This past week brought Savannah the return of the quarterly Thursday Night Opry at Trinity Sanctuary Concerts. The Fall Edition was a great example of the variety of music that’s being presented in this historic ‘listening room’. Aaron Zimmer of…
This year I was hired to document the Summer Cabaret Series for Lucas Theatre for the Arts, and while unable to photograph the entire series due to prior commitments, I was on hand to shoot five of the performances. The…
After an evening of shooting concert photography for the Summer Cabaret Series at Lucas Theatre for the Arts I strolled a few blocks down the alley to catch the talented Trae Gurley and Velvet Caravan pianist Jared Hall performing at…
Last night Atlanta troubadour Reverend Justin Hylton took a full courtyard at Foxy Loxy Print Gallery & Cafe back to the basics, and the cafe’s own roots, by performing sans sound-system. As of late, in an an effort to be…
I had the chance to reconnect with an old friend last night, and couldn’t have been more surprised at the talent that he’s become. Hans Chew hails from NYC these days, but comes from Tennessee via the haze & daze…
In continuing to document the Americana/Roots Music bridge between Savannah & Atlanta I recently asked Robert Green of Cold Heart Canyon to answer a few questions. Followers of ours may already be familiar with Robert from his role as sideman…
text by bill, photos by Jon Waits Walter Parks — a tremendous solo artist, frontman of Swamp Cabbage, longtime guitarist for Richie Havens — put on a sublime show a couple of nights ago at the Tybee Post Theater. Swamp…
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…
I have a feeling that this morning quite a few of you are living Kris Kristofferson’s ‘Sunday Morning Coming Down’, made popular by Johnny Cash. Savannah was full of live music & events last night. Notable was the performance by…
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…