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by Jason Earle
Dearly inebriated, we are gathered here today to honor the legend of Prince Rogers Nelson. Let’s tell our Prince stories. The
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by Jason Earle
Ben Folds sits center-back on the stage with the six-piece yMusic orchestra flanking his piano to either side in reverse victory
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by Jason Earle
Nicki Bluhm is a datil pepper added to an already hearty dish-exquisite, a little smokey, additive of the right compliment of
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by Jason Earle
The Bronx, New Orleans, Nashville — Hurray for the Riff Raff’s sound comes from each of these places. It is Southern, but
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by Jason Earle
The best music builds in intensity. It teases the senses for so long as is needed, sensing precisely when to show aggression and
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by Jason Earle
Brad Lauretti and Sadie Frederick have just left the studio recording the fourth This Frontier Needs Heroes album. The folk duo
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by Jason Earle
Jon Stickley Trio felt a little apprehension the first time they abandoned vocals in their live show. It was a bold move in the
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by Jason Earle
For the outsider, everyone in New Orleans is impossibly charming. Second line music, Mardi Gras, Tipitina’s, magnolia blossoms,
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by Jason Earle
“These arms of miiiine!” The opening of Otis Redding’s classic comes out authentically and with force. To cover Otis is a
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by Jason Earle
Julian Koster puts down his accordion and grabs the singing saw laid at his feet. He wears a jester’s hat and the tune
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by Jason Earle
“There is just something cool about this place,” Brandi Carlile beams about Suwannee’s stunning amphitheatre stage. She
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by Jason Earle
“We will not leave until we walk peacefully back on our land,” she tells us in a none-too-subtle, politically charged message
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by Jason Earle
We are making our way back to the happiest place on Earth, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park. Magnolia Fest was a blast and
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by Jason Earle
The house music drifting in after Jason Isbell’s gorgeous set is Tom T. Hall’s “I Love,” a simple song about baby ducks,
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by Jason Earle
He looks bloated and a little tired standing there on the tiny stage at Mojo BBQ in Jacksonville Beach. It seems strange in the