mix two fingers of local houserockin’ garage-blues band extraordinaire Bottles & Cans (singer/guitarist Ray Lundy and bassist Mike Walker) with […]
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PULSE pushes the boundaries of new media
OVER THE past two decades, Hollywood has churned out two separate horror films titled Pulse, and both of their plots centered around technology run amok. In one, a computer hacker […]
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The Beatles & Widespread Panic play Broughton St.
The Beatles & Widespread Panic Well, not really. Athens, Ga.’s established Fab Four Tribute Abbey Road Live return for their first public gig in our area for quite some time. […]
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The most entertaining tax write-off of the year?
AREA MUSIC LOVERS are no doubt “jazzed” to the max about the upcoming appearance by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. The single biggest fund-raising event […]
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Loretta Lynn at the Shoreline
Loretta Lynn *** ANTICIPATION IS RUNNING HIGH for this extremely rare area appearance by this C&W icon. At age 74, she’s basking in the afterglow of her most recent comeback […]
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What’s in store for the local music scene?
I RAN into an old acquaintance the other night whom I hadn’t spoken to in several years. Come to think of it, the last extended conversation the two of us […]