IT’S TIME ONCE AGAIN for the annual Savannah Music Festival–or time to buy tickets to it anyway! Here’s the full sked for your browsing and buying enjoyment: Balsam Range Kicking […]
Savannah Music Festival Issue
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Savannah Music Festival: The schedule
Tuesday, March 25 12:30 PM Christian Sands, piano CMC $20 4 PM Talk w/Artists From Ladies Sing the Blues CMC FREE 5 & 7:30 PM Ladies Sing the Blues Catherine […]
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SMF: Jason Isbell
“When the sun went down when I was drinking, I always felt like I should be out somewhere having a few drinks.”
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SMF: The Avett Brothers
During its first shows of 2014 the group played almost entirely different song sets each night.
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SMF: Luther Dickinson
“I think we’ll get jukin’ pretty hard. We’ll be playing with each other, and I think it’ll turn into a ramshackle jug band.”
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SMF: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
“So much of what people want to change about Preservation Hall are the things I adore about it.”
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‘The finest festival I’ve played, hands down’
Marshall has been a part of the SMF family since director Rob Gibson turned everything around, for the better, 11 years ago.
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SMF: Vince Gill
“We were both at a ripe age to be inspired by that stuff when it was current. It’s a kind of blueprint for the way we learned to play, especially on those instruments.”
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Savannah Music Festival Review: Joy Kills Sorrow/Deadly Gentlemen
Incredibly, this outstanding set was Joy Kills Sorrow’s third show of the day; simply put, they were in the zone.
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Savannah Music Festival Review: Jerry Douglas
In a very rare and special opportunity, Douglas played an all-solo set – well, almost all solo – showing off not only his incredible mastery of this delightful instrument but an affable, entertaining personality.
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Review: Emmylou Harris/Rodney Crowell, Richard Thompson
Opening with the old Gram Parsons chestnut “Return of the Grievous Angel,” Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell made it clear that Wednesday night’s concert in the Johnny Mercer Theatre was […]
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SMF review: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Marcus Roberts Trio
The three-movement concerto paid homage to the blues – something one doesn’t hear a lot of in symphonic works – with plenty of seventh chords, blue motifs and cleverly rounded edges.