In a way, Sarah Jarosz is the anti-Taylor Swift. They’re almost exactly the same age, and they’re both tremendously talented writers and performers. They even sorta look alike. But while […]
Special Issues
Connect Savannah College Issue, Savannah Film Festival Issue, Savannah Music Festival Issue, Saint Patrick’s Day Issue, Best of Savannah Issue.
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Savannah Music Festival: David Grisman Folk Jazz Trio
‘Jerry Garcia and I both had very similar musical tastes and shared many musical heroes.’
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Savannah Music Festival review: Jane Monheit, Jennifer Sheehan
Her voice soars, swoops and scats, leaping octaves with slippery ease.
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Savannah Music Festival: Sea Wolf
It makes sense that Alex Brown Church attended NYU film school; there’s a broad cinematic sweep to the songs he creates as Sea Wolf —haunting and moody, and committed to […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Ana Moura
6 & 9 p.m. Sat., March 30; 5 p.m. Sun., March 31 It’s just past midnight in a smoky bar on the Lisbon docks. At a corner table, in the […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Keller Williams & the Travelin’ McCourys
Known for his quirky turns of phrase, dazzling solo guitar work and the ability to change musical horses in midstream, Keller Williams returns to Savannah with an all-new project. His […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Marcus Roberts & the ASO
“The bar’s set very high,” says the jazz pianist of his first full symphonic work. “So I spent a lot of time listening to piano music, just to figure out where my inspiration would come from …”
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Savannah Music Festival: Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
“If you look into James Brown, look into Otis Redding, look into Sam Cooke, and you look into me, we’re all in that same aura,” R&B singer Bradley told Connect […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Daniel Hope
It was Savannah Music Festival executive director Rob Gibson who gave us Hope. British violin virtuoso Daniel Hope was brought in, at Gibson’s invite, to be the festival’s associate artistic […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Ahmad Jamal
He may be 82, but he hasn’t stopped — or even slowed down. In 2013, no one can make music like Ahmad Jamal. Not even close.
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Savannah Music Festival: Jane Monheit/Jennifer Sheehan, March 24-26
She’s been one of America’s best-loved jazz vocalists for the better part of a decade, but Jane Monheit — she of the sexy, smoky and utterly unique contralto — has […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Dr. John
New Orleans’Mac Rebennack has come full circle: From his earliest days as a French Quarter guitarist and then key-tickling jellyroll wunderkind on recordings for the top L.A. artists, to his […]