Ramblin' Rhodes: Hear bluegrass, gospel stars at Little Roy & Lizzy festival
If all goes well, those attending the fourth annual Little Roy & Lizzy Music Festival on Friday, April 29, possibly will get to hear at least two unscheduled duets.The reason this could happen...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Marty Raybon, with Shenandoah, to play at Little Roy & Lizzy...
Bluegrass and country music performer Marty Raybon is returning this weekend to the same area where his family group won first prize as the best bluegrass band at the Masters Bluegrass Festival more...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Bluegrass, gospel fans should head to Lewis Family's Home Place
Lovers of great bluegrass and Southern gospel music will want to be at the eighth annual Jeff & Sheri Easter Homecoming Mother’s Day Weekend Festival.It begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 5, and also...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Aiken Bluegrass Festival faves returning, bringing friends
The 12th annual Aiken Bluegrass Festival this weekend promises to be the best yet, according to organizer Christian Schaumann, who has managed the festival since 2007.“We are not only having several of...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Sara Evans leads two lives: the normal one, the singer one
Sara Evans’ publicist emailed me one morning a few days ago that Evans needed to change our scheduled noon phone interview to “push it back” later that same day to 3:45.So when Evans got on the phone...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Hear songs from Jarosz's most intimate album at Banjo-B-Que
Just five days after turning 25 on May 23, bluegrass and Americana artist Sarah Jarosz will be performing on Saturday, May 28, at the Papa Joe’s Banjo-B-Que Music Festival at Evans Towne Center Park in...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Band director to join Fabulous Equinox Orchestra full time
After 11 years of teaching band music in public schools, Tommy Brinson is “taking the A Train,” so to speak, and going full time on the road with The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra.The assistant band...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Awards recognize contributions to community arts
Since 1985, outstanding members of the Augusta-area arts community have been recognized annually by the Greater Augusta Arts Council.Originally the honors went to the media person of the year...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Relive thrill of hearing Elvis in 1956
Cody Ray Slaughter, an Arkansas-born Elvis Presley tribute artist, has been barnstorming the nation since June 2015 with his Elvis ’56 show.The production commemorates Presley’s crucial year of 1956...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: McKinnon was everyday man who wrote country hits
The funeral and life celebration service in the historic Beech Island, S.C., Baptist Church for 82-year-old Don McKinnon who died June 15 reminded me once again that you don’t have to become famous to...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Stanley shared music with admirers on stage and off
It seemed as if just about everybody wanted to record with bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, who died on June 23 at age 89.Syncronex: Metered read more
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Musician finding new fame without forgetting roots
Augusta-reared musician and songwriter Daniel Antopolsky, who now lives in France, had ordered a meal in the front courtyard of the Pizza Joint on Broad Street last March when he needed to wash his...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: 'Year of Georgia Music' recordings capture Augusta's musical...
Once again Augusta’s music scene finally is getting its due recognition thanks to the good people at the Georgia Public Broadcasting System headquarters in Atlanta.John Clark, director of affiliate...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Seasons will feature tribute artists, bluegrass groups
It’s that time of the year when artistic groups are formulating and announcing their new season lineups, and both Augusta Amusements Inc. and the Morris Museum of Art each have some great...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Men remembered for contributions to culture, music
The good deeds of Native American Chipa Wolfe of Jasper, Ga., still are being remembered by those who knew him through his life-work as a musician, festival promoter and educator.Wolfe died in April at...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Real-life Eve of 'Three Faces of Eve' honored at funeral
It’s been almost 59 years since the black-and-white movie The Three Faces of Eve, about a woman with multiple mental personalities, had its world premiere on Sept. 18, 1957, at the Miller Theater on...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Lowe presents positive messages in 'Different Colors'
It would be a good thing this election year if the leading candidates and their supporters could sit down and listen to Susanna Lowe’s recently released album Different Colors, Different Names.And that...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: 'Miss Daisy' brings attention to Waynesboro show series
It’s hard to believe that the good folks down in Waynesboro, Ga., are opening their 37th season with actually a pre-season production of the play Driving Miss Daisy.The comedy-drama, set in Atlanta...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Newberry Opera House has new director, new lineup
The Newberry (S.C.) Opera House that so many Augusta-area residents love to patronize is under a new executive director for the first time in 19 years.Molly Fortune, formerly restoration and operations...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Marty Stuart will share music and photographs on this visit
Grand Ole Opry star Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, will launch the new season of the Morris Museum of Art’s Budweiser True Music Southern Soul & Song series at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept....
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