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PALEFACE with Mallory Jen and Norton Lucas at The Wormhole – photos

It was sure good to see PALEFACE recently at The Wormhole — and the night was even better because of the solid crowd that got more and more into the indie folk icon’s show as it progressed. I guess it…

farewell, Those Darlins

So why do some bands break through to the next level and others don’t? The more I cover music, the more I’m convinced that random factors might be the most important. And so somewhere along the line, the fates were…

looking back and looking ahead: an interview with T. Hardy Morris

These seem like good days for T. Hardy Morris. Last year’s album Hardy & The Hardknocks: Drownin on a Mountaintop — an exhilarating, sort-of-dirty melding of southern rock and grunge — was a hit with both fans and critics (and…

Savannah Stopover announces full 2016 lineup, confirms more venues for March 10-12

Ra Ra Riot, Blitzen Trapper, Yuck, Mr. Little Jeans, and Futurebirds will headline the 3-day Savannah Stopover, which will take place from March 10-12 at venues across Savannah’s famed Historic District. Today’s press release from the festival confirmed over 50…

The Weeks & Buffalo Rodeo at Cosmic Charlie’s in Lexington, Ky. – review + photos

I was in central Kentucky on personal business again last weekend, and a friend reminded me that The Weeks would be playing club shows in Lexington and Louisville while I was there. No brainer. I saw The Weeks at three…

The annual Singer-Songwriter Edition of the Thursday Night Opry at Trinity – photos

I’ve been covering arts and culture in Savannah for many years, and I still have trouble wrapping my head around how much talent we have in this relatively small metro area. In recent years, Trinity United Methodist Church on Telfair…

a roundup of our 2015 year-in-review posts

So this blog has been around for over two years now, and we’re looking forward to a great 2016 covering the music scene in Savannah and beyond. We are always considering ways of expanding the reach and the work of…

“the sun machine is coming down, and we’re gonna have a party”

I’m not certain when David Bowie first impressed himself in my brain, but I’m pretty sure it was during the Grammy awards in 1975. I was a little kid sitting on a shag carpet in our den in a small…

Florence + The Machine, My Morning Jacket, Jane’s Addiction, At The Drive-In, The 1975, Deftones, The Decemberists, Walk the Moon top bill for 4th annual Shaky Knees festival in Atlanta

The fourth annual Shaky Knees festival features another awesome lineup, including Florence + The Machine, My Morning Jacket, Jane’s Addiction (performing Ritual de lo Habitual), At The Drive-In, The 1975, Deftones, The Decemberists and Walk the Moon. There will also…

Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Randall Bramblett, many more acts slated for A-Town Get Down 2016

Wow, what a great lineup for the 2016 A-Town Get Down, which is slated for Feb. 27 at the Charles Morris Center here in Savannah. Skip the rest of this post and go ahead and buy your tickets here. The…