how it happened....
Atlanta IS music city. The rich Instrumental music history that started with Glenn Phillip, Love Tractor, DEW and birthed Trap Jazz, finally has a spotlight. Who doesn't love to trip out to instrumental music -- where YOU bring the meaning.
Do you play instrumental music of any kind -- classical, jazz, rock, techno, funk, hip-hop AND experiment with form? Apply for the 2023 line-up. Abstract vi
read what creative loafing said...
Doug Deloach, Creative Loafing
"Speaking of deep history, the oldest known musical instrument is a 60,000-year-old flute, carved by a Neanderthal from the left thighbone of a bear, which was discovered in 1995 in a cave near Cerkno, Slovenia. Along with cave paintings from the same era, the bone flute lends credence to the theory that Neanderthals were endowed with an intellectual propensity for ab
Read what record plug said....
Article by Chad Radford
"...Often times, the type of compliments people give me after hearing my music go something like this, 'Oh man, I really like your music. Have you ever thought about putting vocals to it?'
-- Ann Wood - PerkinsWood
About our visual artists
BB Sconyers
Barbara (BB) Sconyers is an Atlanta native who produces mixed-media modern, contemporary abstracts inspired by artists like Jackson Pollock and Carl Owens. Using high textures, bright colors, unconventional paint-mixing, and what she labels “uniform chaos.” BB finds her inspiration from African-American literature, jazz, Gospel music, and her faith.
Jeff Perkins
Jeff Perkins is an Atlanta native who produces modern, vibrant paintings with images of fish, guitars, mouths, eyes, people and the city skylines. His first painting was an abstract symbolic painting that covered every wall and door of which only “The Door” survives. His work draws inspiration from Williem De Kooning, Pablo Picasso and his own life as a musician, composer and avid fisherman.