This Saturday saw Marc Broussard return to Athens, GA; playing the freshly unveiled Georgia Theatre. What a beauty it is. After suffering a destructive fire in June 2009 that forced the building into demolition, it created a hole in the fabric of Athens. The famed music venue that hosted musical heavyweights like R.E.M., The Police, [...]

Upon first look at The Black Keys’ stage setup, fans weren’t too sure what to make of the eclectic mix of props. On stage right, a wise old Native American Statue stood proud and tall. To stage left, a two-storey Goodyear tire with “Black Keys” as the brand name. Whether or not the props made [...]

Ah its good to have Music Midtown back in Atlanta. The revival of this music festival that ran from 1994 to 2005 is a welcomed thing. It originally shuttered in 2005 due to declining attendance and rising costs to put on the event so jump six years into the future as the event compacts itself [...]

Coldplay has kept a relatively low profile since releasing ‘Viva la Vida’ three years ago and the supporting tour that subsequently followed. Maybe Chris has been at home watching Gwyneth strut her stuff on ‘Glee.’ Perhaps the band was playing back the track “Viva la Vida” for the thousandth time trying to figure out how [...]

“We’re Manchester Orchestra, and we are from…here.” If you made it out to Atlanta’s Midtown Music Festival and you were in the audience for this local band’s set, you might have noticed the British Flag and the Queen’s portrait swaying in the warm fall breeze. Any confusion was certainly cleared up with that simple intro [...]

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Alpharetta hosted not one but two rising artists on the modern rock scene this evening in headliner My Morning Jacket and opener Neko Case. My Morning Jacket is touring on their May release ‘Circuital’ which is a full bodied beauty. This is easily one of their strongest and most adventurous works [...]

There’s nothing like a balmy night in August for catching an amphitheatre show in Atlanta. While the comfy, air conditioned Fox Theatre would haven been the preferable destination on an evening like this, when Death Cab pencils in your city on their calendar you don’t quivel over the venue. Coming out to tour in support [...]

Sade’s latest trip to Atlanta has been a long time coming, ten years in fact. Not many artists can go into hiding for a decade only to popup like a proverbial groundhog and sell out shows nationwide. But that is the power of Sade. The British Nigerian singer Sade Adu recently released her latest album [...]

When you say the name David Gray most people’s thoughts naturally gravitate to his barn burning 2000 album ‘White Ladder’ that produced a treasure trove of hit singles including ‘This Year’s Love,’ ‘Please Forgive Me’ and what has become his signature tune ‘Babylon.’ What people may not realize is that in the eleven years since [...]

Mumford and Sons was last in Atlanta on November 7, 2010, playing the Buckhead Theatre. This is a 2500-capacity theatre, and they sold it out. Not instantaneous mind you, but a sell out nonetheless. “Little Lion Man” was just starting to find its way into heavy rotation on Atlanta’s modern rock station (Dave FM), and [...]