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Premiere: Blackberry Smoke celebrate two Allman Brothers Band anniversaries with “Midnight Rider”

Matt Smith March 26, 2020 No Comments

This coming June, Blackberry Smoke will release Live From Capricorn Studios, an EP made up of covers that the band recorded at the legendary Macon studio. Proceeds from the EP’s sales…

Blackberry Smoke in Studio

Matt Smith February 26, 2020 No Comments

In February 2020, Blackberry Smoke recorded its Live from Capricorn Studios album in Historic Studio A. The record features the band performing songs from the Allman Brothers Band, Marshall Tucker…

Mercer Music at Capricorn: revitalizing a studio for the next generation

Matt Smith February 3, 2020 No Comments

Literally on the verge of collapsing only a few years ago, Capricorn Sound Studios, the Macon, GA, facility that invented Southern rock, has been restored and revitalized by its new…

How a revitalized recording studio is bringing Georgia’s Macon into the spotlight

Matt Smith January 21, 2020 No Comments

Many a masterpiece has been recorded at Capricorn Sound Studios in Macon, Georgia. Otis Redding’s manager, Phil Walden, co-founded the label, and Capricorn went on to produce a decade of…

Georgia on my mind

Matt Smith January 7, 2020 No Comments

“Hit the Road Jack”, said Ray Charles, so Rupert Parker does just that and discovers the places where Otis Redding, Little Richard, The Allman Brothers and many other Georgian musicians…

A Southern rock revival

Matt Smith December 17, 2019 No Comments

Capricorn Sound Studios reopens in Macon, Georgia, and its museum readies to open its doors January 2

Museum exhibits worth planning a trip around in 2020

Matt Smith December 17, 2019 No Comments

If history, art and eclectic adventures are what you seek out when you travel, you’ll have plenty of excuses to pull off the road in 2020.

Inside the rebirth of Capricorn Sound Studios, ground zero for Southern rock

Matt Smith December 9, 2019 No Comments

The Macon, Georgia, facility where the Allman Brothers recorded was dormant for decades until reopening this month.

Capricorn Sound Studios, locus of Southern rock, is re-born In Macon, GA

Matt Smith December 6, 2019 No Comments

When leaders in Macon, GA set out to celebrate history-making Capricorn Records with a major new cultural and business development, they managed to make a four-year effort climax on the…

Capricorn Records reopens as Mercer Music at Capricorn

Matt Smith December 6, 2019 No Comments

Capricorn Sound Studios reopened as Mercer Music at Capricorn on December 3 – marking the 50th anniversary opening Capricorn Records, in Macon, GA – followed by the Capricorn Revival, a…

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