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34 Live music like a local
32 venues, seven towns: Your
guide to finding the best live
music in Central Georgia
40 Coming home as
TORRES
Ahead of her hometown debut,
the alt-rocker reflects on finding
that elusive space
47 25 years of Bragg Jam
A festival stalwart's tips, tricks,
memories, and 2024 highlights
50 Robert Lee Coleman
The R&B and funk virtuoso still
walks among us, slinging his ax
and teaching by example.
56 Time-traveling the
Chitlin' Circuit
A 36-hour Central Georgia travel
guide to where soul and funk
ignited in railway towns
66 Music, harmony,
together
Macon embraces symphony
72 Juneteenth 2024
Maconites reflect on how and
why they celebrate Freedom Day
76 Queen Bee and
Mama Mia
Two legendary ladies of the
gospel and R&B airwaves
88 At home with
Jasmine Habersham
The celebrated soprano shares
her Postmodern sanctuary
96 Listening nooks
Create your home music oasis
with tips from Studio Vyas
100 Homespun
Local-loving new music reviews
106 Humanity in harmony
Why choirs, sacred and secular,
bring us together
122 Sustaining the sound
How strategy amplifies our future
as a music city
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