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Band of Horses’ new record “Acoustic at the Ryman” streaming here

You can stream the first four tracks of Band of Horses’ new album below. Click here for the entire stream on BOH’s website with links to iTunes and other sites for purchase. Lovely. This is obviously a taste of what…

50 Years Ago Today: A Beatles Celebration – photos

Thanks to Jon Waits of JWaitsphoto for these wonderful images from Friday night’s show at the American Legion Post #135 produced by Savannah Rocks! in honor of the 50 the anniversary of The Beatles’ appearance on Ed Sullivan. Great stuff.

The Casket Girls’ “True Love Kills the Fairy Tale” now available — and streaming here

Earlier this week, Consequence of Sound debuted the stream of The Casket Girls’ new album True Love Kills the Fairy Tale, newly released by Graveface Records. COS also interviewed Ryan Graveface, the head of the label and a member of…

check out debut EP of Heavy Boots (Rachael Perisho of mumbledust)

Rachael Perisho’s voice would alone distinguish her from pretty much any other musician out there, but combine her captivating vocals with the subtlety of other instruments — like a saw — and you’re left with something really unusual and really…

Savannah Rocks! releases schedule for Beatles’ tribute on 2/7

Savannah Rocks! has sold out the big Beatles tribute show on Friday, 2/7, in the ballroom of the American Legion Post #135 on Bull Street here in Savannah. I’ll freely admit that I’m a little surprised that the big room…

Velvet Caravan CD release show at Trinity – photos

We’ll be writing more soon about Velvet Caravan‘s excellent new record, Acoustic in Nature, but for now just enjoy these photos by Jon Waits of the release concert on Saturday evening at Trinity United Methodist Church. (We’re excited that it…

Savannah Stopover releases detailed 3-day schedule, confirms 10 venues

Savannah Stopover has released the detailed schedule for the 90+ bands in over 100 performances in downtown Savannah from March 6-8. So you can quit reading this post, and go check it out at the Stopover site or with Sched,…

Jason Isbell, Pokey LaFarge, Kristina Train, dancer Rosario Toledo, and a 2nd Avett Brothers show added to Savannah Music Festival schedule

Some more good news from the Savannah Music Festival, which announced today that the Avett Brothers will be playing a second show during the festival on 3/20, in addition to the previously announced show on 3/21. Americana/swing musician Pokey LaFarge…

Lucero + Jonny Fritz at The Jinx – photos

So Lucero killed it on Monday night at The Jinx. But we all knew that would happen, right? But I sure didn’t expect that Ben Nichols and company to play for over two hours. The longer the set went on…

Swear and Shake at The Wormhole on 1/28

Thanks to Sinjin Hilaski for this preview: Melding melancholy lyrics with foot-stomping folk, Swear and Shake tells tales of loss, yearning and a stubbornly persistent romanticism. Initially formed in 2010, the Brooklyn based band has garnered quite a following touring…