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Goodbye, Peachtree Road: Pop Icon Elton John’s Buckhead condo is available for $5M

One of the most successful solo musicians in history is leaving Atlanta, his home base since the early 1990s. As much as we hate to see him go, his art-filled, Architectural Digest-featured penthouse is now on the market for some lucky buyer. For just under $5 million, you could have the coveted views and 13,336 square feet to entertain in style like the “Tiny Dancer” singer.
Imagine Music Festival

The fashion of the Imagine Music Festival

Last year, we photographed some of the incredible looks we spotted at the aquatic-themed celebration of all-things EDM. As this year's Imagine Music Festival kicks off, let's take a look back.
Your 2023 Atlanta fall arts calendar

ArtsATL’s picks for must-see events this fall

We teamed up with ArtsATL to create a must-do arts calendar for this fall.
Room Envy

Room Envy: This relaxed listening room is a music-lover’s perfect escape

When it’s 90 degrees in Atlanta, IT professional and writer Blake Donley can escape to his basement listening room with a cool beverage and 3,000—give or take—of his favorite LPs.
99X

The miraculous return of the real 99X

Good things have a way of disappearing in Atlanta: New condos rise above historic neighborhoods like gravestones, an iconic doughnut shop burns to the ground, a legendary music venue gets gutted to make room for a shiny office space. But on Monday, December 5, a miracle happened. It came in the form of a familiar voice, edgy and distorted, creeping through car radios like the ghost of rock and roll: "You are listening to the original 99X."
The Caribbean roots of Southern hip-hop and OutKast’s “SpottieOttieDopaliscious”

The Caribbean roots of Southern hip-hop and OutKast’s “SpottieOttieDopaliscious”

But perhaps the clearest example of the Caribbean’s influence on Atlanta hip-hop is OutKast’s classic song on its third studio album, Aquemini: “SpottieOttieDopaliscious,” described by Andre 3000 in the second verse as a "fine, bow-legged girl . . . fine as all outdoors."
Scenes from Shaky Knees music festival 2023

Scenes from Shaky Knees music festival 2023

Shaky Knees celebrated a major milestone by hosting the 10th annual music festival on May 5 through 7. Check out our photo gallery of fans and bands.
"Chattahoochee at 30"

Alan Jackson’s “Chattahoochee” at 30

Included on Jackson’s 1992 album A Lot about Livin’ (and a Little ’bout Love), the tune was released as a single on May 15, 1993—accompanied by a video of Jackson water-skiing in boots and a cowboy hat. It spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Country charts, won CMA Song of the Year and ASCAP Song of the Year, and is still so ubiquitous that people of all ages continue to yell-sing it from their boats some 30 years later.
Amy Ray Subway music video

How two Atlanta teenagers got starring roles in Amy Ray’s “Subway” music video

Eighteen years old and a senior at Paul Duke STEM High School, Sarah Jane Von Hagen has plenty in common with the Indigo Girls, not least her striking resemblance to a young Amy Ray—a role Von Hagen recently found herself playing, opposite the real, adult Amy Ray, in a music video for Ray’s new single, “Subway.” Von Hagen’s friend Iris Rubin costarred as young Amy Ray’s girlfriend.
2023 Atlanta 500: Arts, Sports, & Entertainment

2023 Atlanta 500: Arts, Sports, & Entertainment

These are Atlanta's 500 most powerful leaders. We spent months consulting experts and sorting through nominations to get a list of the city's most influential people—from artists to chefs to philanthropists to sports coaches and corporate CEOs. In this section, we focus on arts, film, music, entertainment, and sports.

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