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The Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra Brings Unique Sounds To Atlanta Jazz Festival

The Atlanta Jazz Festival gets underway this weekend. The annual event is one of the country's largest free jazz festivals. Among the featured is...

May 28, 2019
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  • La'Raven Taylor
Veterans participate in a 2019 music project with Alchemy Sky Foundation in Atlanta.

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  • Music

Atlanta Organization Helps Veterans Find Healing Through Music Project

State officials say more than 100,000 service members from Georgia were deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan between 2001 and 2012. Nationally, about 20...

May 24, 2019
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott
Kandace Springs will perform in Atlanta at City Winery.

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  • Music

Kandace Springs Brings 'Indigo' Vibes To Atlanta Jazz Festival

Kandace Springs covers several genres on her latest album Indigo. The Nashville native was born into a musical household. Her father Scat Springs was a...

May 22, 2019
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott
Kaoru Ishibashi, who performs as Kishi Bashi, created music for his new album Omoiyari while doing field research at the sites where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II.

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  • Music

On 'Omoiyari,' Kishi Bashi Transcends Time — And Politics — With Compassion

Kishi Bashi made a name for himself with the shiny, fantastical indie pop of his first three albums . (The singer and multi-instrumentalist also made a...

May 16, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott

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  • Music

Chasing 'Waterfalls' Along Atlanta's Beltline This Mother's Day

On Second Thought regularly shares news stories: pictures of kids, babies and food via text and social media. Flux Projects executive director Anne...

May 10, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott
The first Hope Givers Festival takes place May 11 in LaGrange.

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  • Mental Health

New LaGrange Festival Celebrates Music, Mindfulness, Mental Health

The U.S. Mental Health Care System is a multi-billion dollar industry, yet countless people living with or affected by mental illness fall through the...

May 10, 2019
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott
Takénobu's new album "Conclusion" will be released on May 24.

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  • Music

Takénobu Starts 2019 Tour With 'Conclusion'

Even if you can't put your finger on it, Takénobu 's music might sound familiar to you. That's because the "cinematic folk" from the classically trained...

May 07, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
Beyoncé performs during the Formation World Tour at Marlins Park on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, in Miami.

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  • Music

For The Culture: Unpacking Beyoncé's 'Homecoming'

Beyonc é 's bleacher-thundering, exquisitely choreographed performances at the Coachella Music Festival in 2018 showed a performer at the top of her...

May 03, 2019
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  • Denene Millner ,
  • La'Raven Taylor ,
  • and 2 more

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"On Second Thought" For Friday, May 3, 2019

You may have heard Curtis Harding 's voice before, perhaps without realizing it. That's because, for a number of years, he worked with a familiar...

May 03, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 3 more
Curtis Harding, who has collaborated with CeeLo Green and opened for Lenny Kravitz, will bring his "slop 'n' soul" music to the stage at the 2019 Shaky Knees Music Festival.

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  • Music

Atlanta-Based Musician Curtis Harding Dishes Out "Slop 'n' Soul" Anthems

You may have heard Curtis Harding 's voice before, perhaps without realizing it. That's because, for a number of years, he worked with a familiar...

May 03, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
Japanese Breakfast will perform on Day 2 of the 2019 Shaky Knees Music Festival.

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  • Music

How Japanese Breakfast Navigated Grief Through Music And, Now, Writing

Upon first listen, you may not realize that the dreamy indie-pop music of Philadelphia-based Japanese Breakfast was inspired by grief. Michelle Zauner,...

May 01, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
Atlanta's Black Lips are currently on a short U.S. tour, but will return just in time to hit the stage on the first day of the 2019 Shaky Knees Music Festival, which begins Friday, May 3.

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  • Music

The Capers And Creative Journey of Atlanta Band The Black Lips

Atlanta's own Black Lips is a band that keeps audiences on their toes, literally — which you'd know if you've ever landed in the mosh pit at one of...

April 26, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
The Coathangers released a new album, called The Devil You Know, in March.

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  • Music

Georgia Playlist: The Coathangers

With a curled lip and a graveled voice, Atlanta-based band The Coathangers will tell you what they think. Their gritty garage music incorporates...

April 23, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • Sean Powers ,
  • and 2 more
A still from the documentary "Amazing Grace."

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  • Movies

Once Lost, Now Found: Inside The Aretha Franklin 'Amazing Grace' Documentary

Long before Aretha Franklin became known as "The Queen of Soul," she was singing gospel in her father's church. A new documentary called "Amazing Grace"...

April 19, 2019
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott
Jermaine Dupri, left, and Ludacris perform onstage at the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest at the State Farm Arena on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Atlanta.

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  • Music

Welcome To Atlanta: The Club Scene That Promoted A New Hip-Hop Capital

When it comes to hip-hop, Atlanta boasts some big names: CeeLo, T.I., Ludacris, André 3000, Big Boi, Killer Mike, and the list goes on...and on. And...

April 10, 2019
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  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
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