By Jeff Dauler, Eldredge ATL January Guest Editor The whole New Years Eve / New Years Day process is cruel and seems to exist just to break down even the strongest and most resilient man or woman. First, society mandates that we all declare our ambitious resolutions to the world. “In 2016, I will …” […]
Editor’s Note from Eldredge ATL December Guest Editor Topher Payne: Widdi Turner is a whirling dervish of creative energy. She’s an actress, a voiceover artist, maker of crafts, and can twirl a mean baton. And there’s so much joy in all of her pursuits — for her, and for those who experience it. So when […]
Atlanta recording artist and Dash Radio “Soul Sisters” co-host Keisha Jackson closes out her month as Eldredge ATL Guest Editor by giving readers the first look at “Someday,” the first video from her brand new album, “One Voice Holiday: An ATLien Tribute.” The track is a modern but ever timely take on Stevie Wonder’s classic […]
Editor’s Note From Eldredge ATL November Guest Editor Keisha Jackson: The buzz was out. I wondered … who is this Willie guy? Then by sheer coincidence, we met at a house party. A few months later, he asked me to sing on his record, then we randomly ended up in the Bahamas on the same […]
As Atlanta commuters slowly creep home through rush hour traffic outside, Heather Hayes, Dr. Yamma Brown and Keisha Jackson have gathered at the end of a busy day for some weekly girl talk. But unlike thousands of their contemporaries across the city, the daughters of James Brown, Isaac Hayes and Millie Jackson are catching up […]
Editor’s Note From Ed Roland: “I first saw Kick the Robot at SXSW [South By Southwest Music Conference] this year. I had no idea who they were, I didn’t even know it was Gerry’s kid up there. Gerry Hansen is a great Atlanta drummer and producer who played drums in the Ed Roland and the […]
Editor’s Note From Ed Roland: “I’m so proud of Mitchell Anderson, not only for writing this new cookbook but for 10 years of success at MetroFresh. He’s so focused and has worked his ass off and put so much love and energy into everything he does. In the early years of MetroFresh, the coolest thing […]
Coinciding with his roots music oriented side band, Ed Roland and the Sweet Tea Project, Collective Soul co-founder Ed Roland has a new appreciation for another Georgia-based band of brothers, The Allman Brothers Band. Out of the blue, Roland’s tour manager rang him up to inform him that a piece of Macon, Georgia rock n […]
Twenty-one years into the act’s existence, Stockbridge-birthed rockers Collective Soul are back with a brand-new album, “See What You Started By Continuing” and a tour stop Saturday night at the Tabernacle downtown. In an exclusive interview, October Eldredge ATL Guest Editor and Collective Soul frontman Ed Roland discusses, love, loss and the perennial nice-guy rocker’s […]