Savannah Stopover has early bird 3-day general admission passes on sale here for $60. The regular price for the 3-day general admission pass will be $75. VIP passes ($125) and single day passes ($30) will also go on sale on…
Month: November 2013
Buffalo Rodeo, Fare the Gap Friday night at Hang Fire
Kind of a late announcement on this one, so you might not see this gig listed in the usual publications around town. Buffalo Rodeo from Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Fare the Gap from Savannah will be performing tonight at Hang…
new DEAD YET? record streaming on Bandcamp
Local hardcore/punk outfit DEAD YET?‘s new record is now available to stream or purchase on Bandcamp, and it sounds really good. Vinyl has been pressed and will be available for order soon, or better yet, picked up at a record…
Worth The Drive: Neutral Milk Hotel Reunion Tour (Athens, Atlanta)
Flash history lesson: In the early ‘90s, Louisiana transplant Jeff Mangum formed Neutral Milk Hotel, a band that could have audiences crowdsurfing and moshing or rooted to the spot they were standing in and weeping. Draped in dense fuzz and…
Black Tusk in “How to be a hardcore singer” video
Rock It Out! blog‘s “How to be a hardcore singer” video features Andrew and Athon of Black Tusk explaining how they maintain their fine singing voices night after night. You can struggle through the way over caffienated host’s shtick or…
SMF 2014 lineup includes The Avett Brothers, Taj Mahal, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, more
Check out the just-released digital brochure for the 2014 Savannah Music Festival (click here if embed isn’t working): I’ve listed some of the highlights in a post at Savannah Unplugged. Always exciting stuff. Tickets go on sale on Thursday.
Larry Jack’s Magical Music Tour 11/6/13-11/12/13
Wow, another great weekend of music. I knew that GAM at the Jinx would be good, but I really did not know that the Halloween Tribute Band Show would be so enjoyable. I also caught a very energetic show from…
Weaver D’s Delicious Fine Foods in Athens closing later this month
Multiple news outlets are reporting that Weaver D’s Delicious Fine Foods is closing. The soul food restaurant inspired the title of R.E.M.’s album Automatic for the People (sorry the embed won’t squeeze into the column . . . ): Post…
Savannah Music Festival announces 2014 season with free performance by Sierra Hull
The Savannah Music Festival brings world-class performers to town for 17 days every spring. The festival focuses on a variety of traditional styles and roots music — from classical to jazz, from bluegrass to zydeco. In recent years, the festival…
The Jinx Annual Halloween Tribute Night – photos
Savannah can be pretty darn weird on any given night, but Thursday night it was filled with more character(s) than usual. The streets were flooded with costumed super heroes, clowns, pirates, sexy nurses, vampires, tourists and drunks. There was an…