¿Téo? | “Final Step” Colombian-American artist Mateo Arias, known more widely as ¿Téo?, may be based in Los Angeles now, but in interviews, he’ll credit the communities and sounds of his hometown Atlanta (he grew up in suburban Lawrenceville) as having sculpted his identity and sound. Before he began to pen and deliver verses in both Spanish…
Anna Kramer | “Bad Vibes” In honor of the Shaky Knees Festival this weekend, we offer you our very first music festival-themed Soundtrack, featuring three of the few, the proud and the local acts tapped to the lineup of the annual mega indie rock smorgasbord. They’ll be in good company with other ATL acts NRCSSST,…
Killer Mike | “Don’t Let the Devil” For many, 4/20 is practically a national holiday. And yes, we’re talking about the fact that it was Killer Mike’s birthday. To celebrate his 48th circle around the sun, the legendary rapper and activist dropped this hypnotic new track off his first solo album in a decade, the upcoming June…
“Where is safe?” one character asks during Actor’s Express’s powerful, gut-wrenching and often darkly funny production of Joshua Harmon’s Prayer for the French Republic, which runs through May 14. Throughout this tale of family, identity, freedom and fear — which debuted off-Broadway last year and won the 2022 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play — we’re…
6lack | “Since I Have a Lover” You know that feeling when you’re so excited about something that it’s like you’re floating on air? Grammy nominee 6lack, aka Ricardo Valdez Valentine Jr., certainly does. And he reflects our sentiments, too, as he embodies that sensation of gliding through the air — literally — while flying…
From Amadeus to TINA, The Tina Turner Musical, the way that playwrights retell music icons’ stories onstage runs the gamut from extreme dramatic license to by-the-letter, star-endorsed biography. It’s into that precedent-laden but malleable medium that the Alliance Theatre’s world premiere co-production of The Boy Who Kissed the Sky has planted its psychedelic flag. The…
Callista Clark featuring Jimmie Allen | “Wish You Wouldn’t” Last fall, 19-year-old Georgia native Callista Clark released her first album, Real To Me: The Way I Feel. Clark has been writing songs since she was 11 and became the youngest member named to CMT’s Next Women of Country franchise. To add some new dimensions to this achy breaky ballad, which…
It’s easy to see how Kim’s Convenience, which runs at Aurora Theatre through February 19, lent itself well to the sitcom-like format of its delightful and universally loved Netflix series of the same name. Drawn from Ins Choi’s real-life background as the son of Korean immigrants who operated a bodega in Toronto, the characters are…
Lonnie Holley (featuring Michael Stipe) | “Oh Me, Oh My” The gray skies of winter go perfectly with this hypnotic and contemplative piece, which brings together two distinctive Southern music legends. For the uninitiated, Lonnie Holley is a world-renowned singer and sculptor who grew up in Alabama and initially began making art in his 20s…
During a key moment in Toni Stone, one of Atlanta’s best plays this year, the focus of the characters shifts toward the audience, and the stadium lights on the stage turn brighter to expose us, asking us to reconsider ourselves and our roles in society. Many of the year’s works concentrated upon that, bringing light…
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