A melting–pot concoction of beat–heavy dance pop, cucumber–cool Britwave synthesizer, ethereal vocal harmonies from the Enya songbook and a lead falsetto borrowed from Bee Gee Barry Gibb, Claire Boucher’s music […]
Savannah Stopover
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Your Stopover starts here
Savannah Stopover is about to take over downtown, for the second consecutive March, and forewarned is forearmed. Or something like that. See the entire schedule at www.savannahstopover.com. With more than […]
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Stopover: Brown Bird
David Lamb and MorganEve Swain’s voices blend, move, wax and wane together like the grain in a fine cut of wood; they turn and travel in tandem like a school […]
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Stopover: Girl in a Coma
Nina Diaz is the lead singer for the San Antonio rock ‘n’ roll trio Girl in a Coma. She also plays wicked guitar, and she writes the band’s songs (although […]
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Cherish the ladies
LOTS OF PROGRESSIVE, forward-thinking stuff going on in our little area these days: Chatham County just passed a smoking ban like the one in the City of Savannah. The Telfair […]
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Stopover Spotlight
Here’s our second collection of mini-profiles of the Savannah Stopover acts we’re most excited about. You can find the first installment at www.connectsavannah.com. Unless you’ve been living under a rock […]
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Mark your calendar: Savannah Stopover bands
The bands and artists for the 2012 Savannah Stopover have been announced, and while there are some names that’ll be familiar from last year’s inaugural festival, the majority are not […]
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The joy of giving
The city of Lafayette is considered the center of Cajun French culture in Louisiana. It’s also home to the young band known as Givers, which has a high–spirited, heel–kicking zydeco […]
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TED’s X-cellent Adventure
One part symposium, one part lecture series, add some notable community members and a lot of ideas; stir them up and let them marinade all day – that’s the recipe […]
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Don’t stop!
So far, the biggest no–brainer of the year has been the Savannah Stopover. With more than 50 bands and artists playing in town over a five–day period in March – […]
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STOPOVER: Loch and load
In Scotland, singing about “the bonny, bonny banks of Loch Lomond” can bring a tear to the most jaded of Tartan eyes. So whenever Ritchie Young brings his band over […]
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STOPOVER: Cheyenne Marie Mize
Intoxicating. One listen to Cheyenne Marie Mize and you’ll be swooning, won over, knocked out loaded by her hypnotic torch songs and buttermilk-rich singing voice. Intimate and almost uncomfortably focused […]