Review and Photos by Max Stewart Umphrey’s McGee are one of those bands that is so damn good at what they do, it is a bit intimidating. All six members of the band are highly polished musicians, collectively performing every note with technical precision on a seemingly different realm of musical cognizance than most bands out… Read More Umphrey’s McGee Ring in New Year 2026 at Atlanta’s Tabernacle

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Photos and Review by Max Stewart Atlanta’s Improvement Movement are no doubt one of our favorite new artists of the last few years, and they should be yours too. Let me just start with saying that before anything, you need to see them live to fully appreciate how dynamic and musically rich this band is so make… Read More Improvement Movement’s Atlanta Show Proves They Should Be Your Favorite New Band – Photos and Recap

Review and Photos by Max Stewart Kevin Scott’s All-Star Holiday Revival returned to the renowned Variety Playhouse on Thursday, December 18 for one of our favorite events of the year. Marking a decade of one of the city’s most festive and eclectic musical traditions, bandleader Kevin Scott (Gov’t Mule, John McLaughlin, and Jimmy Herring) brought together a rotating cast of top-tier musicians… Read More Kevin Scott’s 10th Holiday Allstar Revival Honors Brent Hinds While Supporting Great Causes – Review and Photos

Photos by Max Stewart Béla Fleck and the Flecktones‘ holiday show in Atlanta was a unique jazz-bluegrass-fusion take on holiday standards that was musically-complex yet easy to digest. The band was accompanied by Alash, a throat singing trio from Siberia that added some worldly flavors to the evening. A perfect way to get in the… Read More Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Holiday Show in Atlanta with Alash – Photo Recap

Photos and Words by Max Stewart Atlanta’s Improvement Movement are frankly one of our favorite new bands, and they should be yours too. In a time when so much music feels redundant or engineered to quietly slide into your algorithm, this four-piece has cracked a far rarer code: a sound that feels wholly unique yet… Read More Atlanta’s Improvement Movement on Homecoming Show and Shaky Knees Main Stage Performance

By Stephen Bloch For the past 30 years, the duo of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton have been putting together genre bending tunes under the name Thievery Corporation. With a little bit of reggae, a little bit of jazz, a little bit of world music, a little bit of hip hop and everything in between,… Read More Thievery Corporation at Milwaukee’s Turner Hall Ballroom – Photo Recap

Photos and Review by Max Stewart David Byrne walked onto the Fox Theatre in Atlanta stage like your coolest uncle at Thanksgiving dinner, a whimsical and always entertaining character you cannot wait to spend a few hours with. And from the moment he took his first step beneath that celestial ceiling (those twinkling faux-stars in… Read More Same As it Ever Was: David Byrne Remains Most Unique and Prolific Modern Artist at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre

By Max Stewart As the holiday season takes hold in Atlanta, Kevin Scott’s All-Star Holiday Revival returns to the renowned Variety Playhouse on Thursday, December 18 for one of our favorite events of the year. Marking a decade of one of the city’s most festive and eclectic musical traditions, bandleader Kevin Scott (Gov’t Mule, John… Read More Preview: Kevin Scott’s 10th Allstar Holiday Revival in Atlanta Brings Together Musicians for Great Cause

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