WHEN trumpet player Etienne Charles was growing up in Trinidad, a rare rice was growing on the island, too. Hill rice, with origins tracing back to West Africa, was plentiful […]
Savannah Music Festival Issue
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Savannah Music Festival: Benedetto Guitars celebrates 50 years
“One thing that makes this concert interesting is it features four generations of jazz guitarists,” says Howard Paul, Benedetto President and CEO. The stellar lineup features Howard Alden, Romero Lubambo, Chico Pinheiro, Pat Martino, and ‘King’ Solomon Hicks.
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Savannah Music Festival: Jenny Scheinman’s Mischief & Mayhem
IT’S NOT OFTEN that a show cancellation brings good news. But the Savannah Music Festival had serendipity on its side when Juana Molina had to cancel a double bill with […]
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Andrew Bird, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Drive-By Truckers, Dave Rawlings Machine, My Brightest Diamond added to Savannah Music Festival
THE Savannah Music Festival announces tonight that six acts and seven shows are being added to the 2016 lineup: Andrew Bird, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Dave Rawlings Machine, Drive-By […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Rosanne Cash @Lucas Theatre
A sage storyteller, Cash drives us through the country, summoning an inner strength with lush language.
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Savannah Music Festival: Passionate Piano Quartets @Savannah Theatre
Wu Han advises that the evening is a great introduction to chamber music, and one that seasoned fans will embrace, as well.
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Savannah Music Festival: DakhaBrakha @Ships of the Sea
With their melting pot of styles, we can’t think of a better closer to Savannah Music Festival.
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Savannah Music Festival: Dianne Reeves is ‘Doing My Thing’
Often credited with continuing the tradition of vocal jazz, one of Reeves’ greatest strengths is her taste for fusion, bringing in reggae, soul, and salsa influences to her sound.
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Savannah Music Festival: Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors @Ships of the Sea
Even when the going gets rough, Holcomb has a way of lifting his audience up.
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Savannah Music Festival: Josh Ritter is ready to ring your bell
JOSH RITTER has been counted among the world’s greatest living songwriters. With a voice distinguished by a kind of summery wear and compassionate ease, Ritter guides listeners through searing narrative […]
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Savannah Music Festival Review: Lucinda Williams
Williams told the crowd that she had long considered turning one of her poet father’s works into a song and had finally done it with “Compassion,” one of his best-loved poems.
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Emerson String Quartet: ‘Love at first note’
THE Emerson String Quartet is to chamber music what the Rolling Stones are to rock ‘n’ roll: Seminal, timeless, and extremely long-lived. It’s no exaggeration to say that in their […]