Get your helmets on! On Saturday AirTran Airways is hosting their Rock-n-Roll Ride to celebrate public safety personnel from across Georgia and support traumatic injuries treated at Grady Health System, metro Atlanta’s only Level 1 trauma center. The ride, which begins at Killer Creek Harley-Davidson, also benefits Gold Shield Foundation of Metro Atlanta, an organization dedicated […]
By Eileen Tilson There is an interesting debate going on right now about whether Apple’s new iCloud platform is actually infringing upon copyright owners. Recently indie label Numero had some pretty strong words about why they decided to opt out of joining into iCloud: “We feel that a great risk is being taken by Apple […]
It’s looking to be a bit of a mellow weekend coming up. We must all be taking it easy to rev up for next week’s patriotic holiday weekend. But we still have some great, laid-back choices to get you out of the house.
By Eileen Tilson If you have never heard of Sarah Jaffe, don’t worry you will. Having toured constantly, hitting both Europe and the U.S. with Midlake, as well as supporting such varied artists as Norah Jones, Lou Barlow, Centro-matic and Old 97s, Jaffe is no stranger to the scene. The 20-something Texan has gained a […]
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Did you know that Georgia has one of the biggest gaming industries in the country? Tonight, at the SAE Institute, the National Association of Record Industry Professionals presents “Music in Games,” where top experts will discuss this fast-growing sector of the music business in which games such as World of Warcraft and Call of Duty […]
By Eileen Tilson It’s that time of year again! June 22 though 26, the 15th annual AthFest will be held in downtown Athens. Known as “one of the country’s great indie music festivals,” headlining artists this year will include Futurebirds, Centro-Matic , Guadacanal Diary, Chickasaw Mudd Puppies, Kevin Kinney Band, Nappy Roots, Col. Bruce Hampton […]
Atlanta’s own famous True Colors Theatre company, led by Tony-nominated director Kenny Leon, needs some assistance. Here’s a message the theater company is sending out: True Colors has 9 days left! If we can raise $50,000 from our patrons by June 30th, our board has committed to raise $100,000 to end our season DEBT FREE! […]
By Eileen Tilson If you are a music tech geek like me, than you have probably been hearing about a new fad floating around the internet called Turntable.fm. What is this fancy new site (that is still in beta, and you must already have a friend invited to join)? It’s a browser-based chatroom that streams music […]
By Scott Roberts; photos by Sue Volkert Growing up gracefully in rock and roll is not always easy, but singer-songwriter Lloyd Cole has figured it out quite nicely. The once asymmetrically-coiffed, raven-haired leader of Glasgow’s The Commotions is now a 50-year-old based in Massachusetts and his accountant’s haircut now sports graying temples; his clothing looks […]
Grammy award winning singer/songwriter Jill Scott has been one busy woman. Following up 2007’s Grammy nominated Gold-certified album The Real Thing, Scott’s latest work The Light of the Sun, to be released tomorrow on Warner Bros., is a flurry of emotional poetry that encompasses the changes she experienced, following her Hollywood success and the birth of […]
By Eileen Tilson Last May at the MUSEXPO conference in Los Angeles, I sat next to a young Greek man named Constantine Roussos, the founder of .Music, a company whose dream it is to legitimize music searches online. If passed, music companies, musicians, etc. , will have the ability to host their site as a “.music” […]
Mega music streaming site Pandora has officially announced their IPO (initial public offering), opening above expectations at $20 a share. After rising into the low $20s on the day of its IPO, the stock fell back to around $18 at the the end of Wednesday. But the decline escalated on Thursday closing at $13.26. Some […]
The Head Hang On Self-Released By Al Kaufman At a time when great musicianship is conveyed by showing up at an award ceremony in an egg, or by wearing a meat dress, Atlanta’s power-pop trio, The Head, have something to prove. They are showing the three nice guys (twin brothers Jack and Mike Shaw, and […]
Ben Sollee Inclusions Tin Ear/Thirty Tigers By Al Kaufman Ben Sollee is a classically trained cellist. Wait, keep reading. He is also a man with strong pop sensibilities and a heart throb voice. It’s a voice full of yearning and longing, but sensitive enough to say he only wants to cuddle. Women’s hearts have fluttered […]
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