Jerry Douglas, who’s in town for a concert this week, has performed as part of the Savannah Music Festival five or six times. It’s one of the Grammy-winning Dobro player’s […]
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Spotlight: Daniel Hope & L’Arte Del Mondo
Anyone with even a passing familiarity with the Savannah Music Festival is aware of the phenomenal contribution each year of Associate Artistic Director Daniel Hope. The virtuoso British violinist generally […]
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Savannah Music Festival 2012 Schedule
March 27 11 a.m.: Sebastian Knauer, piano. Trinity United Methodist Church. 12:30 p.m.: Kenny Baron, piano. Morris Center. 5:30 & 7:30 p.m.: Hello Pops/A Celebration of Louis Armstrong by Wycliffe […]
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Pink Martini: Shaken and stirred
It’s been a wild and wooly year for Pink Martini, the cocktail–cool, multi–lingual “retro” band from Portland, Oregon that’s playing one of the most hotly–anticipated Savannah Music Festival shows this […]
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Victor Wooten: Home bass
Since 1988, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have been one of America’s most musically adventurous and consistently enjoyable instrumental bands. Fronted by the banjo–wielding Bela, the band incorporates elements of […]
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Say cello to the future
Not many people these days have the experience of working with the same group of people for 33 years. To end a working relationship like that must be quite difficult. […]
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Spotlight: John Hiatt
JOHN HIATT At 8 p.m. March 24/Trustees Theater Long tall (and legendary) Texas singer/songwriter Lyle Lovett is no doubt the reason this show was one of SMF 2012’s fastest sellouts. […]
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You gotta have Hope
As associate artistic director of the Savannah Music Festival, Daniel Hope is in charge of building the classical side of the program — a pursuit which has brought numerous world […]
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Don’t STOP the BOP
One of the most influential and revered pianists in modern jazz, Cedar Walton began his professional career at the tail end of the 1950s, playing with Art Farmer and J.J. […]
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Spotlight: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND At 8 p.m. March 23/Trustees Theatre The good old, good time Dixieland music of Mississippi riverboats is alive and well thanks to this venerable NoLa ensemble, […]
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Spotlight: Ruthie Foster
RUTHIE FOSTER At 6:15 and 9 p.m. March 24; at 4:15 and 7 p.m. March 25/Morris Center All these are joint performances by the Campbell Brothers, a “sacred steel” group, […]
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Spotlight: The Head and the Heart
THE HEAD AND THE HEART At 7:30 p.m. March 22, Lucas Theatre Steve Earle’s kid, the whiskey-soaked Americana trail-rider Justin Townes Earle, opens this performance by one of the brightest […]