Seconds before Wilco opened its show this past Thursday night with the self-titled opening song “Wilco” from their newest album, the sell-out crowd at the Johnny Mercer Theatre stood up. […]
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Review: Sensations 1 @ Telfair Academy
Thank you, Bugs Bunny. That wascally wabbit almost spoiled the classical music experience for me. Actually, it was Carl Stalling, who composed and conducted the symphonic soundtracks to all those […]
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Just Him
M. Ward is the guitar–playing, music–arranging half of She & Him. Ward is Him; She, of course, is actress Zooey Deschanel, who was radiant in Almost Famous, Elf, The Hitch–Hiker’s […]
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Musical impressionism
For the first all–new Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra recording in four years, musical director Wynton Marsalis challenged saxophonist and composer Ted Nash to create something unique. The result is […]
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Down from the mountain
For four years, Shannon Whitworth was the engine that drove the Appalachian acoustic group The Biscuit Burners, the musical pride of tiny Weaverville, N.C. Her fearless clawhammer banjo style gave […]
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The ballad of Gabriela Montero
There is, of course, a certain fearlessness necessary when one chooses a life on the stage. In a sense, musicians are opening themselves up for all to see, saying “Here […]
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Review: Sarah Jarosz @ Morris Center
Every so often you encounter a young performer who displays an uncanny onstage maturity in stark contrast to their bubbly personality offstage. Sarah Jarosz, only 18 years old and looking […]
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Review: Patty Loveless and Kathy Mattea @ Lucas Theatre
In the opening moments of the chilling “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive,” Patty Loveless sang a capella, her eyes closed and her head thrown back. Her voice carried from the […]
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Review: Kristina Train @ Morris Center
Local-girl-done-good Kristina Train returned to her hometown to a heroine’s welcome March 20 at the Savannah Music Festival. With quite a few boisterous supporters in attendance — some of whom […]
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Review: Roby Lakatos @ Lucas Theatre
Did you ever see a band that was so ridiculously cool that you really wanted to know what bar they were going to after the show? That you just assumed […]
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Savannah Music Festival 2010 Performance Schedule
Wednesday, March 31 Dick Hyman. Piano salute to Fats Waller. At 12:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $20. Dick Hyman, Howard Alden and Ken Peplowskli/Gerald Clayton Trio. Jazz combos. At […]
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Review: Lang Lang w/ ASO@Johnny Mercer Theatre
Those expecting over-the-top showmanship may have been very briefly disappointed with Chinese piano superstar Lang Lang’s comparatively understated theatricality Thursday night as he opened the 2010 Savannah Music Festival with […]