They could have called it Leftover Cheese, or the Salmon Incident, but Drew Emmitt and Bill Nershi, leaving creativity to the music, went with the obvious. So we have the […]
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Still waters run blue
The 2010 Savannah Music Festival has one final card to play. Although everything wrapped up neat and tidy on April 3, a last–minute show has been added for April 15 […]
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Like son, like father
Not only is he one of the most revered figures in bluegrass, Del McCoury is considered the genre’s most progressive old pro; the Del McCoury Band is known for its […]
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Back in blue
Smack in the middle of Mountain Heart’s most popular instrumental rave–up, “#6 Barn Dance,” the award–winning bluegrass sextet will veer into 4/4 time and start banging out some familiar–sounding chords […]
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What’s Next: STOMP and more
The rhythms of the street propelled Britons Steve McNicholas and Luke Creswell to create STOMP, the dance–and–percussion show that’s been touring the world since 1991, and is coming to Savannah’s […]
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Freezepop, Pink Kodiak@Wormhole
Freezepop, Pink Kodiak **** “We make fun electro-pop,” says these rising underground stars from Mass. who are currently riding a wave of unexpected —but deserved— buzz for their boldly retro […]
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The New Familiars make their Jazz’d debut
RECENTLY, the music critics at Charlotte’s Creative Loafing newspaper named The New Familiars the Best Local Band of 2008. “(Their) take on Americana and folk gets infused with a good […]
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Complete Jekyll Island Bluegrass Fest Interview
ACCORDING TO CONCERT PROMOTER NORMAN ADAMS, he’s “the man” to speak to about the New Year’s Bluegrass Festival that’s been taking place for over three decades at Jekyll Island’s Convention […]
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Welcoming the New Year with banjo and fiddle
IT’S NOT TOO AWFULLY MUCH OF AN EXAGGERATION TO SAY that bluegrass music is in Norman Adams’s blood. The former insurance agent (“For 40 years, I sold it all,” he […]
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Bobby Lee Rodgers rings in the New Year
WHILE FANS OF SINGER (AND WHIP-ASS GUITARIST) BOBBY LEE RODGERS may know him best from his role as the frontman of the internationally known original pop-fusion band The CodeTalkers, this […]
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Jeff & Vida “blow” back through town
IN LATE-BREAKING NEWS, alt.country and Americana duo Jeff & Vida have chosen to end their current tour in one of their favorite cities: Savannah. “Savannah’s always been good to us,” […]
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A rock and country legend
RANDY WOOD’S Concert Hall in Bloomingdale so frequently touts the artists they book as “world class” that you’d be forgiven for simply assuming it’s so much hype. However, the simple […]