LOOKING AHEAD TO HIS UPCOMING ACOUSTIC GIG at Randy Wood’s Concert hall in Bloomingdale, Shawn Mullins and I caught up with each other for the better part of an hour […]
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The Blind Boys bring down the house at Café Loco
THIS PAST FRIDAY NIGHT’S BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA SHOW found what seemed like a near-capacity crowd at Tybee Island’s laid-back seafood restaurant Café Loco on fire with the sounds of […]
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The Blind Boys of Alabama give witness tonight at Café Loco!
BY NOW, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY HEARD the strange news that Grammy-winning gospel legends the Blind Boys of Alabama will perform with their full backing band tonight at […]
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Savannah Music Festival Lineup Announcement Interviews
In anticipation of this week’s public unveiling of the lineup for the 2009 Savannah Music Festival, Connect spoke briefly with the SMF’s Communications Manager and Director of Marketing and Public […]
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The SMF drops it like it’s hot
Much to the delight of all manner of folks throughout our community —and elsewhere— 2009 will mark the seventh installment of the Savannah Music Festival. Initially known as the Savannah […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Savannah Music Festival presents: The Infamous Stringdusters Every year around this time, the folks over at the SMF hold a big press conference. That’s when and where they announce to […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Tracy Grammer A respected name on today’s contemporary folk scene, this singing guitarist/songwriter came to prominence in a duo with the late, great Dave Carter, recording and touring with him […]
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Soulful storm
RANDALL BRAMBLETT is a musician, vocalist and “songwriter’s songwriter” who’s been around several blocks. Twice. From his earliest days as a budding keyboardist and horn player, to his first brush […]
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Music Opinion: Playing To Our Strengths
THIS PAST WEEKEND I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL that I can’t say was entirely unexpected, but which left me both reflective and wistful. After two-and-a-half years of business, Kokopelli’s Jazz Club […]
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Making voting fun again
If you’re as sick of political campaigns and candidates as I am right now, you’ll take as very welcome news the announcement that it’s time to start voting in our […]
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Charles Wadsworth’s mixed emotions
CHARLES WADSWORTH IS AN ICON in the world of classical music. Now 79, his name is to many people synonymous with chamber music. The Artistic Director for Chamber Music at […]
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Pitingo wows a too-small crowd at the Morris Center
Back in late 2007 when the 2008 Savannah Music Fest’s schedule was first announced, Executive and Artistic Director Rob Gibson told me to make a special attempt to catch Antonio […]