A favorite around town, singer/songwriter Marie Ortiz takes the stage at Grant's for a night of chill acoustic songs and sounds.

The self-taught musician honed his craft busking on street corners and ferries from New York to New Orleans, and has gone on to tour Europe and play with greats like Dickey Betts, Taj Mahal and Derek Trucks. But perhaps his greatest influence as an Atlanta institution is his role as an ambassador for bridging the […]

After Trouble No More at the Hargray Capitol Theatre, head over to Grant's for a lively afterparty featuring vocalist Lamar Williams Jr. and singer/songwriter JB Strauss. Both artists were born in Macon and both have been musically shaped by lineage - Williams is the son of the late Allman Brothers Band bassist Lamar Williams and […]

The mighty Hammond organ takes the spotlight when the phenomenal Tommy Shugart Organ Trio hosts the official Trouble No More After-Party. Get rooted in the grooves and sounds of soul, funk, R&B and jazz when the Orlando organist, accompanied by Georgia musicians Tyler Neal on guitar and Dallas Dawson on drums, takes the stage. The […]

Surf-western music is a vigorous elixir - blending spaghetti westerns with rough-edged, honky-tonkin’ classic country. Atlanta-based duo Andrea & Mud draw upon genre stalwart Junior Brown, who coined the “surf-western” term, into their own special mix, tossing in heartier blues stock ala Shovels & Rope. Check out the new single, "Devil Got Me Down" here. […]

The Just Friends Show Band, led by Mike Haughabrook, have been playing R&B, soul and pop classics for more than a decade in Macon. High-energy entertainment delivered in a way that only Macon, Georgia can!

Ward Davis naturally embodies an outlaw country vibe. Originally from Monticello, Arkansas, he tried for a while to fit in the commercial Nashville scene as a professional songwriter, with songs recorded by Trace Adkins, Wade Hayes, Sammy Kershaw and more. But after Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard recorded his "Unfair Weather Friend" for their 2015 […]

Guitarist and vocalist Willis Gore of Bonnie Blue and guitarist Greg Kearney of Parts & Labor join forces for a short run of Georgia venues, including Grant's Lounge. Don't miss this Southern rock and jam get-together!

Raised in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains of South Carolina, Sam Burchfield was brought up on Appalachian music: folk, gospel, country and Southern soul. The young songwriter draws on these roots with a deep lyrical honesty that carries the tradition of folk music forward. Burchfield’s latest album, ‘ Graveyard Flower, seeks to reconnect […]

With Macon music in her family tree, Rachel Forehand began playing guitar at 18 and writing music inspired by Southern Rock heroes and icons from Johnny Cash to Janis Joplin. She's been paying her dues steadily playing clubs and events throughout Georgia and is excited to release her first six-song EP, Six Strings & Day […]

The Athens music community reeled in spring of 2021 when Danny Hutchens, co-founder of the beloved rock band, Bloodkin, died of a hemmorhagic stroke. The band was just releasing Black Market Tango, its first album in 12 years, and though he was devastated at the loss of his band co-founder, musical brother and childhood friend […]

TrUfFeLiNa is a rock band from Macon, Georgia, with an eclectic style influenced by Ween, Frank Zappa,  Captain Beefheart and Col. Bruce Hampton.  Founding members, guitarist Ben Vance and bassist Clark Bush, have welcomed a rotating cast of local musicians since 20119, with drummer Willliam Dantzler and guitarist Cody Kurth rounding things out these days. […]

A native of Macon who's lived in Florida for the last decade, Tony Tyler wears his Southern Rock roots proudly. A triple threat guitarist, singer and keyboardist and son of Macon musician John Stanley Killingsworth, Tyler cut his teeth playing on the road with and learning from Dan Toler, who spent a stint in the […]

Where did Nordista Freeze come from? Everyone who saw it happen has a different explanation, but they agree on one thing: a flaming blue orb came flying out of the sky and smashed into the earth, and there, lying sprawled in the crater, was a man wearing only his underwear with a tambourine in his […]

Collective Sp8ce is a band consisting of different artist and sounds hailing from the musical city of Macon, Georgia. The group's goal is to genre-blend music to its will and create a whole new sound all together. Local favorites, it's there first trip back to Grant's since their epic Halloween show.

Born in Lubbock and raised in the country outside of a town called Paducah, Grady Spencer’s roots dig deep into Texas soil. By day, Spencer is a foreman for a commercial construction company. By any other time, he’s songwriter and front-man of Grady Spencer & The Work, which features drummer Blake Sager, bassist Johnny Hatcher […]

Cody Matlock is a soul, funk, and R&B singer-songwriter/guitarist based in Atlanta. A regular at Northside Tavern,  Cody also travels on the road playing guitar for the legendary Stax Records recording artist William Bell. The evening also serves as a 20th anniversary celebration for Marcus Henderson (Marshall Tucker Band, King Johnson) and Lisa Love (Georgia […]

An old soul, Hughes Taylor has been perfecting his fiery brand of blues-rock guitar since he was a teenager growing up in Macon, Georgia. He released two solo albums before putting out, Good Blues, Fast, an album of blues classics with his power trio, The Hughes Taylor Band, back in 2019. After touring with the […]

DIREWOOF is a collaborating celebration of the music of The Grateful Dead & Jerry Garcia featuring members of two of Macon’s hottest current JamBands - The Woofs & BAS. Formed as a side project in 2020 by The Woofs’ AlexStone (Bass) & Sky Slates (Guitar) accompanied by a rotating cast of musicians, the group finally […]

She honed her vocal skills in church in Forsyth, Georgia, with her sisters as the songbird daughters of a minister. Today, Sandy Buchner is known as a show-stopping singer of jazz and neo-soul. who evokes her heroes from Ella Fitzgerald and Billy Holiday to Jill Scott and Erykah Badu blending into a unique vocal recipe. […]

Aaforever (African Americana), an award-winning band and songwriting duo, was formed in Brooklyn, NY, in 2011 by visual artist/producer/hip-hop lyricist Alexander Wrath and guitarist/producer/songwriter Superior. Its experimental and daring soundscapes pull inspiration from rock & roll, film, fashion and internet-spawned Otaku sub-cultures. Magnolia Moon, the Macon-based band with two albums under its belt, features two […]

With a tendency toward foreboding musical edges and despairingly honest lyrics, The Open Seas do not shy away from the hushed wisdom of folk or the distilled power of rock. Instead, they embrace the pensive moment of finding yourself floating between the two. Not trying to make something new or giving up either, just succumbing […]

The latest full-length from Cordovas, Destiny Hotel, is a work of wild poetry and wide-eyed abandon, set to a glorious collision of folk and country and groove-heavy rock-and-roll. In a major creative milestone for the Tennessee-based band—vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Joe Firstman, keyboardist Sevans Henderson, guitarist/vocalist Lucca Soria and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Toby Weaver—the album harnesses the freewheeling energy of […]

Every generation or so, a young bluesman bursts onto the scene and sends a jolt through the blues community.  Jontavious Willis has excited a lot more than just the blues community, though. The 26 year-old multi-instrumentalist was nominated for a GRAMMY in 2020 for his latest album, Spectacular Class, featuring Delta, Piedmont, Texas, and Gospel […]

Macon soul music legend and unsung hero Arthur "Bo" Ponder has been electrifying audiences for nearly five decades. From his days fronting Johnny Jenkins' Pinetoppers to his R&B touring days in the 70s and 80s with Soul Survivors to the years spent on stages in Macon, Bo Ponder is the real deal and he's still […]

One scribe says "The Mammoths are an up-and-coming Austin band to watch fueled by their fiery unapologetic live shows reminiscent of a young Led Zeppelin" while another writes "The Mammoths have a unique blend of blues, psychedelia and rock" with a "signature vocal harmony style that I frankly haven't seen since the Eagles." Check out […]

A 16-year-old blues rock guitar prodigy, Georgia native Neal Teal has been playing guitars in bands since he was 10 years old. He's already had the opportunity to share the stage with artists like Samantha Fish and he's working with producer Coy Bowles (Zac Brown Band) on his debut album. Catch him locally while you […]

The Pink Stones deliver a full serving of Peach State picked country-rock from Athens, Georgia with the release of their debut album, Introducing… The Pink Stones, via the New West Records imprint Normaltown Records. Mixing elements of classic cosmic country, raucous rock’n’roll and fresh humor and heartaches, The Pink Stones are authoring a new chapter […]

Expect an extraordinary musical experience with guitarist, singer and songwriter Neal Lucas, a West Georgia-raised disciple of Precious Bryant and country blues, plus the inimitable bassist Neal Fountain, longtime collaborator with Jeff Sipe, Jimmy Herring and the late Colonel Bruce Hampton, and drummer/engineer/producer Sean O'Rourke, who has played behind Aquarium Rescue Unit, Derek Trucks Band, […]

Guitarist Angel "Cash" Ocasio Jr. grew up near Willacoochie, Georgia and was schooled in Sacred Steel at the church he grew up in. His gospel and blues roots and the soul and slide influence of his adopted home of Macon are the foundation of Juke Joint, his high energy, deep groove band featuring Kennedy "Coco" […]

Press play on Jones’ mesmerizing new album, Stories Up High, and you’ll find yourself transported there, too. Recorded at East Nashville’s famed BombShelter studio with producer Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Langhorne Slim),the collection is lush and immersive, with rich, elegant arrangements that ebband flow beneath Jones’ velveteen vocals. The performances here are graceful and timeless, […]

“Man’s real home is not a house, but the open road.” Bradshaw was born a nomad, traveling in his blood. He’s settled in North Georgia now, but spent his formative years in East Texas, up until he joined the military shortly after high school. The Air Force took him to Colorado for a spell but […]

After spending much of the last two years on the road, relentlessly showcasing their critically acclaimed 2015 self-titled debut album, the six bandmates of Banditos regrouped in late 2016 at Plum Creek Sound Studios in Dripping Springs, TX and democratically poured out sonic influences and emotionally charged personal experiences for their new album Visionland. Produced by […]

Todd Day Wait is a Missouri native with an easy-going, good humored nature that will have you singing along faster than you know the words. We originally met while I was on a trip to New Orleans, and reconnected at Santa's Pub in Nashville one Sunday evening. We talked of this and that, drank cheap […]

Take one glance at the iconic tintype photograph which serves as the cover to his new album, Benton County Relic, and you know immediately that Cedric Burnside is the real deal. “When I first saw it, I thought I looked like an outlaw,” he laughs. The 39-year-old still lives on several acres not far from […]