Month: November 2014

remembering Athon

Jonathan Athon, best known around Savannah and around the world as the bass player in Black Tusk, passed away today from injuries sustained on Friday night when his motorcycle was cut off by a driver who apparently ran a stop…

Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash w/ special guests The Train Wrecks at Trinity Sanctuary Concerts – photos

Here are a few highlight images from the most recent Thursday Night Opry, part of the Trinity Sanctuary Concerts (here on Facebook). If you haven’t been to a performance at the historic Trinity United Methodist Church in downtown Savannah yet,…

The FEST 13, Day 2: The Descendents, Less Than Jake, Creepoid, Ben Nichols, The Flatliners, more – photos

I’ll go straight into it, here are some notes and images from The FEST 13, Day 2, a.k.a. “The Day that One Million Black Hoodies were sold”. Actually, I just made that up, but as the temperature dropped like a…

Murder By Death pre-selling new album, other perks via Kickstarter

Murder By Death certainly didn’t need a Kickstarter campaign to fund their upcoming album Big Dark Love, but it has proved a successful platform for the band in the past and is a great way to give fans all sorts…

The FEST 13, Day 1: The Menzingers, Screaming Females, Chixdiggit, Direct Hit!, more – photos

I try to go to one music festival a year, I mean other than Savannah Stopover, Revival Fest, Graveface Fest, No Control Fest, Bragg Jam, The Jam Room Festival and….holy crap, I go to a lot of festivals. I guess…

Larry Jack’s Magical Music Tour 11/5/14 – 11/10/14

Hey guys, This week is made for all of you that complain about music starting too late. Almost every night this week has a quality show on by 8pm. So I know you all are going to make an extra…

Savannah Music Festival 2015 will include Shovels & Rope, Lucinda Williams, Mavis Staples, Rosanne Cash, The Wood Brothers, Shakey Graves, Bela Fleck, many more

The Savannah Music Festival has just released the bulk of the 2015 schedule. The SMF delivers world-class performers of a variety of traditional styles in diverse venues throughout the Historic District. It’s pretty amazing that such a relatively small city…

Savannah Stopover scheduled for 3/5 to 3/7, special shows scheduled for 11/21 & 1/16

The 5th annual Savannah Stopover is right around the corner. The 3-day event will take over a variety of downtown venues from March 5 through March 7, 2015. We just can’t say enough about the impact that Savannah Stopover and…

Triathalon covers Little Richard at historic Macon venue – video

Another interesting opportunity for Savannah-based Triathalon, which just released their debut full-length Lo-Tide. The boys are headed out on a 17-day tour on 11/6. Check out the description from GPB Savannah: Post by GPB Savannah. Triathalon covered Little Richard at…