Savannah Stopover: Bands announced
INDIE FANS rejoice! Your first wave of Stopover bands has been announced and tix are on sale now! Savannah Stopover 2015 is shaping up to be a haven for shimmering electro-pop, Southeastern Americana and country, and old-school, dirty guitar-driven rock ‘n’ roll. While this year’s lineup, like Stopovers past, still reps Brooklyn pretty hard, there…
Black Tusk’s Jonathan Athon passes away after accident
Black Tusk bassist and beloved member of the SAV music scene, Jonathan Athon, passed away earlier today as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident Friday night. He was 32. Black Tusk’s label, Freeman Productions, issued the following email this Sunday afternoon: “It is with deep regret and saddened hearts that we must…
Lewis Black tix on sale now for March performance
Following his successful 2014 “The Rant is Due Tour”; Lewis Black’s all New 2015 the Rant is Due Part Deux comes to Savannah Civic Center on March 13, 2015. Tickets on sale now at www.livenation.com. Ticket price $59.50, $45, $35. Tickets also available at Savannah Civic Center Box Office or by phone at (912) 651-6556.
CNT makes large heroin bust
Two people are in custody following a search warrant and the seizure of a large amount of heroin by the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team (CNT). Shortly after 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, CNT in partnership with the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department (SCMPD), SCMPD SWAT and the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit, conducted both search and felony…
Man charged in woman’s death
Police have charged a Savannah man with aggravated assault pending the results of an autopsy to determine the cause of death of a 35-year-old woman. Roman Eugene Hills, 38, was arrested after Southside Fire Emergency Medical Technicians were called to his house on the 1100 block of Graydon Street at 8:14 a.m. Saturday. Beverly Jones,…
Police seek Southside LaQuinta robber
\Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying and locating a gunman who robbed a motel on Savannah’s south side Sunday. Robbery detectives are trying to identify a male who entered the lobby of the LaQuinta Inn on the 8400 block of Abercorn Street about 1:18 a.m, demanded money from the cash drawer and ran.…
The Savannah Music Festival Seven
THE 26th ANNUAL Savannah Music Festival, March 19-April 4, 2015, will be the largest and most varied production to date. Tickets are on sale now at www.savannahmusicfestival.org Fans of Southern musical tradition—bluegrass, gospel, swing, country, Cajun, etc.—will still get their fix, but the newest addition to Savannah Music Festival? Opera. In collaboration with the lauded…
Savannah Music Festival: Full Schedule!
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 off the 2015 festival at the Charles H. Morris Center, Balsam Range arrives fresh off the 2014 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) awards ceremony with…
American Hologram’s new vision
AMERICAN HOLOGRAM has called their style “Americana goth pop.” We’re not talking about a corn-fed Bauhaus, or Depeche Mode draped in stars and stripes, though. It’s more along the lines of painter Grant Wood’s unsettling, can’t-quite-place-it masterpiece “American Gothic”—songs grown from the rich history of roots and folk music, wrapped up in themes of disillusionment…
5 Questions: Rev. Horton Heat
FEW GUITAR players have rocked a hollow-body Gretsch the way the Rev. Horton Heat has. The Dallas-based purveyor of psycho-rockabilly has evangelized sweat-soaked crowds with his fast, aggressive, country-on-crank sounds in legendarily intense live shows since the mid ’80s. Touring behind the kickass new release REV—his debut on the Victory Records label—the Reverend, aka Jim…
Marathon: More Rock ‘n’ Roll than ever
PAVEMENT, prepare to be pounded. This weekend marks the fourth year that the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon brings its signature races to town, and its organizers have upped their game with a slew of new events: In addition to Saturday’s 26.2-mile and 13.1 courses that cover some of Savannah’s most stunning vistas—from Bay Street through…
Movers & Shakers album release party @Ampersand
As a bonus, there will be drink specials at the Ampersand shows for any runners who participated in the marathon.
Marathon Man: Phillip Phillips
THE PHILLIP PHILLIPS many people got to know after he won season 11 of “American Idol” in 2012 fit snugly into the folk-rock revival happening on top 40 radio. Phillips’ hit singles, “Home” and “Gone Gone Gone” had the earthy acoustic instrumentation and the big vocal harmonies and arena-sized beats that had turned songs by…
Run the Beer Mile!
If you’re not the type to engage in a distance run with all the hours of prerequisite training, gear selection and fueling strategies, there’s another race that may be of interest to you.
Captured! By Robots @The Jinx
These aren’t some air-guitarring Chuck E. Cheese characters—the robots have been built to actually play their instruments.
Talking about… Conrad Aiken
NOVELIST AND POET Conrad Aiken thought of life as a great circle. We return to our past. We return to nothingness. We return to our fully realized selves. The Savannah native fulfilled the theme of his life’s work by dying in our city in 1973. He lived both his first and his last 11 years in side-by-side houses on…
Samhain Full Moon Ceremony with Faery Teeth, Eliza Rickman, and Dame Darcy @The Jinx
California’s Eliza Rickman crafts gorgeous, up-tempo tunes on autoharp and toy piano.
Savannah Voice Festival announces new operas
Bizet’s “Carmen” selected as next year’s festival opera
Asbury is simply Fantasticks
It’s one of the most popular productions in the world
Emmaus House: Feeding the hungry, feeding the soul
The difference between charity and service is a hairnet.
PTSD study makes progress
PROGrESS is much more than an effort to collect data—it’s a way to fast track veterans with PTSD on to already-proven protocols.
Chris Cook’s Fetish Night @The Wormhole
Guests are encouraged to bring their own toys and dress in their fetish and Goth best.
Paying it forward – with food and love
Being engaged with our neighbors is actually good business, because if a community isn’t thriving and healthy, its businesses will struggle.
The Daddyo’s, Annabelle Chairlegs @Graveface Records & Curiosities
Recommended if you like a good jangly, languid verse, chill harmonies, tacos, spaceships, and creating mountains of clothes in front of the mirror.
Taxpayers and daredevils: WHO YA GOT
Theoretically, greater safety measures may in fact cause people to take more risks—a phenomenon known as the Peltzman effect.
Guerrero gathers steam in Pooler
I BELIEVE my interest in Guerrero began at a birthday party last year, where a dear Panamanian friend of mine–slim and lithe as a fairy, yet ultra-enthusiastic about her favorite dishes–was raving to me about a place that served, as she put it, “the best Mojarra Frita (whole fried Caribbean fish) I’ve ever had!” I…
The Hip Abduction @Congress Street Social Club
Their 2013 independently released breakout LP reached #5 on the Billboard Reggae Charts.
Savannah Stopover dates, pre-fest events announced
Savannah’s premiere indie festival returns March 5-7, 2015
#SAVFF Review: Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Backstage, Campbell can’t identify his children by name and asks his wife every few minutes if he is playing a show that evening. But put a guitar in the Rhinestone Cowboy’s hands, and he’s the same as he ever was.
Review: Interstellar
My advice is to see this movie in a regular auditorium and avoid paying the costly IMAX fee for a potentially shoddy presentation. But do see this movie.
5 Questions: A.J. Ghent
SO WHAT’S BETTER than hearing the announcement of the performers at the 2015 Savannah Music Festival? Hearing that announcement and enjoying the music of one of the brightest young stars in the blues/soul world today. Ft. Pierce, Fla., native A.J. Ghent is the descendant of two titans in the world of lap steel/sacred steel guitar:…
