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Macon Music Trail app launch at Grant’s Lounge

Matt Smith January 30, 2023 No Comments

Calling All Music Lovers! Journey through Macon’s music heritage with a new mobile App that provides the ultimate self-guided tour!

Brent Cobb records “Southern Star”

Matt Smith January 27, 2023 No Comments

Brent Cobb recorded his album “Southern Star” at Capricorn Sound Studios in 2023. The album features members of the Capricorn house band, including Charlie Gilbert on electric guitar, Miles Landrum…

Capricorn Records: The rise and drug-addled fall of the label that launched Southern rock

Matt Smith January 23, 2023 No Comments

Success on the grandest of scales was ultimately no match for... (Contains nude photography)

Where to go in 2023

Matt Smith January 4, 2023 No Comments

The next year will break major tourism records, so this is the time to go big with your plans. Because you’re definitely not staying home.

The 23 best places to go in the U.S. in 2023

Matt Smith November 29, 2022 No Comments

For most Americans, domestic travel has long been something of a rite of passage—packed car rides to national parks, short flights to theme parks or beach rentals, and maybe some…

“The American Songster” Dom Flemons performed at Capricorn Sound Studios on Oct. 6, 2022. Flemons — a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, actor, slam poet, music scholar, historian and record collector —…

Macon, GA is actually cool

Matt Smith August 26, 2022 No Comments

A decade ago, downtown Macon was boring, says Justin Andrews, a Macon native and director of special projects and outreach at the Otis Redding Foundation. "It used to be empty…

Macon is for music lovers

Matt Smith August 26, 2022 No Comments

Detroit and Memphis are two cities that have made historic contributions to American music during the 20th century. But for Scott Freeman, a journalist who began his career in Macon…