Lisa Fischer’s voice can roar at you with the force of a crossfire hurricane. Yet it also can whisper in your ear with a soft and seductive coo. She’s the greatest singer you’ve never heard of, even though you’ve heard her voice on countless songs and stages. She shared the spotlight with Mick Jagger on…
In 2015, The Atlanta Opera debuted its Discoveries series — a program geared to attract new opera fans through cutting-edge works — with a three-show run of Three Decembers at the Alliance Theatre. Though Three Decembers was an artistic success, it was hardly a financial home run. “That was an underfunded, basic production,” says Tomer…
Like many budding guitarists, Tinsley Ellis learned to play on an acoustic before he made the switch to the electric. A half century later, he has come full circle. Ellis, who has a full-throttle career as an acclaimed electric blues/rock artist, has spent this year touring as a solo act, performing in theaters and listening…
Michelle Malone is in the midst of an album release spree. An all-acoustic collection called Fan Favorites, Vol. 1 Unplugged has just come out and Malone will perform two shows at Eddie’s Attic on Saturday to mark the release. In addition, she’s deep into the process of composing songs for a new studio album that…
Chad Radford, the former long-time music editor at Creative Loafing, began his fascination with vinyl and record shops as a teen growing up in Iowa. He’d haunt record shops in nearby Omaha, Nebraska, even as compact discs (remember those?) were replacing albums in the mass market. His obsession continued when he moved to Atlanta. Radford…
It’s common enough for a classic era singer or band to enjoy a career resurgence after years away from the spotlight. But it is most uncommon for that resurgence to happen when the singer is in their 70s and 80s. Which is exactly what has happened for William Bell, the Stax Records icon who scored…
As The Atlanta Opera gears up to do the most important production in its 44-year history, Wagner’s Das Rheingold in April, General and Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun is already looking forward to the production of the second part of the composer’s vaunted “Ring” cycle, Die Walküre, as the centerpiece of the opera’s 2023-24 season. When…
Mavis Staples has lived a life in full. She marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, performed at John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, sang for President Barack Obama at the White House and has collaborated with Prince, Bob Dylan, The Band and many others. Dylan had such a deep love for her that he asked her father…
(Editor’s Note: The “Everyday Heroes” series is a collaboration between The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and its journalistic partners, including ArtsATL.) When Tomer Zvulun arrived in Atlanta in 2013 to become general and artistic director of The Atlanta Opera, he took over a sleepy opera company that staged just three productions a year and barely had an imprint…
R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills and acclaimed classical violinist Robert McDuffie were childhood friends in Macon. They were in the youth choir and hand-bell choir at the First Presbyterian Church, and the Mills and McDuffie families would gather every Sunday evening after church to socialize; McDuffie and Mills would steal away to play “Battleship” and listen…
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