If you haven’t heard the news, Kylesa made a huge announcement on Thursday evening: It’s worth clicking on through to Kylesa’s Facebook page to read some of the personal reflections and thanks from fans and fellow musicians. On the band’s…
Hey guys, If you are old (like me) and always complaining about late music start times, Friday is definitely a good night to go out. At 6:30 or 7:00 in the evening, you have a choice of some rockabilly outside at…
Quick, name three American jazz Composers. Could you do it? I hope so. If not, then how about Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, David Axelrod, Thad Jones, Fats Waller,…
Admittedly, I was never one for prom in high school. The over-the-top decorations, the excessively formal outfits, the dread of trying to find a date, wait, let’s forget about that last part. Anyway, now that I’m in my 20s and…
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…
Hey guys, Every night this week has some good music, but Friday’s shows look especially exciting. The Jinx Prom is always a good time. I have been waiting on Come Back Alice to return for quite a while now. And…
“Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I…
A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, the third album from Sturgill Simpson, is a major-label, big-budget outing with sweeping, cinematic strings and driving horns that call to mind both The Memphis Horns and Allen Toussaint’s horn arrangements for The Band. It’s…
In continuing to document the Atlanta-Savannah Americana/Roots circuit, I reached out to Atlanta’s Reverend Hylton about his current tour, and what the latest news is from the road. The following interview is an email response to five questions that I…
To say that the Savannah music scene is a close knit one is the understatement of a lifetime. In a community where locals instinctively hold close to each other, it’s hard not to notice a new face. And as often…