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At AES: Capricorn Records, Dolby Atmos Music and a few black boxes

At AES: Capricorn Records, Dolby Atmos Music and a few black boxes

Matt Smith October 17, 2019 No Comments

On a visit to Muscle Shoals a few months back, in preparation for an upcoming Mix cover story on Glenn Rosenstein and the Hall family’s reconditioning of FAME Studios Studio…

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Members of Widespread Panic, Taj Mahal, Marcus King, Jaimoe, Chuck Leavell and more to play Capricorn Revival concert in Macon, GA

Members of Widespread Panic, Taj Mahal, Marcus King, Jaimoe, Chuck Leavell and more to play Capricorn Revival concert in Macon, GA

Matt Smith October 4, 2019 No Comments

Capricorn Sound Studios in Macon, GA, the historic recording space that hosted sessions with the Allman Brothers Band, the Marshall Tucker Band and many more Southern-rock stalwarts, will reopen this…

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Celebration to honor Macon’s Capricorn Records rebirth in the works

Celebration to honor Macon’s Capricorn Records rebirth in the works

Matt Smith October 4, 2019 No Comments

Plans are in the works to celebrate the rebirth of Macon’s iconic Capricorn Records.

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Chuck Leavell, John Bell & more aboard for ‘Capricorn Revival: A Commemorative Concert’

Chuck Leavell, John Bell & more aboard for ‘Capricorn Revival: A Commemorative Concert’

Matt Smith October 4, 2019 No Comments

“Capricorn Revival: A Commemorative Concert” celebrating the reopening of the Capricorn Sound Studios facility in Macon, Georgia will take place at Macon City Auditorium on Tuesday, December 3.

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Capricorn Sound Studios will re-open in December with music from Chuck Leavell, Duane Betts and others

Capricorn Sound Studios will re-open in December with music from Chuck Leavell, Duane Betts and others

Matt Smith October 4, 2019 No Comments

Two-day event will highlight Macon’s music history.

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Mercer announces events to celebrate reopening of Capricorn Sound Studios

Mercer announces events to celebrate reopening of Capricorn Sound Studios

Matt Smith October 4, 2019 No Comments

The studio, which was instrumental to 1970s Southern Rock, will be reopening in December.

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Birthplace of Southern Rock will see new life as ‘vibrant music hub’ for artists in Macon

Birthplace of Southern Rock will see new life as ‘vibrant music hub’ for artists in Macon

Matt Smith October 4, 2019 No Comments

In December, a half-century later, Maconites and music lovers will celebrate the renaissance of the Capricorn Studios building.

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Capricorn Sound Studios, birthplace of Southern rock, returns

Capricorn Sound Studios, birthplace of Southern rock, returns

Matt Smith October 4, 2019 No Comments

The facility that put Southern Rock on the map is back from the brink, restored and reinvented for a new generation of music makers.

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Two days of events to mark rebirth of Macon’s historic Capricorn Sound Studios

Two days of events to mark rebirth of Macon’s historic Capricorn Sound Studios

Matt Smith September 30, 2019 No Comments

Mercer University is planning a series of programs and events Dec. 2-3 to celebrate the rebirth of Macon’s historic Capricorn Sound Studios as Mercer Music at Capricorn, including opportunities for…

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Capricorn Studios will re-open in Macon this year

Capricorn Studios will re-open in Macon this year

Matt Smith April 10, 2019 No Comments

In the 1970s, Capricorn Sound Studios was synonymous with Southern rock. From The Allman Brothers to Wet Willie, Elvin Bishop to the Marshall Tucker Band, hordes of artists recorded at…

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Capricorn Sounds Studios

Mercer Music at Capricorn Nameplate

530 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Macon, Georgia 31201
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478.301.ROCK(7625)

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