Gregg Allman tour dates canceled
The scheduled performance by Gregg Allman for this June at the Lucas Theatre has been canceled, along with the rest of the singer’s dates for this year, a spokesperson says. “It has been determined that Gregg Allman will not be touring in 2017. Allman looks forward to returning to the road in the future. Refunds…
Savannah Stopover: Day Three
The third and final day of Savannah Stopover 2017 delivered the goods for fans who turned out to see Julien Baker, Lewis Del Mar, Wreckless Eric and others. Related Stories
Savannah Stopover: Day Two
Day two of Savannah Stopover delivered memorable performances from some of festival’s most-anticipated headliners, including Lee Fields & The Expressions and A Tribe Called Red. Photos by Geoff L. Johnson.
Savannah Stopover: Day One
The annual Savannah Stopover Music Festival kicked off in stellar fashion on Thursday night.
Julien Baker: ‘A girl in the boy’s club of guitarists’
It’s easy to think that Julien Baker came out of nowhere, and by most record industry standards, she has
Gordon Lightfoot returns to our ‘Spanish Moss’
Now 78 years old and in his sixth decade of touring, Lightfoot hardly needs an introduction
Savannah Oatmeal Company: ‘A relationship, not a transaction’
Suddenly, what started as a feel-better remedy became a business opportunity
Allison Crutchfield: ‘That’s obviously super-freeing, to be totally self-reliant’
AFTER YEARS as a patron saint of DIY music, Allison Crutchfield is striking out on her own with Tourist in this Town, her Merge Records debut. The 28-year-old began playing music alongside her twin sister, Katie, when they were teens. Together, the Crutchfield sisters formed The Ackleys, making their mark on their hometown’s DIY punk…
Ess See: ‘Kind of a homecoming alumni show for me’
In writing Ordinary Woman, she doesn’t get caught up in writing what she thinks people would want to hear
Editor’s Note: Strategizing the Strategic Plan
One could easily argue that a hundred grand is chump change compared to the amount of wasted money and bad PR — water/utility billing software fiasco, cough-cough – that comes from an overall lack of a sane and cohesive strategy. But we already have an elected City Council, a very highly paid City Manager, and…
Savannah Stopover: Genre Guide
Indie-pop Caveman. This New York quartet, who came to prominence on tours with The War on Drugs, Jeff Tweedy, and Weezer, has spent seven years forging an eclectic indie-pop sound. Caveman’s 2016 LP Otero War showed the band maturing with emotional drama and memorable melodies. Ezra Furman. With a voice not unlike that of Violent…
Pour yourself a cup of ambition
The cast is large by community theatre standards—18 people all told, not to mention an orchestra
Literary son Zach Powers returns for lecture at Flannery O’Connor Home
With Gravity Changes, the winner of the BOA Short Fiction Prize has channeled the quirkiness of his hometown into tightly-written, mind-stretching stories that feature children who walk on walls, lightbulbs as romantic partners and yaks that talk.
Daddy’s Beemer, Miggs Son Daddy, Valore, Cunabear @The Sentient Bean
What’s more fun than the surprise and variety that a diverse lineup provides?
When the personal is political
IN TODAY’S political climate, women wage a daily war over their own rights. From affordable birth control to safe abortions and everything in between, our reproductive health rights are slowly being rescinded. Planned Parenthood, one of our greatest resources, is threatened daily with being defunded, which would leave many without any options for healthcare. That’s…
Tropidelic @Barrelhouse South
The eight-piece band Tropidelic may be far from any islands in their home state, but that doesn’t stop them from dishing out a fresh blend of reggae, hip-hop, and high-energy funk
The art of activism
Artist Niki Johnson continued to use her international platform to showcase large-scale works that bring attention to the themes of cultural power, sexual politics and reproductive freedom.
A special musical treat at Tara Feis
‘Our goal is to spread this music and these traditions to as many people as we can’
Celtic Woman: The Voices of Angels Tour
BEING A singer in Celtic Woman had been a long-held dream for Éabha McMahon. Now, after more than a year in the group, she feels the reality of being a Celtic Woman has exceeded how she envisioned life in the group. One reason has been the camaraderie she has shared with fellow singers Susan McFadden…
Luke Combs, Josh Phillips, Daniel Navarro, Nate Kenyon @The Music Vault
Influenced by disparate artists like Hank Williams, Jr., AC/DC, and Eminem equally, singing about raucous times out on the country with moonshine and roughnecks
Chaka Khan: ‘Life is my inspiration’
SHE’S “Every Woman,” a Queen, and a living legend, an unparalleled vocalist, singer-songwriter, philanthropist, producer and actress. She’s sold over 70 million records, taken home 10 Grammy Awards, scored three gold singles, three gold albums, and one platinum album, and has been a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee not once but twice. In…
Lee Fields: ‘What mankind needs is just a little love’
LEE FIELDS is a charismatic force of nature. The North Carolina native has been in the soul game since its heyday, releasing his first album in 1969, and continues to spread his danceable message of positivity for new generations. He’ll arrive with The Expressions, the band of musical troubadours Fields says he’s waited for his…
How will you spend a Day Without a Woman?
This Wednesday, March 8, organizers have called for a united action to bring attention to the value of women—our unrecognized labor, our creative contributions and our hard-earned, 79-cents-to-every-one-a man-earns-dollars—by way of our absence.
Armstrong State University set to cease intercollegiate athletics after this spring
Today, the Armstrong State University/Georgia Southern University Athletics Operational Working Group announced that “it will recommend to the Consolidation Implementation Committee (CIC) that intercollegiate competition end at Armstrong State University following the current 2016-17 athletic year,” a Working Group spokesperson reports. Several factors have led to the recommendation, the spokesperson says, “most important, the health…
Review: Logan
The film is crucially missing a worthy villain of note – and when the scripters run out of ideas, they paraphrase Stephen Sondheim and elect to send in the clones. This latter decision renders the action sequences even more rote and less interesting.
