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28 A crown jewel for
the King of Soul
A 15,000-square-foot, high-tech
music education facility
is revealed
36 Tooting our own horn
Behind a major increase in
visitors to Macon is a tourism
team that's willing to go the
distance with unconventional
ideas that make headlines
40 For Unionville,
by Unionville
Creatively enhancing a historic
neighborhood through art and
music
44 Homespun album
reviews
Examining 25 locally produced
albums and singles
48 Dressed to disrupt
Little Richard wore fashion louder
than ever as the architect of rock
'n' roll
60 Between roots
and reckoning
An American Aquarium/SUSTO
top of the ticket for Bragg Jam
embraces the belief in
"a better South"
66 Singing for
their supper
Macon Magazine's roundtable
on artist compensation with
local musicians
76 Carnegie Called,
Mercer Answered
Students and faculty turned a
legendary New York venue into a
hometown triumph
86 Macon Chose Me:
Kirsten West Part II
Learn behind-the-scenes stories
from envisioning the Big House,
reenergizing the Capitol Theatre,
and becoming a downtown
storefront staple
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