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Kevin Burdette

Atlanta Opera reels in rising star Kevin Burdette for The Pirates of Penzance

“Kevin is the equivalent of an operatic Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin,” says Atlanta Opera director Tomer Zvulun, who handpicked the bass singer to play the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance
Eddie Tigner and Daniel "Mudcat" Dudeck

Musicians Eddie Tigner and Daniel “Mudcat” Dudeck forged a friendship through some real-life blues

At 2:10 a.m. on a Sunday, the inside of Northside Tavern looks like a music­al tempest has blown through. The barbecue has disappeared from its foil pans, and PBR empties crowd the barrel-mounted octagonal tabletops. Outside, black Uber cars collect and discharge passengers. But Eddie Tigner, four hours into his birthday show, has no plans to wind down for the night.
Jane Little

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Jane Little becomes longest-serving orchestral player ever

The ASO's only remaining original member discusses her seven-decade-long career, auditioning for Robert Shaw, and why she chose to play bass.
Magnolia Music and Medicine Show

Welcome to the Magnolia Music and Medicine Show

Karl Hilliard dreamed up the Medicine Show nine years ago, and its fusion of small-town idiosyn­crasy with star musical talent has made the spectacle an unlikely success. A supremely charming, rough-hewn cross between A Prairie Home Companion and the Grand Ole Opry, the Medicine Show is hosted six times a year by the hospitable citizens of Eastman.
Lucinda Williams

Q&A: Lucinda Williams on her new I-20-inspired album, Bernie Sanders, and dub remixes

From her home in Los Angeles, Lucinda Williams chatted with us about how Georgia played a role in the creation of her new record, how the South has changed over the decades, her support for Bernie Sanders, and her newfound fascination with dub remixes.
Caroline Aiken

Caroline Aiken confronts personal tragedy in her latest album

She stopped by Eddie's Attic to support her new album, Broken Wings Heal, which Aiken wrote after her daughter was sent to prison for robbing a Grant Park cafe to fuel her heroin addiction in 2007.
Johnny Knapp

Piano Man: At 87, jazz legend Johnny Knapp is still jamming

Johnny Knapp is 87, and he feels it. He moves with a walker, his withered legs powered by wiry forearms and large hands that have flown over piano keyboards for 70 years. It’s Tuesday, and his ride is waiting.

Meet Jack Brantley, Atlanta’s longest-practicing accordion repairman

What do you hear when you drop an accordion from a 10-story building? “Applause,” quips Jack Brantley, one of the few artisans in the Southeast qualified to patch the long-suffering instrument back together and restore it to tunefulness.
Dr. Dixon

Our Living Past honors Southern music legends at Hartsfield-Jackson

This month, Tim Duffy’s platinum portraits of Southern music legends go on display in Hartsfield-Jackson’s atrium.
Criminal Records

Record Store: Criminal Records

It can be a daunting task to flip through the racks and racks of vinyl records and CDs inside this 5,000 square-foot Little Five Points establishment.

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