This week we have new work from: Shannon Shaw Rainbow Kitten Surprise Band of Horses Vatican Enjoy! Shannon Shaw Oakland, CA “Broke My Own” Shannon Shaw is Shannon of Shannon & The Clams, the beloved retro- leaning, California-based garage punk…
I headed down to Milledgeville a few weeks ago for my first/the fourteenth annual Deep Roots Festival. I was really impressed with the lineup–for the low, low price of $8, you got to see Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Drivin N Cryin,…
You’ve probably read enough posts about the deaths of 2016, so I won’t belabor the losses — Prince, David Bowie, Merle Haggard, Ralph Stanley, Leonard Cohen, Sharon Jones, George Michael, to name a few — that hit some of us…
Came to type up my Bragg Jam review & saw Bill beat me to it, but we did catch different bands, so hopefully a second review isn’t one too many! I had never been to Bragg Jam before, so upon…
Okay, so I survived. Saw 36 bands at Savannah Stopover, drank ummmm…more than 36 beers, hung out in the VIP lounge, walked many, many miles, spent time with a ton of friends new and old, generally had a blast, and…
For the third year in a row I shot Savannah Stopover professionally; my first year for the festival itself, and the last two for Savannah Magazine. Over these last three years I’ve had the good fortune to meet, and become…
I’ve seen a couple hundred Savannah Stopover shows over the last six years, but I haven’t seen anything quite like the scene at Rainbow Kitten Surprise on Friday night at Trinity. I’ll admit that the Boone, NC-based band was barely…
Below are my picks for the 20 Best Songs of 2015 from below the Mason-Dixon line; the South being defined as D.C. down to Florida, over to Texas and up to Kentucky. I know that’s wildly up for debate but…