Know Before You Go! Music Midtown 2018

The annual Music Midtown Festival returns to Piedmont Park this weekend, welcoming some of music’s biggest artists! Below are some quick pointers to help navigate through the weekend and to insure the most memorable Music Midtown experience ever! MUSIC MIDTOWN APP: If you haven’t already, make sure you’ve downloaded the official Music Midtown 2018 App […]

Atlanta Welcomes Butch Walker Home for Surprise Show

Last Tuesday a certain someone announced a surprise show just a week away. No, not Prince. Butch Walker took the stage at Smith’s Olde Bar on Tuesday for a surprise sold out show to 300 lucky fans. Walker was joined by local Sara Rachele, and had a visit from Josh Rifkind of 500 Songs for […]

Album Review: Butch Walker – “Peachtree Battle”

By Rosie Judd Butch Walker’s newest release, Peachtree Battle, is an intense rush of emotion packed into a 5 song EP. Walker wrote these songs while coming to terms with his father’s failing health and the depth of his feelings for his family and hometown are evident through all of the songs. Opening with the […]

Review and Picture Book: Butch Walker at Smith’s Olde Bar on September 7th and The High Watt in Nashville on September 10th

Review by Molly Segers, Photos Courtesy of Rosie Judd Deadheads. Phans. Fanilows. Beliebers. There is a long and storied tradition of diehard music fans and the bands fortunate enough to have them. Butch Walker fans are sometimes called Walker Stalkers. While it may come with a not-so flattering name, Butch regularly rewards his fans’ loyalty. […]

What’s Up Tuesday?

There is so much rad stuff happening in our pretty little city, if you don’t make it out to one of these fun events, well shame on you. –NADA SURF! If you are a 90’s rock throwback child like I am, then you will be pretty stoked to see these boys tonight at The Loft. […]

Butch Walker Documentary Makes Sold Out Debut At The Nashville Film Festival

Butch Walker Documentary Makes Sold Out Debut At The Nashville Film Festival

By Eileen Tilson Atlanta’s favorite rocker-son is making his film debut tomorrow night at the Nashville Film Festival. Butch Walker: Out of Focus, is a documentary that tells the story of a man who has become a foundational force in the industry acting as music producer and songwriter, with collaborations with artists like Train, Weezer, Fall […]

Butch Walker & The Black Widows Kick Off Tour In Athens and Atlanta

By Eileen Tilson Years ago, Butch Walker invited me to come listen to him record for an album he was working on… in ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS! Just goes to show ya, that Mr. Butch Walker takes care of his Georgia fans. Well, Atlanta’s favorite son is back with his new album, The Spade, which is […]

Are You Willing To Put In Your 10,000 Hours?

Are You Willing To Put In Your 10,000 Hours?

By Eileen Tilson There has been many blogs, dinner conversations, talk of the Intelligentsia of the enlightening author Malcolm Gladwell, and his bodies of work, The Tipping Point, Outliers, and Blink; however, how many of Gladwell’s allegiance are actually following his ideas? It recently has struck me that in the wonderfully magical world of music, […]

Atlanta Music Man Jay Harren Gives Back To The Music Community

By Eileen Tilson Jay Harren knows a thing or two about the lives of musicians.  Entering the Atlanta music scene as the host of the nationally famous 99X show “Sunday School,” Jay has had his finger on the pulse on  the hottest music for decades. After moving to New York as A&R for Columbia Records, […]

Butch Walker Announces New Album Out August 30

By Eileen Tilson Atlanta’s favorite son and former Marvelous 3 front man Mister Butch Walker announced today that the long awaited release of a new album is over. The Spade features 10 new tracks written by Walker and his longtime bandmates, The Black Widows; Fran Capitanelli on lead rhythm guitar, Jake Sinclair on bass and […]

Q&A with Mishka; Playing Smith’s Olde Bar on May 28

Q&A with Mishka; Playing Smith’s Olde Bar on May 28

By Alec Wooden Born in Bermuda and raised largely on his parents sailboat, reggae-folk rocker Mishka‘s music career began by chance when a record executive heard a rough demo in the mid ’90s and quickly signed him to UK label Creation Records for a relationship that lasted two records and garnered a substantial buzz within […]