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News Articles: mike mills

Mike Mills (left) and Robert McDuffie perform at the Piedmont Grand Opera House in Macon, Ga., with teh Macon Mercer Symphony Orchestra and students from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings on Nov. 17, 2025.

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Concerto redux: Behind the scenes with R.E.M.'s Mike Mills and violinist Robert McDuffie in Macon

The concert violinist and R.E.M. bassist performed with the Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra featuring students from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings and spoke with GPB's Kristi York Wooten before the show.

November 21, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
From right, Rolling Stones touring keyboardist Chuck Leavell, violinist Robert McDuffie, former R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills, drummer Patrick Ferguson and guitarist William Tonks rehearse "A Night Of Georgia Music".

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Legendary Rock Musicians And A Violinist Join Forces For 'A Night of Georgia Music'

Two legendary rock musicians and an innovative classical violinist join On Second Thought to talk about how they are mashing up their respective...

September 27, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
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On Second Thought For Friday, Sept. 27, 2019

“A Night of Georgia Music” continues a collaboration between Mike Mills, bassist songwriter and co-founder of R.E.M.; Chuck Leavell, former member of...

September 27, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
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On Second Thought For Monday, June 4, 2018

The 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education made segregation of America’s public schools illegal. But decades before Thurgood Marshall...

September 17, 2018
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  • Sean Powers ,
  • Virginia Prescott ,
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On Second Thought For Thursday, November 9, 2017

Comedian Jim Gaffigan has appeared in “That 70s Show,” “Fargo,” “Bob’s Burgers,” and many times on “Law and Order.” But he may be best known for his...

November 09, 2017
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  • Celeste Headlee ,
  • Emily Cureton ,
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Rapper Killer Mike, Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls, and Mike Mills of REM

Georgia Artists Pay Tribute to Gregg Allman

The late singer Gregg Allman inspired many musicians like rapper Killer Mike, Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls, and Mike Mills of REM, to name just a...

May 30, 2017
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  • Sean Powers
The 40 Watt Club was the CBGB of the Athens scene.

'Party Out of Bounds: The B-52s, R.E.M. and the Kids Who Rocked Athens, Georgia' 25 Years Later

On today’s “Two Way Street” we talk with Rodger Lyle Brown, the author of “ Party Out of Bounds: The B-52s, R.E.M. and the Kids Who Rocked Athens,...

March 08, 2017
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  • Bill Nigut
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