In my City Talk column yesterday in the business section of the Savannah Morning News, I talked about some of the press that Savannah Stopover IV has gotten from bloggers and music writers who made the trip. Since I wrote…
I was surprised when getting ready to write this post to discover that Jason Isbell is only 35 years old. I thought he had to be at least, well, 42. I mean this in the nicest possible way. Could a…
Check out the coverage at The Guardian’s music blog about Johnny Cash’s “lost” album from the 1980s, Out Among the Stars, which goes on sale next week. There’s commentary there by Cash’s son John Carter Cash about each track. Some…
I’ve been on a Jake Bugg jag, especially since hearing him and photographing him at Monster Music & Movies in Charleston last week. Earlier today, Nowness premiered this pretty much brilliant music video for “Messed Up Kids” from the album…
Jake Bugg’s self-titled first album reached #1 on the UK charts. His second album Shangri La was produced by Rick Rubin. The 20-year old singer-songwriter has been profiled in Rolling Stone, appeared just last week on The Tonight Show (for…
We’ve been closely following the waxing fortunes of The Silver Palms, a really young and hugely promising band from the extreme southeast corner of Georgia. I shot some photos of a couple of recent gigs — in January at The…
By late on the second day of the recent Savannah Stopover, I had heard some great bands but I had definitely seen too many lead singers and guitarists gazing at some vague spot on the ground about five feet in…
The second Graveface Fest is coming up on Saturday, 3/22, at Dollhouse Productions in Savannah. The converted industrial space should be perfect for the diverse sounds and styles that will be on display from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Here’s…
Savannah Stopover 2014 might have just wrapped up, but the festival and its parent company MusicFile Productions have already announced a trio of impressive spring concerts. Tickets are now on sale for Portland, Oregon-based Horse Feathers on Friday, April 11…
I loved Oberhofer‘s lush, high-energy set on Saturday night at the 4th annual Savannah Stopover — and the crowd seemed to love it too (as you can see in the pics). Brad Oberhofer is an immensely talented singer, guitar player,…