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Ed Roland talks Sweet Tea Project, residency at Eddie’s Attic
Ed Roland (center) with the guys in the Sweet Tea Project (from left) – Brian Bisky, Christopher Alan Yates, Tomi Martin and Mike Rizzi. Photo: Jolie Loren Photography Ed Roland has played stadiums and arenas. Theaters and clubs. He’s also played on the tiny stage at Eddie’s Attic for many a Christmas concert. But when Roland unobtrusively stepped onto the close quarters of the Attic’s legendary stage last Tuesday, he was bookended not by his longtime Collective Soul bandmates, but by guitarists Christopher Alan Yates and Tomi Martin and bassist Brian Bisky, with drummer Mike Rizzi a few inches behind him… >>
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Ellie Goulding lights up a sold-out Tabernacle
Ellie Goulding…not about to sneeze, but to sing. Photo Credit: Robb D. Cohen/ www.RobbsPhotos.com The second the houselights dropped, the chanting began as if at a pep rally. “El-lie. El-lie. El-lie.” The sprite-like Ellie Goudling might not possess the vocal prowess of Adele or Emeli Sande or some of her other U.K. peers, but she’s clearly tapped into something that speaks to legions of twentysomethings – including the 2,500 or so at Friday’s sold-out Tabernacle show, the third date of her U.S. tour. It didn’t matter if you could barely… >>
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Mick Jagger, Brian Grazer behind James Brown biopic
Brown in 2005. Photo: AP A James Brown biopic is finally happening sometime…soon. With none other than super producer Brian Grazer (“Apollo 13,” “8 Mile,” “Parenthood,” “Friday Night Lights”) and Mick Jagger at the helm, the project, which has been in limbo since the late ‘90s, is set to begin casting…soon. In a new interview in Rolling Stone , Deana Brown-Thomas, one of Brown’s seven children, says her father was “intrigued but wary” of a movie based on his life, since it would inevitably spotlight the unsavory moments. But after years of legal wrangling over Brown’s property… >>
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George Jones sets Atlanta date for final tour
Getty Images Last summer, George Jones announced he would quit touring at the end of his 2013 road trip. That victory lap, dubbed “The Grand Tour,” will stop at the Fox Theatre at 7:30 p.m. April 19. Tickets are $42.75 and on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 25. The country music icon, known for his hits “White Lightning,” “He Stopped Loving Her Today” and “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes,” started the 60-date tour last year. Jones remarked at the time he announced the farewell run that, “It is tough to stop doing what I love, but the time has come… >>
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Friday Riffs: Tailgating songs for Sunday
What I really wanted to do this week was cultivate a playlist of game day songs relating to falcons. That thought started and ended with Billy Falcon’s semi-hit from 1991, “Power Windows.” Who knew that falcons were in such short lyrical supply? So instead I asked some friends and Twitter followers for their best tailgating song suggestions and received some familiar – but always good for the adrenaline – responses: Queen’s “We Will Rock You”; AC/DC’s “For Those About To Rock (We Salute You); Beastie Boys, “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)”; .38 Special’s “Hold on Loosely… >>
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Ed Sheeran: An unlikely heartthrob brimming with talent
Photos: Christie Goodwin Midway through Ed Sheeran’s set, an amazing thing happened. With a lopsided smile and a charming accent, he somehow managed to get the 10,000-plus people crammed into The Arena at Gwinnett Center to silence their chatter, their random squealing of his name and even, for a few minutes, disregard their smartphones. Then, at this show last month – the Star 94 Jingle Jam concert which Sheeran headlined – something even more incredible happened. Sheeran wasn’t silencing the crowd to sing his hit ballad, “The A Team,” or even to do “Little Things,” the swoony tune he… >>
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A chat with Common about ‘LUV,’ music and Baltimore
Newcomer Michael Rainey Jr. stars with Common in “LUV.” Photo: Indomina Releasing To music fans, Common will always be the thoughtful hip-hop poet who has been tossing out socially conscious rhymes for two decades. But since 2007, when he popped up in the Jeremy Piven crime drama “Smokin’ Aces,” the Chicago native who, as the public learned in 2011, has a fan in First Lady Michelle Obama, has been exploring his thespian side. They’ve been mostly small roles in movies such as the Tina Fey comedy “Date Night” and the family drama “The Odd Life of Timothy Green,”… >>
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Concerts: Willie Nelson, Ellie Goulding, Justin Bieber, Keane
British musician Ellie Goulding, who scored a No. 2 hit with the single “Lights,” will play the Tabernacle Friday, Jan. 19. Photo: Meeno / Universal Music Group FRIDAY Fred Eaglesmith With an uncompromisingly independent vision, Eaglesmith continues to release under-the-radar gems, both live and in the studio, but there’s no substitute for seeing the man in person. His latest album, “6 Volts,” is a tribute to the early days of rock ’n’ roll. It’s a powerful piece of work, recorded live in the studio with one microphone to a reel-to-reel tape machine. The analog setting suits his… >>
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Chris Tomlin album debuts at No. 1 on Billboard chart
Chris Tomlin has much to celebrate this week. Photo: Courtesy Chris Tomlin is having a very proud day. The Atlanta-based Christian singer just saw his latest album, “Burning Lights,” debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, only the fourth time in chart history that a Christian music album entered at the top spot. “Burning Lights,” which in last week’s album review I noted found Tomlin at his peak , moved more than 72,000 copies in its first week; that’s small compared to the couple hundred thousand posted by acts such as Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars last month, but enough… >>
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Jermaine Dupri announces So So Def anniversary concert
The So So Def crew. Photos: Melissa Ruggieri Two decades ago, Jermaine Dupri debuted So So Def Recordings and first exposed the country to Xscape, the female R&B group who quickly ascended the charts with “Just Kickin’ It” and “Understanding.” Who would have ever thought that one of its members – Kandi Burruss – would one day be infamous not so much for her legitimate music talents, but for starring in a top-rated reality show? Now, 20 years later, Burruss is a household name, while thousands of music fans still groove to the sounds of So So Def’s laundry… >>
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