3 stages. 12 bands. The most ambitious outdoor music festival in the city’s history. The public unveiling of a huge new/old indoor-outdoor complex after a long multimillion dollar restoration and rehabilitation project. In my City Talk column in the Savannah…
Last night brought about the long-awaited return of hometown honky-tonk, gypsy-jazz favorites Velvet Caravan to a packed house at Trinity Sanctuary Concerts. It was announced from the stage by band-leader Ricardo Ochoa ‘we’re only going to be performing in Savannah…
As the months begin to lead us into a sweltering Savannah summer again, we’ve still a little time left of picture perfect weekends.The end of May brings this town such a chance to be part of something bigger, enjoy live…
Texas songwriter Colin Gilmore and Savannah’s own Velvet Caravan have been in the midst of a mini-tour over the last week, after successful performances together at SxSW. More than once I overheard the comment ‘I wish these guys would do…
From SXSW: Velvet Caravan’s music is indeed strongly rooted the gypsy jazz of guitarist Django Reinhardt and his Hot Club de France. In abundance during their live shows, and in full display on their new album Acoustic in Nature, are…
MusicFile Productions (parent company of Savannah Stopover and Revival Fest) has paired with Service Brewing on Indian Street for a series of concerts. First up was Amythyst Kiah & Her Chest of Glass with Velvet Caravan. Kiah is a spectacular…
From our friends in Velvet Caravan: Post by Velvet Caravan. The Austin Chronicle says, in part: The quintet’s varied lineage contributes to its eclectic sound, as the group weaves thick threads of Latin and gypsy music into acoustic swing jazz.…
I heard “Happy Stopover!” more than a few times over the weekend and I think we’re on to something here. I’ve attended all 5 Stopovers, and have slowly started treating it as a holiday. A three day weekend holiday, as…
Savannah Stopover got some excellent coverage this year from Georgia Public Broadcasting, especially the hour-long weekday talk show On Second Thought, hosted by Celeste Headlee. Headlee and her team even came to Savannah so OST could broadcast live from the…
OK, a few disclaimers: all lists are subjective, there’s something artificial in all the year-end “Best of” rankings, no one can see every show, some genres are inevitably neglected because of personal taste and happenstance, yada yada yada. But when…