If singer/songwriter Lee Bains could create a Frankenstein’s monster of a band that transcended time, space and even death, it would 100 percent have Tina Turner on vocals, Brendan Canty from Fugazi on drums, Vic Chesnutt writing songs — and then Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix doing whatever they want. “They were always supposed to…
It might be 95 degrees on this sultry summer evening in the Adair Park neighborhood of Atlanta, but here in the CreateATL outdoor space, much of the heat the crowd is feeling comes from the rapid-fire lyrical craftsmanship that ricochets from the Soul Food Cypher circle. The group of 12 or so emcees start with…
In the early 2000s, when puppeteer and filmmaker Raymond Carr was starting out as a Center for Puppetry Arts volunteer, one of his duties was to walk through the museum after hours to shut everything down. As he strolled through the building among the shadowy figures, their painted faces frozen and staring, he’d turn off…
According to research reported by the BBC earlier this year, most people spend an average of almost five hours a day glued to their mobile devices. That’s a daunting statistic about people’s attention spans, but it didn’t deter Dutch designers Bouke Bruins and Wouter Corvers from concocting a plan to draw the focus of a…
Dysfunction is what’s for dinner in Greenlight Acting Studios’ production of August: Osage, County, Tracy Letts’ masterpiece about addiction and entrenched toxic family dynamics, which concludes its short two-week run at Stage Door Theatre on Sunday. Letts’ darkly comedic tragedy won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and multiple Tony Awards. It echoes classic American…
Hibbs Family Band | “Two Mules” From the Carter Family to the Beach Boys to the Neville Brothers, family bands have a long and distinguished history of funneling real-life harmonies (and sometimes a bit of discord) into their music. Carrying on the best of that tradition is the Hibbs Family Band, an Athens-based bluegrass/folk/alt-rock quartet…
From the moment it premiered in Provincetown, Massachusetts, nearly a century ago, Eugene O’Neill’s Desire Under the Elms, playing at Actor’s Express through August 28, incited the Great Pearl Clutch heard around the world. It was banned in Boston and England. The first cast to perform the play in Los Angeles was arrested for “indecency.”…
Lola Ladae’ | “You Deserve It” St. Louis native turned ATL indie up-and-comer Lola Ladae’ almost followed a different path. After studying animal science in college, she nearly pursued a career as a veterinarian and even started her own pet-sitting business, Lola’s Love 4 Paws. Thankfully for our ears, though, she went with the music, playing bass…
Brent Faiyaz | “Loose Change” In 2020, 26-year-old breakout R&B star Brent Faiyaz, originally from Maryland, was pulled into ATL’s orbit by the person he was dating at the time. And it was here, out of that year’s tumultuous cacophony, that he wrote this particular song. Punctuated by a pulsating metallic sound effect reminiscent of “Cry Little…
Killer Mike | “Run” Michael Santiago Render, aka Atlanta hip-hop scion Killer Mike, has been busier in recent years with his rap duo Run the Jewels. The group, Killer Mike and El-P, embarked on a tour this past year with Rage Against the Machine. Even with this solo venture, his first in a decade, Mike…
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