Marshall Ruffin and Life is a Flower, Life is a Gun feat. Angie Aparo & McKenzie Eddy @ Eddie’s Attic Twenty-five year old roots-rock and blues singer-songwriter-guitarist Marshall Ruffin grew up in typical Americana. After finding a guitar in his attic at age thirteen, Marshall taught himself to play. Just several short years later, he […]
“Jazz music is America’s only original art form, and…Atlanta, with its growing reputation as an international center of the arts and education, has both the opportunity and the responsibility to promote an art form whose roots are indigenous to the South.” Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson spoke these words when he founded the original Atlanta Jazz […]
Photos by Sarah Murphy
If you haven’t had it Sharpie’d into your schedule for four months like we have, Party in the Park is happening this weekend which means it’s time to start figuring out how you’re gonna spend your weekend. We’re planning on going all out in a celebratory fashion and we hope to see you all there. To […]
In 2013, Creative Loafing Atlanta voted Stokeswood “Best Local Rock Act”- and rightfully so. The group has recently performed music festivals like Counterpoint, The Rock Boat and AURA Music Festival with the likes of M83, Skrillex, Outkast, Sister Hazel and P Groove. Band Members include Adam Patterson, Mark Godwin, Jon Joiner, Justin Mullinix […]
Go Down Moses first met each other at college in Nashville, TN back in 2010. Since then, they’ve been writing, recording, and touring the southeast, opening for acts such as Love & Theft and Mac McAnally, among others. Following a sold out show at The High Watt in Nashville in January of 2014, they signed […]
The Aquabats! w/ Koo Koo Kanga @ The Loft With 16 years and album sales of over 270,000 under their belts, SoCal’s The AQUABATS! are back with their brand new album HI-FIVE SOUP!, ready to shine a much-needed light into our lives, and prove once again that The AQUABATS! – led by the fearless MC BAT […]
Stu Larsen w/ special guest Adam Burrows @ Eddie’s Attic [Saturday, May 10] STU LARSEN has no home. Three years ago he made a decision to leave behind normality, security and comfort, choosing to live as simply as possible and to follow the opportunities that would lay themselves down in front of him. A bold […]
Whether you’re spending your Friday afternoon groovin’ at Shaky Knees Fest and looking for something to do after or maybe you’re just too cool for the festival scene, this Friday’s Atlanta concert itinerary has a little something for everybody. Man Man w/ Black Cadillacs @ The EARL Man Man is a fearlessly unique band […]
Hard Rock Café Atlanta has been recognized with the company’s “Top of the Rock” award for its exemplary performance, community activations, as well as its other above-and-beyond accomplishments. Hard Rock Atlanta attributes its success to stellar engagement in the community, solid local business relationships and stellar event activations, including its successful live music program. […]
There’s no better way to end a beautiful day than with a night of concert-going. We’ve got quite a few for you tonight, so get your planners ready! JOHNNYSWIM @ Smith’s Olde Bar JOHNNYSWIM is a Los Angeles based duo composed of Amanda Sudano and Abner Ramirez. The two began writing and singing together in the […]
Not only is the Shaky Knees Festival the royal court of indie music festivals, but the late night shows are sure to be a blast for all you night owls and super-partiers. So we did you a solid and put together an itinerary to help you figure out the easiest way to maneuver the late shows after […]
Last May, Atlanta welcomed the inaugural year of the Shaky Knees Festival. This weekend, May 9-11, the music festival returns to the city for its sophomore year. However, this year festival-goers will notice a few major changes including: a day-long extension, a venue change and, of course, the larger lineup. That’s right, for those […]
By Al Kaufman We hear often about the woman behind the man, but occasionally it is worth it to hear about the men behind the women. With Wildewoman, indie-pop band Lucius quickly became known for the infectious harmonies of lead singers Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, the two friends and Berklee grads who often dress […]
Gabe Dixon with special guests, All The Rest @ Eddie’s Attic Harry Nilsson famously sang, “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do.” For Gabe Dixon, one is quite possibly the most liberating number. On his debut solo album, One Spark (Fantasy/Concord Music Group) Dixon flexes a new-found muscularity in tone and texture […]
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