AM 1690 BOOSTS CITY’S ARTS SCENE WITH KICKOFF EVENT WMLB’s ArtWorks program launches with a musical bash at The Goat Farm. The Voice of the Arts isn’t simply a tag line for AM 1690, it’s a mantra. The award-winning station is reaching beyond the airwaves with ArtWorks, a new...

Neal Doughty, founding member of REO Speedwagon talks with us about the tour that is bringing them to Atlanta this Sunday as well as his new marriage, new songs and more. Neal was instrumental in the naming of the band and the creation of the band itself.  For 40 years REO Speedwagon has...

Summer vacation is the perfect time to explore Atlanta with your family; but heading out each day can get expensive.  Thankfully there are lots of free things to do in Atlanta, if you know where to look for them. Here are a few free ideas from the book 100+ Free Things to do in Atlanta....

    Atlanta’s own Ponderosa will be a part of a great lineup at Centennial Olympic Park this Saturday! Atlantan’s are accustomed to going to concerts at Centennial Olympic Park, but the difference here is that the Park is usually rented out as a venue, and this show is...

Donna Summer (the Queen of Disco) died this morning after her battle with cancer. We’re told Summer was in Florida at the time of her death. She was 63-years-old. Summer was a 5-time Grammy winner who shot to superstardom in the ’70s with iconic hits like “Last...

M83 Gallery from The Masquerade. Also appearing, I Break Horses.

Usually when you start off one of these interview thingy’s, the intro will be something like “We caught up with…Blah Blah at Blah Blah…” and it’s just an opening phrase, a way to kick it off. In the case of Reggie Watts however, getting a few minutes on the phone with him...

Off to the races, the soapbox races in Piedmont Park on June 9. The pit opens at 10 AM and the first race starts at high noon. These fast and furious speedsters are combining both the love of speed and jumps with the creativity and innovation of artist. At the kickoff announcement the...

This time the crew at gloATL had overtaken the skate park in the Old Fourth Ward in “the search for the exceptional”.  They blended into the scenery as the music and tunes reflected a baby boomer post industrial sound, with snippets from John Kennedy, Jr., Martin Luther King to Elvis...

Saturday, May 12, at The Beam Theater, marked the fourth annual Collaborations Atlanta performance, produced by Jamie Horban. Collaborations offers the opportunity for collaboration between creators of different art forms.  Some of the collaborations included music performance and art;...

I step into the back room of The Earl — that notoriously stuffy, sweaty, cramped back room — and am shocked to find that it’s cool, breezy, and almost entirely empty. It’s already an hour after doors, yet an off-duty bartender is still lingering over his lonely little...

Bass player and songwriter Donald “Duck” Dunn, a member of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame band Booker T. and the MGs and the Blues Brothers band, has died in Tokyo. He was 70. Dunn was in Tokyo for a series of shows. News of his death was posted on the Facebook site...

  The Waffle House is only one place that 24/7 is sure to have two of my favorite things: smiles and warm food. Finally a play based on this southern hot spot, The Waffle Palace: Smothered, Covered & Scattered 24/7/365 at the Horizon Theatre. Opening night was packed as director...

Jason Michael Carroll is an American country music artist. After being discovered at a local talent competition in 2004, Carroll was signed to the Arista Nashville label in 2006, releasing his debut album Waitin’ in the Country that year. This album has produced three consecutive...

A slight twist from the normal Bard repertoire, the New American Shakespeare Tavern takes on a new adventure in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. These fourteenth century classics are one of the most enduring contributions to English literature. The collection of six tales blend in...

“And life is only a road we’re on, we’re just passing through” – Joel Kosche, “The Passing” Joel Kosche’s musical journey has been a remarkable road, one that has brought the talented guitarist and songwriter to some interesting destinations...