The Original Series competition featuring songwriters performing their own material is ramping up now. Performances begin Tuesday February 12, 2019 in Buckhead at the always cool, Rock ‘N’ Taco. With so many venues around town offering open mic nights, we thought it interesting to ask the series producer and host Shane Denmark, Events Director for DMT Logistics, what inspired this competition and how it differs from other comparable events. In our conversation, Shane offered up his take on the Atlanta music scene and what helps set apart Original Series contestants. These tidbits of advice seem so universally applicable to music artists anywhere at any level that they deserved to be included here.

Even as we are winding down 2018, it is not too early to start calendaring big, cool 2019 Atlanta music shows that are being booked right now.

Mark your calendar now to join The Bitteroots at two very special performances in the spring in Decatur, the band’s home base since its inception.

What if you always could be on the guest list for any music show at venues across Atlanta and Athens? Without too much forethought, you see a show that interests you and basically all you and a friend must do is tell the venue you are coming and you are in. Struggling for a night-out idea? Not any more, you can pick from seeing any number of bands available to you. Does this sound like a music lover’s fantasy? It does, but it is real – at least for a year. What is more is that this deal is tied to a very special, much-needed charity benefitting and serving musicians by supporting mental and physical health with a focus on ending the epidemic of suicide. You can get your chance to win this incredible prize, but you need to act now before December 14.

Flashback Flash has two new songs they are premiering this Saturday October 20^th at Smith’s Older Bar. Joining them on the bill are PV23 and The Fill Ins from Charlotte. Doors are at 9:00PM and the cover for all this entertainment is only $8 in advance and $10 the day of the show.

1968 was a tumultuous year across the globe from the Prague Spring to the Vietnam War to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy. It was also a banner year for The Beatles as they created a profusion of new material and enjoyed continued world topping success.

Fifty years later, we have the opportunity to relish in one of their most prolific years as nationally acclaimed and prominent Atlanta musician Kenny Howes gathers a core group of musicians and friends to perform “Beatles ‘68”, a faithful recreation of many of the Fab Four’s songs released in that year at Avondale Towne Cinema on Friday, September 22 at 7:00PM.