In what’s hoped will be the start of a great area Christmas tradition, one of the coast’s most magnificent remaining plantations is holding a family–friendly “Festival of Lights and Music,” […]
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Branded!
It’s been nearly 30 years since Ohio composer, arranger and musician Chip Davis made his first all-instrumental album under the pseudonym Mannheim Steamroller. That release, Fresh Aire, was Davis’ attempt […]
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More on Christmas decorations downtown
Editor, Regarding your recent column on downtown Christmas decorations: My partner and I live up in the Atlanta area (Marietta Square area) and travel frequently to Savannah and stay with […]
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Noteworthy: ‘Jazz Yule Love’
Friday’s Coastal Jazz Association Christmas concert is a tradition with a hard-won history. Back in the 1950s, Savannah had separate unions for white musicians and black musicians. It was in […]
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The perfect Christmas canvas
When you’re in the business of publishing reports and opinions that are sometimes critical, you also have a responsibility to give credit where it’s due. A few weeks ago I […]
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A vocal Christmas
Conductor Peter Shannon shoulders the responsibility for this weekend’s Savannah Philharmonic Chorus holiday concert, Carols in the Cathedral. The musical portion of the recent Nutcracker in Savannah also rested on […]
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Put these in your stocking
Grace Diaz Tootle directs the Little Theatre of Savannah’s annual Holiday Cabaret at the Freight Station, Friday through Sunday this week and picking up again the following weekend. “It’s simply […]
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What’s Next: Romy’s Viennese Christmas
Sigmund Romberg (1887–1951) was an Austrian composer, famous for his operettas (The Student Prince, The Desert Song, Viennese Nights) who became even more well-known as an orchestra conductor and radio […]
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Moira Nelligan’s Celtic Christmas show at The Bean
Moira Nelligan *** This rare local appearance by an extremely talented multi-instrumentalist and singer of Irish heritage (with family ties to the Savannah area) finds the beguilingly-voiced Nelligan out in […]
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The Blind Boys bring down the house at Café Loco
THIS PAST FRIDAY NIGHT’S BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA SHOW found what seemed like a near-capacity crowd at Tybee Island’s laid-back seafood restaurant Café Loco on fire with the sounds of […]
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Messiah singalong is Friday
IF THERE’S ONE THING TIMOTHY HALL KNOWS, it’s how to conduct Handel’s Messiah. The former chorale director of the long-defunct Savannah Symphony, Hall was at the helm of that organization’s […]