Equally skilled at melody and rhythm, Sissoko performs mini-symphonies on his handmade, beautiful instrument. In partnership with Segal, however, we are in the presence of magic.
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Savannah Music Festival Review: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co.
The performance was over before we knew it, the organic, gently unfolding nature of the dances enabling us to reach a near-trance state which both slowed and accelerated the passage of time.
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Savannah Music Festival: Old Crow Medicine Show
Virginia-born Chris “Critter” Fuqua and Ketch Secor are the co-founders and main songwriters for Old Crow Medicine Show, perhaps the most popular old-time string band in America at the moment. […]
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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 […]
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Savannah Music Festival: The schedule
March 20/Wednesday Cameron Carpenter, organ: $25 7 p.m. Christ Church, 28 Bull St. March 21/Thursday Della Mae: A one-hour bluegrass concert – just right for lunch break. $15 12:30 p.m. […]
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Muy Macho
While the Savannah Music Festival is known for bringing many of the globe’s best musicians to town, it’s not every day that the Festival brings in an artist who’s actually […]
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SMF: Wycliffe Gordon & Friends @ Morris Center
It’s not always easy living in Georgia, what with the crazy politics, corruption, heat, and mosquitoes and all. But we’ve always got Wycliffe Gordon! The Waynesboro, GA, native, world-class trombonist/horn […]
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Spotlight: Mike Marshall/Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile
MIKE MARSHALL & EDGAR MEYER At 6:30 p.m. April 1/Charles H. Morris Center CHRIS THILE At 8 p.m. April 3/Charles H. Morris Center Here we have, in two separate and […]