Hi everybody. We are so thrilled with the interest and support we have received since launching Atlanta Music Grapevine just about 2 months ago. People are thanking us for what we are doing, recommending others to interview, and suggesting new features they would like to see us develop.

There is so much talent and so many interesting stories out there. We already have a long wish-list of interviews. Many are already scheduled. Many are being scheduled. We enjoy bringing you the in-depth stories like those we have published so far. However, sometimes we run into people who have a shorter story to tell. It might be a timely event, a new artist or businesses just getting started or a new music venue or open mic opportunity. We want to make sure we get these out to you, too.

So, we are excited to announce the launch of a new, additional format – Off The Vine. These stories will be shorter than our typical Spotlight stories, but will provide you additional insights into the latest happenings around the Atlanta music scene. We will continue to provide Spotlight stories once a week, but this more compact format will allow us to provide greater volume and variety of content for you. Let us know what you think.

We love what’s going on in Atlanta music and look forward to continuing to share the stories of our cool town.

Thank you for all of your support. Happy reading!

Hey! Welcome to Atlanta Music Grapevine. I am glad that you found us.

I truly enjoy and am often amazed by the creative, talented people in music – artists of all genres for sure, but also the talent in music services whether the sound engineer who knows microphone placement, or the builder of custom amplifiers, or the band manager who foresees the next raw talent, or the venue owner who creates a unique vibe that attracts both fans and musicians. All of these can be found in abundance in Atlanta and out mission at Atlanta Music Grapevine is to tell the stories about all of them, and to connect them with each other.

In the past 20 years, our city, Atlanta, has almost doubled in population and there is no end in sight to that growth. The result is more home-grown talent, more talent moving here, and more places to hear live music. Any style of music you want is here. Finding it, on the other hand, is not always so easy. We are spread out and the various metro area neighborhoods can sometimes feel insular and disconnected, we want to make sure that you, our reader, begins to feel more connected with the Atlanta music scene by providing in-depth stories about the people and places in Atlanta that come together to create a vibrant music scene. In this world of Tweets and rapid-fire news updates, Atlanta Music Grapevine wants to properly tell a few stories at a time and commit the appropriate depth and focus to do so.

We are working on many cool stories, this site will be a work in progress and there will be some adjustments along the way, but we wanted to get started with some stories that will whet your appetite for more.

Your input matters, so please write to us with any suggestions for artists, venues, service providers that you would like to see covered. If you have a story idea and you want to write it and take the photographs yourself, reach out, we will make it happen.

Music is meaningful. It can be many things to many people. One thing that it is is joyful. Another is it is fun. Atlanta Music Grapevine looks forward to being part of your music consciousness and spurring a lot of fun as we grow together.

Here’s to our cool town and cool tunes.

Jeff Siewert

Chief Music Fan