By: Shelby Lum The Beat. Here in the states known as The English Beat. The band has been wandering the planet for over three decades, in front of crowds ranging from huge festivals to intimate bars. Thirty years is nearly unheard of in the music industry and with that time change, came changes in the bands […]
Melding his classical training with years of Colorado mountain woodshedding, Bobby Yang is reinventing the sound of the acoustic violin. His inimitable sound combines the passion of a violin with the dirt of a bluegrass fiddle and the rawness of a guitar. He has surrounded himself with musicians who share his madness, his Unrivaled Players, […]
I was about to head to the coffee shop for a little afternoon pick me up, but then I received this announcement and it definitely perked me up! Party in the Park just added Yeasayer and The Electric Sons to its lineup! That’s right, now you’ll get to pack in Passion Pit, Ellie Goulding, GROUPLOVE, […]
Brilliant Jimmy Kimmel Live skit during which he asks hipsters about non-existant bands playing Coachella – “Bands so obscure, they do not exist”!
Primal Scream return on June 18 with one of the year’s most eagerly awaited albums; ‘More Light’, the band’s first LP in five years. It features guest appearances from Robert Plant on the track ‘Elimination Blues’, along with Kevin Shields, The Pop Group’s Mark Stewart and Jason Faulkner. ‘More Light’ was recorded at Das Bunker, […]
Tyler Bryant was born to play music. The 21-year-old guitar prodigy has been playing since he was six and was bred on the roughneck blues of Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Bryant’s impressive resume reads as if he’s been in the business for decades. Tyler was awarded the Robert Johnson Foundation’s New […]
HELLO ATLANTA MUSIC LOVERS! It’s a lovely Tuesday morning and we are SO excited about the lineup tonight! We have some amazing shows going on at some AWESOME venues! Check it out! Snarky Puppy @ The Earl Snarky Puppy delivers raw funk and sensitive dynamics, relentless pocket and lyrical melodicism, lush harmony and soulful simplicity, […]
Tickets are still available for the Shaky Knees Festival taking place in Atlanta on May 4th and 5th – The line up includes The Lumineers and Band of Horses as well as Jim James, Drive By Truckers, Gary Clark Jr., Lucero, Dr. Dog, Delta Spirit, The Antlers, Kurt Vile & The Violators, The Black Angels, […]
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By: Shelby Lum Driving on long tours can be difficult, but maybe a little easier for Mitch of Born Ruffians considering he doesn’t have a drivers license. “I don’t drive, so I am the dork on tour that doesn’t ever drive,” Mitch said in an interview with Atlanta Music Guide. So the one thing he doesn’t […]
Unplugged in the Park is back and celebrating its 11th year of completely FREE music at Park Tavern! Every Sunday starting April 28th through September 15th, Park Tavern will host a great headliner along with top Atlanta bands and musicians. This year’s lineup includes scheduled performances by Ed Roland & Sweet Tea Project, GRAMMY nominee […]
The title of Gretchen Peters’ new Hello Cruel World is a pun on the famed exit line – a joke that, like the lovely melodies and deliciously textured arrangements framing these 11 songs – sweetens this captivating music spun from a year of turmoil. The Grammy nominated singer-songwriter from Nashville calls Hello Cruel World her […]
By Ellen Eldridge Although they might be a square peg in a round hole, Stolen Babies may just fit somewhere within this heavily hyphenated description: Quirky-Prog Pop-Art Rock-Avant Garde-Cabaret Metal-Horror Punk-tinged with Industrial, Goth and Dark Wave. The band’s mythology began back in 1997 when Dominique Lenore Persi, the Sharones and keyboardist Ben Rico were […]
Review by Ashley Steeley; Picture Book by Ellen Eldridge Electronic dance music (EDM) fans decked in neon and glowsticks traveled from all over the southeast to experience Liquified and Disco Donnie’s Magnetic Music Festival at Fifth-Third Bank Stadium at Kennesaw State University. The weather was perfect as three state-of-the-art visual and audio stages hosted over […]
A warm summer day, a dozen great local bands, and the Historic Oakland Cemetery are all coming together on Saturday, June 8th for one of our favorite events: Tunes from the Tombs! This fundraising event features musicians performing in and among Oakland’s extraordinary monuments, mausoleums and renowned gardens. All genres of music will be represented: […]
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