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Student shares lessons of yoga

Amanda Facemire found herself in India. During her study abroad program, the telecommunications major also found a new calling and a new profession — through yoga. “I would even say that trip to India changed my life,” Facemire said. “There aren’t many things I would say about that I came back from with just a completely [...]

The addicting life of a journalist

Journalism is a drug. It’s the ultimate voyeuristic pleasure. A peek into things unknown, peeling back the layers, peering into what is underneath. Following a story is like a treasure hunt. And getting the quotes and information, the pictures that make all the pieces come together is the rush that keeps me going. Each assignment [...]

Local producer lends support to new album

With a new album, a new milestone. When Sons of Bill decided to put out “Sirens,” the five-piece took to the web for support — and David Lowery, music business professor, lead-singer of Cracker and music producer, for musical guidance and production. Before the band could go into the studio, it needed capitol. And it needed its [...]

Music video competition calls for talented locals

Calling all directors — now may be your chance to shine. For its seventh year, Film Athens is presenting the Sprockets Music Video Competition. And it’s accepting all entrants who think they have what it takes to be nominated “Best Music Video.” Geared toward the director inside, the competition is focusing more on filmography than [...]

Charles Bradley, Budos Band brings down the house

For some shows, the opener is just as good as the main act — which was true last night at the Georgia Theatre. So true that not mentioning the soulful powerhouse that is Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires —who opened up for The Budos Band — would be crime against music. As if James Brown [...]

Instrumental band pushes past funk sounds

The Budos Band is looking to attack your eardrums — with new sounds. The 10-piece instrumental band based out of Staten Island, N.Y. and a Daptone Records afro-beat, funk and soul-oriented troupe, is strapping on its rock ‘n’ roll shoes — and is attempting to break from the label’s status quo. “We are writing a new record, [...]

Rehab rocks rap, country

Rehab has clawed its way through the music industry. Part rock and part rap, with a dash of country twang, this five-piece Georgia band has cross-pollinated the music industry —and has battled to find a musically solid ground. “It’s a reflection of all our musical influences we’ve had in out life,” said Demun Jones, co-MC [...]

Nuçi’s $25,000 grant helps organization in ‘struggle’

Grants are the blood that flows through nonprofits’ veins. When the staff of Nuçi’s Space learned they’d made it into the final round of the Southwest Airlines LUV Grants for Good for a shot at $25,000, palpitations were expected. At the awards ceremony, the anticipation left them on the edge. “My heart skipped a beat,” [...]

Music business students ready for revue

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Revue is for the students — by the students. Hatched by Cory Jasin, The Desarios’ lead singer, music business student and former staff writer at The Red & Black, the show is a byproduct of the program and something Jasin has carried from beginning to end. “It’s kind of my baby,” [...]

Hip-hop hides layers: ‘there’s a scene’ beneath

Hip-hop has a faint pulse downtown. On the last Tuesday of March, New Earth Music Hall bore witness to the diminished underground scene. Two artists approached the stage at a time, microphones in hand, armed with only the lyrical arsenals inside their heads and  poison-tipped tongues. With only 30 people in the audience, the freestyle [...]

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