As associate artistic director of the Savannah Music Festival, Daniel Hope is busy enough. But considering he’s also one of the most active performers in the festival, that means he’s […]
Savannah Music Festival
Posted inMusic & Clubs
SMF: John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey
The New York Times refers to John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey “the Nick and Nora of cabaret.” High praise indeed, as that famous couple (of Thin Man movies fame) provided […]
Posted inMusic & Clubs
SMF: ‘Death Cell Memoirs of an Extraterrestrial’
Marc Neikrug’s Death Cell Memoirs of an Extraterrestrial (written for violin, piano, clarinet and actor) will receive its world premiere April 5 at a Savannah Music Festival concert at the […]
Posted inMusic & Clubs
SMF: Band of Horses
A self–deprecating sense of humor is just one of the refreshing things about Band of Horses founder and frontman Ben Bridwell, who brings his group to the Johnny Mercer Theatre […]
Posted inMusic & Clubs
SMF: More picks for Week 2
DIANNE REEVES At 8 p.m. Saturday, April 2, Lucas Theatre One of America’s favorite jazz vocalists, a four-time Grammy winner, returns to the SMF after a two-year absence. Before silky-voiced […]
Posted inMusic & Clubs
Review: African Interplay
Demonstrating the spirit of unique collaboration that’s always been at the heart of the Savannah Music Festival, the March 25 show by Ballake Sissoko (on the kora, a tall […]
Posted inMusic & Clubs
Review: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Slow-vannah was transformed into Soul-vannah for a few hours when Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings landed at the Trustees Theater for the first sold-out show of the Savannah Music Festival. […]
Posted inMusic & Clubs
SMF: Sharon Jones
The first show to sell out at the 2011 Savannah Music Festival was the March 24 performance by the R&B powerhouse Sharon Jones & the Dap–Kings. Which just goes to […]
Posted inMusic & Clubs
SMF: Bela Fleck
In 30–plus years of interviewing musicians, I can name a half–dozen who are always a pleasure to speak with – they’re forthcoming, funny, thoughtful and seem to truly enjoy exposition […]
Posted inMusic & Clubs
SMF: The Avett Brothers
For Seth Avett, this past February 13 was the high–water mark in a year filled with them. “We got a chance to talk over song parts with sort of ‘the […]
Posted inMusic & Clubs
SMF: The Flatlanders
Jimmie Dale Gilmore was raised in the dusty Texas panhandle town of Lubbock, birthplace of none other than Buddy Holly. Like Holly, he is a singer, songwriter and guitar player. […]
Posted inMusic & Clubs
More Music Festival picks
Ballake Sissoko/Vincent Segal Lionel Louke Ensemble At 8 p.m. March 25, Lucas Theatre French cellist Segal, who plays in the trip hop group Bumcello, has found an experimental musical equal […]