GPB Arts

Thursday, March 26, 2009

ASO Broadcast on GPB Radio!

Every Thursday we give you a preview of the evenings Atlanta Symphony Orchestra broadcast... host Sarah Zaslaw joined Georgia Gazette host Rickey Bevington in the studio to preview the March 26th ASO on GPB broadcast. Today’s show features music by George Frideric Handel and Felix Mendelssohn. The ASO chamber chorus will also perform.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Grassroots Rock 'n Roll from Hightide Blues

They call their music "grassroots rock n roll." They are Hightide Blues a band from Auburn, AL but who represent the best of what Southern music sounds like while touring across the nation. The band's new record is called Love Come Easy and they recently joined Georgia Gazette's Rickey Bevington in the studio to talk more about the album. Rickey spoke with band members Paul McDonald and JP Pears. And check out the Georgia Gazette website for a video of Hightide Blues performing the song "Dream Alone" in Rickey's office!

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

You may know him best as a former member of the Drive By Truckers out of Athens, but Jason Isbell now has a rising solo career. The native of Muscle Shoals, Alabama has taken what he's learned from the Truckers and taken his own show on the road with a band called the 400 Unit. Their new album is soulful southern rock/pop. Jason Isbell recently joined Georgia Gazette's Rickey Bevington in the studio and started the conversation talking about the song 7 Miles Island, a place where he spent time as a kid.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

ASO returns to GPB Radio!

The ASO in GPB Radio is back! You can hear Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performances from the current concert season on your local GPB Radio station every Thursday night at 9, re-broadcast Sunday night at 10. Host Sarah Zaslaw joined Georgia Gazette host Rickey Bevington in the studio to preview the March 5th ASO on GPB broadcast, which includes music from what Conductor Robert Spano calls the "Three B's."

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

New cartoon musical for kids

You likely know musician Andre 3000 best for the hit song, "Hey Ya." Andre 3000, who's full name is Andre Lauren Benjamin, is one-half of the Atlanta hip-hop duo Outkast. And he's casting aside the walls of the music industry, by producing a new children's musical theater show. Class of 3000 is based on the popular Cartoon Network program of the same name. The stage show plays this weekend at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta. And Andre Benjamin spoke to Georgia Gazette's Rickey Bevington by phone about the musical.

Friday, February 27, 2009

Athens-based Blookin has new rock album

Still making music history these days is the Athens band Bloodkin. The band was formed in the late 1980’s by two transplants from West Virginia. Over the past two decades, Bloodkin has had different members but has always been good, straight-up rock n’ roll. The band’s latest release Baby, They Told Us We Would Rise Again is the group’s 6th studio recording. Founding member Daniel Hutchins, who sings, plays rhythm guitar and writes for the band, recently joined Georgia Gazette's Rickey Bevington in the studio.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Corey Crowder's "Gold and the Sand"

People tell Covington-based musician Corey Crowder that his career would be doing even better if he were playing 30 years ago. Crowder's folk/rock sound is influenced by his upbringing on Allman Brothers and Hank Williams. But there's plenty of contemporary touch in the vein of say, John Mayer, to make his music approachable to today's audience. Crowder's lastest release is called Gold and the Sand. He joined Georgia Gazette host Rickey Bevington in the studio to discuss the album.