IN JUST A FEW SHORT WEEKS, The Sparrow Quartet will release their second album. Led by multicultural tunesmith and banjoist Abigail Washburn, the scandalously talented group —featuring cellist Ben Sollee, […]
Savannah Music Festival
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Pianist Marcus Roberts once more graces the SMF
ONE OF THE MOST GIFTED and highly regarded stride and jazz pianists of his generation, Marcus Roberts made a name for himself at a relatively young age by reinterpreting the […]
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Japanese piano virtuoso Yu Kosuge’s Savannah debut
THE PHENOMENAL, AWARD-WINNING, TOKYO-BORN Yu Kosuge gave her first piano recitals at the tender age of nine, and by ten was studying under some of the finest instructors in Germany […]
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An Evening With Stewart Copeland
There was a palpable electric tingle in the Trustees Theater this past Wednesday, March 26, as Stewart Copeland, legendary drummer for rock icons The Police, took to the stage to […]
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Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt thrill a packed house at Trustees Theater
Friday night’s (3/21/08) acoustic duo show featuring country legend Marty Stuart and Georgia-born Nashville superstar Travis Tritt was one of the most enjoyable C & W shows I’ve ever had […]
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Whoopin’ it up with the Mamou Playboys at the new Charles Morris Center
I hung for a while at the first of last night’s three sold-out shows by Cajun music legends Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys at the recently opened Charles H. […]
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Gettin’ a witness with the Blind Boys
Opening night of the 2008 Savannah Music Festival kicked things off with a bang when the Blind Boys of Alabama headlined the Trustees Theater on Broughton St. to a full […]
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Cajun dance party@Morris Center
Jim Reed posted a great blog entry on Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, so I won’t bore you by repeating too many details. I will, however, provide some photos. […]
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Morris Center debuts
FROM MARCH 20 through April 5, downtown Savannah comes alive once more for the annual Savannah Music Festival. This year the Festival includes a number of performances totally unique in […]
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Sean Costello lays it down
At only 28, Atlanta blues guitarist and singer Sean Costello has already spent well over a decade in the public eye. Picking up the guitar at the age of nine, […]
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‘The Officer’s Ball’
When the Savannah Music Festival announced that The Police’s drummer Stewart Copeland was among the internationally-known musicians slated to appear at their 2008 event, it was widely perceived as a […]
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The Sacred & The Profane: The Blind Boys of Alabama and Adolphus Bell meet in the middle at the Trustees Theater
Most folks who were either raised in the South —or who have taken it upon themselves to learn a bit about the popular music traditions which have emanated from this […]