I’ve already mentioned that the Friday of Savannah Stopover served up one of the most satisfying nights of music that I’ve ever experienced. Family and Friends was a key player in my Stopover experience — and surely in the experiences…
I missed PitchBlak Brass Band at the 2014 Savannah Stopover and friends’ reviews made me regret it, so I knew I had to see them this year. The big band closed out night one of the festival with a super-fun…
Hey guys, Wow, what a nice couple of weeks we are having. Last week was Stopover, which is my favorite holiday of the year (Merry Stopover). This week is St. Patrick’s Day, which I know I am supposed to not…
Hiss Golden Messenger will play to some bigger crowds on their current tour, but it’s hard to imagine a venue with richer sound and more striking visuals than Trinity United Methodist Church, which hosted some of the top acts at…
I didn’t know quite what to expect from the Richmond, Va.-based rock band Avers on opening night of the 5th annual Savannah Stopover, but I was really impressed by how tight and talented the 6-piece was. I’d check them out…
This Thursday evening (3-12), as both the official St. Pat’s weekend looms and SCAD wraps up another quarter, the City of Savannah is in for a special treat. Post-punk, Atlanta noise rock legend John Forbes (Phantom 309, Dirt, Mt. Shasta)…
Savannah Stopover might be best known for bringing up-and-coming artists to town, but the festival and its parent company MusicFile Productions has always brought more established performers too — like Thurston Moore and his new project Chelsea Light Moving, of…
If Turbo Fruits had been the only touring act in Savannah last weekend, I would have been satisfied. Of course, the Nashville-based band was only one out of dozens that played the 5th annual Savannah Stopover. But Turbo Fruits’ rock…
After Savannah Stopover’s opening night party at Trustees’ Garden, some of us crowded into Hang Fire for an intense, kind of thrilling set by Corners, a foursome from L.A. working with Burger Records and Lolipop Records. Corners is often described…
Favorite Stopover ever? Favorite Stopover ever. Despite, ummmmmm, coming out of the gates a little strong opening night (I deserved to feel much, much, worse Friday morning) and walking to Trustees’ Garden in a pouring rain, I had a blast…