During its first shows of 2014 the group played almost entirely different song sets each night.
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SMF: Luther Dickinson
“I think we’ll get jukin’ pretty hard. We’ll be playing with each other, and I think it’ll turn into a ramshackle jug band.”
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SMF: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
“So much of what people want to change about Preservation Hall are the things I adore about it.”
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‘The finest festival I’ve played, hands down’
Marshall has been a part of the SMF family since director Rob Gibson turned everything around, for the better, 11 years ago.
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SMF: Vince Gill
“We were both at a ripe age to be inspired by that stuff when it was current. It’s a kind of blueprint for the way we learned to play, especially on those instruments.”
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Second Avetts show, Isbell added to SMF
The Avetts sold out so fast that the Music Fest booked them for another night
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Avett Brothers to do second show at SAV Music Fest; Isbell, LaFarge, Train also added
The Savannah Music Festival has added a second show by The Avett Brothers at the Johnny Mercer Theatre to its slate for the 2014 edition of the Festival. The second […]
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Music Festival announces 2014 lineup
The 25th Anniversary Season of the Savannah Music Festival (SMF) features an international roster of artists, replete with one-time only productions, new collaborations and commissioned works that celebrate the organization’s […]
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Savannah Music Festival: 2014!
March 22, Ships of the Sea Museum: “Southern Soul Assembly” brings together the great electric blues guitarists Luther Dickinson and Anders Osbourne, with J.J. Grey (of Florida’s Mofro fame) and Louisiana’s Marc Broussard.
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Savannah Music Festival Review: Jerry Douglas
In a very rare and special opportunity, Douglas played an all-solo set – well, almost all solo – showing off not only his incredible mastery of this delightful instrument but an affable, entertaining personality.
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Review: Emmylou Harris/Rodney Crowell, Richard Thompson
Opening with the old Gram Parsons chestnut “Return of the Grievous Angel,” Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell made it clear that Wednesday night’s concert in the Johnny Mercer Theatre was […]
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Savannah Music Festival Review: Joy Kills Sorrow/Deadly Gentlemen
Incredibly, this outstanding set was Joy Kills Sorrow’s third show of the day; simply put, they were in the zone.