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Live music picks: May 4-9
Bonnie Raitt is touring behind her first new album in seven years, “Slipstream.” She’ll play the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Wednesday, May 9. Photo: Marina Chavez FRIDAY Counting Crows Counting Crows made some undeniably catchy and classic records during the past 15 years, but the 1993 debut, “August and Everything After,” is still the band’s high-water mark. The band’s latest release, “Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation),” is a collection of covers, including songs originally recorded by Gram Parson, Fairport Convention, Big Star and Teenage Fanclub. 8 p.m. May 4. $59.50. Tabernacle , 152 Luckie St… >>
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Hot tickets: May 1
Brad Paisley returns to Atlanta for a show at Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood in September. Tickets go on sale Saturday, May 5. Photo: Raymond Hagans ON SALE MAY 4 Gary Clark Jr. 8 p.m. June 12. Variety Playhouse . $18; $16 in advance. TM. Aziz Ansari. 10 p.m. June 20 show added to previous 7 p.m. show. The Tabernacle . $39. LN. Super WHY Live. 6:30 p.m. July 27. Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre . $22.50-$40.50. LN. My Morning Jacket, Band of Horses. 7 p.m. Aug. 24. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre . $49.50 general admission pit; $40-$49.50 reserved; $37 lawn. LN. Jeff Lorber Fusion, Eric Marienthal . 8:30 p.m. Aug… >>
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President Obama namechecks Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy
Young Jeezy (left) and T.I. chat at a Hawks game in 2010. Photo credit: Curtis Compton. Nothing like hearing your name uttered by the President of the United States. Even better – hearing him talk about you in a room full of bow-tied celebs. Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy (aka “The Snowman”) was the centerpiece of comments made by President Barack Obama at Saturday’s annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, when the music-lovin’ leader told the crowd that he sings Jeezy’s songs to wife Michelle. “In my first term I sang Al Green. In my second term, I’m going… >>
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers showcase their mojo with hits and deep cuts
Tom Petty likes to bask, as he did at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival the day before Sunday’s Alpharetta show. Photo credit: AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, Chris Granger In Tom Petty’s world, nothing is hurried. Not the moments between songs when he would swap guitars and pause to sip from a cup on the drum riser. Not his speech pattern when he drawled, “Atlanta, Georgia, it’s good to be back,” two songs into a two-hour show. Not his storytelling, spotlighted on the ever-amusing “Spike.” No, Petty has always taken his time. Even his… >>
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The Beach Boys display fine-tuned nostalgia on anniversary tour
Brian Wilson at the tour kickoff April 24 in Tuscon, Ariz. Photo credit: AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin There is one point to a 50th anniversary tour: nostalgia. Of course, in the case of the Beach Boys there is the sidebar of fractured relationships, of the fact that until February’s Grammy Awards, Brian Wilson hadn’t graced the stage with bandmates Al Jardine, Dave Marks, Bruce Johnston and cousin Mike Love since 1996 or toured with them in 46 – yes, 46! – years. But the reason tickets are flying for this reunion – and indeed, Saturday’s show at Chastain Park Amphitheatre, the first… >>
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Live music picks: April 27-May 3
Dreams So Real, seen here in a promo shot from the band’s days on Arista Records in the late 1980s, has reformed for a few shows. The Athens band will play Smith’s Olde Bar on Saturday, April 28. FRIDAY Over The Rhine The Ohio husband-and-wife duo has been quietly making thoughtful, absorbing albums for about 20 years. The latest is “The Long Surrender,” which Paste magazine calls “a lovely, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting musical mosaic” while pointing to the line “All my favorite people are broken” as a kind of thesis for the record. It’s Americana with an extra… >>
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New Zac Brown Band album coming in July
The Zac Brown Band will release major label album No. 3 this summer. “Unaged” hits stores in July. Photo: C. Taylor Crothers One of Georgia’s most successful homegrown acts will be back in stores and online outlets with new music this summer. The Zac Brown Band has just announced the release date for a new album. “Uncaged,” the band’s third major label album, is out July 10. It follows 2010’s “You Get What You Give,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart and spawned four No.. 1 country singles (“Colder Weather.” Keep Me in Mind,” “Knee Deep”… >>
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Music Midtown returns for two nights with Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters will headline the first night of Music Midtown. Last year’s exploratory return has evolved into this year’s full-fledged declaration that Music Midtown is back. The long-running Atlanta music festival, resurrected in 2011 after a five-year break, will again claim Piedmont Park as its locale this fall with a two-day lineup stocked with star power and diversity. Veteran rockers Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam will headline Sept. 21 and 22, respectively, while acts including T.I., Florence & The Machine, Ludacris, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Avett Brothers, Girl Talk, Van Hunt, Civil Twilight , LP and Oh… >>
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Hot tickets: April 24
Maxwell, seen here performing at Philips Arena in 2010, returns to the downtown Atlanta venue for a two-night stand in July. Photo: Robb D. Cohen / www.robbsphotos.com ON SALE NOW Baby Baby, Winter Sounds, Seedy Seeds, Slowriter. 8:30 p.m. May 10. Vinyl. $10; $6 in advance. TA. Black Box Revelation, the Revels. 9 p.m. May 26. Vinyl. $10; $8 in advance. TA. Jack Preston and the Dojo Collective, Everett James, Milo and Otis. 9 p.m. May 31. Vinyl. $10; $7 in advance. TA. Matthew Perryman Jones. CD release show. 9 p.m. June 22. The Loft. $15; $12 in advance. TA. Delta Classic Chastain… >>
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Jason Crabb takes Artist of the Year at Dove Awards
Artist of the Year winner Jason Crabb said since he comes from a small town in Kentucky, “I never thought I’d be singing on this stage, but I’m living out my dream and encouraging everyone else to do the same.” A humble Crabb, who lives in Hendersonville, Tenn., with his family, said he picked out his own outfit for the show – a spiffy beige jacket with elbow patches and dark jeans – and excitedly broke the news that Ed Cash is one of the producers working on his next album, which he’s working on now. Crabb, nominated for… >>
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