It’s the next logical step after televised Madden tournaments instead of real football games, and concerts by people playing Rock Band instead of musical instruments: Live music performed with Nintendo […]
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What’s Next: Savannah Irish Festival
St. Patrick’s Day comes on March 17, and while it’s all about celebrating Irish heritage (and, well, celebrating in general) there isn’t exactly an overabundance of authentic Irish culture. The […]
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Student films showcase young SCAD talent
The best film festivals try for much more than a couple of big movies and some stars. They are a showcase for not only the established, but the promising. Short […]
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The shot seen around the world
Most of us have seen the iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning black and white photo of a Vietcong prisoner about to be shot in the head by a South Vietnamese police chief. […]
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The musical evolution of a ‘Fruit Fly’
Filmmaker H.P Mendoza is a quadruple threat: He wrote, produced, directed and composed the music (14 songs) for the independent film Fruit Fly, one of the featured movies at this […]
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Keeping it klezmer
Oy! to the world. The band is fun. That’s the word going around on the Carolina Klezmer Project, which will play at Sunday’s annual Shalom Y’all Jewish Food Festival in […]
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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 […]