We’ll just cut to the chase and say that the fact that they’ve just made their first album as a duo, Old Yellow Moon, is a cause for celebration.
Savannah Music Festival
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Savannah Music Festival: Richard Thompson
Since his early days as a founding singer and guitarist in the folk band Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson has generated a cult following that happily trails him through all sorts […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Tedeschi Trucks Band
It was just three years ago that Allman Brothers Band guitarist Derek Trucks dissolved his other project, the Derek Trucks Band, and announced the formation of an 11-member aggregate spotlighting […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Sarah Jarosz
In a way, Sarah Jarosz is the anti-Taylor Swift. They’re almost exactly the same age, and they’re both tremendously talented writers and performers. They even sorta look alike. But while […]
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Savannah Music Festival: David Grisman Folk Jazz Trio
‘Jerry Garcia and I both had very similar musical tastes and shared many musical heroes.’
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Savannah Music Festival: Daniel Hope & Friends
Ten years into his run as the festival’s associate artistic director and classical music tour guide, the acclaimed British violinist closes out a remarkable 2013 run with one of his […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Otis Taylor
The Colorado-based Taylor writes and sings in an unapologetically raw style, flailing away at a banjo, on stark songs that combine Delta blues and African influences (after all, Africa is […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Ana Moura
6 & 9 p.m. Sat., March 30; 5 p.m. Sun., March 31 It’s just past midnight in a smoky bar on the Lisbon docks. At a corner table, in the […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Keller Williams & the Travelin’ McCourys
Known for his quirky turns of phrase, dazzling solo guitar work and the ability to change musical horses in midstream, Keller Williams returns to Savannah with an all-new project. His […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Marcus Roberts & the ASO
“The bar’s set very high,” says the jazz pianist of his first full symphonic work. “So I spent a lot of time listening to piano music, just to figure out where my inspiration would come from …”
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Savannah Music Festival review: Ana Moura
She seemed to invoke long-gone love affairs both good and unsatisfactory, and the darker things that live in the hearts of the Portuguese people. Since I don’t speak the language, I assume that’s what Moura was singing about.
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Savannah Music Festival review: Jane Monheit, Jennifer Sheehan
Her voice soars, swoops and scats, leaping octaves with slippery ease.