‘First and foremost, I made this thing for myself, and I’m happy with it. And that means the world to me.’
Savannah
Stopover spotlight: T. Hardy Morris
‘I think music was in a pretty special place, in the late ‘60s, early-mid ‘70s, I just love that whole era.’
Danielle Hicks: No place like Ohm
‘I want to travel the country behind an album I’m really proud of, but I can definitely see calling Savannah my home, sure.’
Stopover spotlight: Peelander-Z
The four Japanese musicians clown and cavort amongst giant squids and lizards.
Stopover spotlight: St. Paul & the Broken Bones
Paul Janeway grew up in a strict Pentecostal home. Black gospel music was common in his church services.
Stopover spotlight: Ex Hex
Girls with guitars, making music that matters. Songs that say something.
Room for listening: Sarah Tollerson
‘I took my time after graduation. And I realized that no structure at all is not good for Sarah!’
Anthony Laciura’s boardwalk opera
“I spoke with a heavy German accent. I kissed their hands, because they’re both ladies, and they said ‘Mr. Laciura, what part of Germany are you from?’ I said ‘The South Bronx.'”
Steel & soul: The Lee Boys at A-Town
Pedal steel guitar brings a fiery tear, perfect for discovering the holy spirit
Randall Bramblett bringshis A-game to A-Town
‘I love the energy in the funk and the improvisation that you get when you play off each other. That’s more fun.’
Asbury trades the pulpit for the cotton patch
Not long before his tragic death in a car accident in 1981, songwriter Harry Chapin composed words and music for a stage musical called Cotton Patch Gospel. With book by […]
Stopover ’14 starts March 6
Bigger, longer and uncut. That’s the 2014 Savannah Stopover Music Festival, which is of course three days jam-packed with cross-country indie bands, most of them hitting Savannah on their way […]
