NewsTubman Museum Celebrates Maconβs Musical Heritage Sound and Soul…remain on view at the Tubman through 2020. Contact the Tubman Museum (310 Cherry Street, Downtown Macon/ 478-743-8544 / www.tubmanmuseum.com) for more information about this event and other museum programs….
NewsWesleyan Academy for Lifelong Learning Classes Begin January 6 Sound and Soul…biographies, and registration forms. Questions can be directed to LifeLongLearning@wesleyancollege.edu or Alycia Ward at 478-757-5233. NOTICE: Because of the COVID19 virus, class dates and times are subject to change or…
The Night Before the Thing: Joelton Mayfield Lisa Love…and DJ Friendship. Billed as “good music from a few good friends,” the gathering is free for 21+ up, but attendees need to go claim a free ticket at historicgrants.com….
Interviews‘This album is an adventure’: Shannon Shaw & Cody Blanchard on Year of the Spider Charlie Farmer…touring. Photo by Kristin Cofer. From left to right: Nate Mahan (drums), Cody Blanchard (vocals/guitar), Shannon Shaw (vocals/bass), Will Sprott (vocals/keyboards). You have a huge catalog of work at this…
Interviews, NewsParker Smith Talks New Album, Guitar Shed & Covering The Dead Ahead of 9/30 Performance at JBA Aaron Irons…album. “Company Man”… That’s an amazing song. You wrote that, as I understand it, about your father’s infidelity– and you wrote it from your mother’s perspective! That whole story right…
InterviewsThe Scribe: Rodney Crowell on ‘The Chicago Sessions’ Aaron Irons…log, oooh, Miss Maybelle!” One day, I was playin’ that little guitar riff, thinkin’ about R.L. Burnside, and started goin’, “Oooh, Miss Claudia…” Suddenly, I was like, “I can do…
NewsMGA Hosts Award-Winning Journalist Sarah Topol For Master Lectures and Conversations Series Sound and Soul…contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, and has been published in the Atlantic, Businessweek, Esquire, Foreign Policy, Fortune, Harper’s, Matter, Newsweek, the New Republic, New York Magazine, Outside,…
ColumnsLong Time Human: Quarantine Haley Rice…with a mask. “Wait,” he said. “Just a moment.” And he proceeded to ask us a whole bunch of questions. “Have you been out of the country?” Nope. “Fever?” Yep….
NewsSusan Tedeschi: Strengthening What Remains Alan Sculley…question it or anything like that. The same thing live.” “He knows how to communicate with everybody,” Tedeschi added. “He’s aware of everybody’s needs and feelings and how they communicate.”…
InterviewsA Conversation with Bela Fleck Aaron Irons…from classical to African, to Jazz, to Bluegrass, and some free improv as well. I use several different effects and even a ‘prepared banjo’. And sometimes I play “Rainbow Connection”!…
Interviews, NewsSun Spell Tour featuring Ships In The Night Brings Atmospheric Electronica to JBA on Friday 6/24 Matt McMillan…Sun Spells Tour, the package show is set to arrive at Macon’s JBA for a FREE performance on June 24th. MM- How long have you been doing music? AL- I’ve…
NewsBrotherhood & Chemistry: Allman Betts Band Returns to Macon on June 9th Alan Sculley…saxophone and stinging slide guitar), “The Doctor’s Daughter” (a My Morning Jacket-ish epic ballad), and “Pale Horse Rider” (an expansive mid-tempo track with the unique twist of a wordless chorus),…