Mark your calendar: 2012 Stopover dates
The week’s big news is the 2012 Savannah Stopover, the second one. As in its inaugural year, the multi-band, multi-venue celebration of indie music will take place over four days – in this case, March 7-10. The Savannah Stopover brings in bands (and artists) that don’t, as a rule, include Savannah on their regular touring…
One more election day
AS A HANDFUL of you may know, there is a mayoral and alderman–at–large runoff election this Tuesday, Dec. 6. Given that the general election Nov. 8 only garnered a thirty percent turnout of eligible voters — a group which itself is a subset of about half the total population of Chatham County — I suspect…
Making a place for everyone
ULSTER COUNTY, NY — The historical marker at the intersection of Bruynswick and Hoagerburgh roads informs passers–by that Gertruyd Bruyn’s 1682 purchase of the land “from the Indians contains the earliest use of the name Sawankonck (Shawangunk).” Not that anyone slows down to read the blue and yellow iron marker. Traffic at this rural crossroads…
Wailin’ Ruth Moody
The Wailin’ Jennys are sort of a Canadian folk music version of Crosby, Stills & Nash — each member of the harmonizing trio had an illustrious career before coming together, and each, despite the group’s tremendous success, maintains a healthy schedule of solo writing, recording and performing. Ruth Moody, born in Australia but raised from…
Henry’s expands options
Breakfast options for downtowners grew by another entry with the opening of Henry’s Breakfast and Lunch, easily accessed at the corner of Congress and Drayton streets. Leading the charge is Henry’s affordable soup and salad buffet, Monday–Friday 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. There are plenty of fresh salad fixings and a daily changing line–up of soups —…
Hopefully lucky in love
A man broke into the residence of a 101–year–old man and took his wallet. It was the second time in three months that Edward Vaughn of the 800 block of East 36th Street has lost his wallet in a theft. Police were called to his house for a burglary at 2:42 a.m. and found the…
Not another shaggy dog story
JUST SO THERE ARE no unnecessary tears, I’m going to tell you straight up that this tale does not end with a dead dog. It started out on a busy stretch of Victory Drive on a foggy morning last week. I was driving to work, tea in hand, listening to GPB’s Orlando Montoya read the…
Yesterday and today
The past, present and future of a community are inexorably linked, and since the advent of photography, there’s been no better way to compare and contrast where we’ve been, where we are — and where we’re going. Two years ago, photographer Bailey Davidson chronicled more than 100 years of history in a self–published book about…
The banjo to beat
Mark Johnson is a pioneer among contemporary American banjo players. Unlike his buddy Bela Fleck, whose music came to incorporate diverse elements of jazz, classical and world music, Johnson has always stayed within shouting distance of traditional bluegrass – but there’s an elegant melodicism to his playing, and turns of phrase, rhythm and feeling that…
The Accomplices, Adelitas Way
THE ACCOMPLICES At 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. A confluence of styles and influences, this relatively new Savannah band’s debut CD Canned Beans is all over the map, musically. Some of the tunes are better than others – hey, you could say that about anybody’s record –…
Mark your calendar: Eric Church
Country singer Eric Church, whose third album, Chief, recently entered Billboard’s Country and Top 200 charts at No. 1, is coming to the Savannah Civic Center Thursday, Feb. 2. Joining the North Carolina vocalist for his “Blood, Sweat and Beers” show will be Brantley Gilbert (“Country Must Be Country Wide”) and none other than Zac…
Out of the fog
Maybe you saw the intriguing postcards that circled around town a few weeks ago. Something called “The Fog” was opening at the Savannah Ogeechee Canal historic site, but other than a date and time, there was a vexatious lack of information. No website, no address, no explanation. Let it be clear that people who work…
