Known for his quirky turns of phrase, dazzling solo guitar work and the ability to change musical horses in midstream, Keller Williams returns to Savannah with an all-new project. His […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
“If you look into James Brown, look into Otis Redding, look into Sam Cooke, and you look into me, we’re all in that same aura,” R&B singer Bradley told Connect […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Ahmad Jamal
He may be 82, but he hasn’t stopped — or even slowed down. In 2013, no one can make music like Ahmad Jamal. Not even close.
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Review: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Slow-vannah was transformed into Soul-vannah for a few hours when Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings landed at the Trustees Theater for the first sold-out show of the Savannah Music Festival. […]
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Sampling Antarctica
There’s no easy way to describe Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky. A Renaissance man for the digital age, Spooky is a musician, a DJ, an author, an artist, and more […]
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Review: Yeasayer at the Trustees
There was some skepticism in the air early on at the Trustees. The opening band, the Perry, Georgia-based chill-wave purveyor known as Washed Out, started so promptly that by 8:20, […]
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Talkin’ ’bout a Revolution (Road Show)
Like so many people who were tired of their nine to five jobs, Emily Pilloton dreamed of doing bigger things, of impacting the world in a positive way. Unlike most […]
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2009 Savannah Jewish Film Fest begins
IT’S BEEN six years since Savannah’s Jewish community sponsored the First Annual Joan and Murray Gefen Memorial Savannah Jewish Film Festival — the initial funding for which came through a […]
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‘I am doing what I need to do’
THOSE OF us familiar with The Firesign Theater’s motto “Forward into the past!” couldn’t help but think time was folding in on itself several years back when The White Stripes […]
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Freezepop, Pink Kodiak@Wormhole
Freezepop, Pink Kodiak **** “We make fun electro-pop,” says these rising underground stars from Mass. who are currently riding a wave of unexpected —but deserved— buzz for their boldly retro […]
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The most entertaining tax write-off of the year?
AREA MUSIC LOVERS are no doubt “jazzed” to the max about the upcoming appearance by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. The single biggest fund-raising event […]
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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 […]