Join us Wed, Oct 13 at Danneman’s (now Sister Louisa’s) in the Old Fourth Ward for the ATL Collective’s most ambitious album yet: Abbey Road by the Beatles. $10 gets you a night of good music, fun, and home brewed Abbey Ale by our very own, Will Norman. Lineup Dirty Pollyanna Tim Brantley Micah Dalton […]

It’s hard to remember it now, but in the early 80s, Paul Simon’s career and personal life had hit a low. His 1983 Hearts and Bones didn’t sell well and his marriage fell apart. A bootleg cassette of South African township music would ultimately lift him out of his depression and right his career. The […]

We don’t need to tell you anything about Johnny Cash. That’s probably the greatest testament to any artist’s legacy — that their life is elevated to the stuff of myth. The problem with the mythological “Man In Black,” is that we forget all the ways he was just like us, the very reasons he was […]

The Collective is back: Wednesday, Jan 27th as featured act Jackson County Line, Tim Brantley, Tyler Lyle, Emily Lynch, Will Robertson, Micah Dalton and David Berkeley take on The Band’s Music from Big Pink. As always, we’ll cover the record in order, in its entirety. As always, we’re upstairs at Danneman’s. As always, it’s BYOB. […]

On the cover of 1971’s Tupelo Honey is a dreamy photo of Van Morrison’s then-wife Janet Planet riding horseback, and he’s walking alongside her. They were young and in love. It’s hard to believe Van Morrison was 26 once. He wrote most of the record’s songs in Woodstock, and left because the place was getting […]

Robert Zimmerman was born in Hibbing, Minn., in 1941 and emerged as Bob Dylan, (a name derived from of his love for Dylan Thomas’ poetry), some time around 1960 in Minneapolis. He moved to New York in 1961 and became proficient at covering folk songs he had first heard only a few years earlier. By […]

The album, Have a Holly Jolly Christmas, came out in 1965 and includes such favorites as “White Christmas,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Silver Bells,” “Drummer Boy,” and “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” Burl’s voice and these arrangements bring a blast of snow and a glimpse of colored lights, a puff of chestnut smoke and […]

ATL COLLECTIVE was established to foster the Atlanta music scene, encourage collaborations and cross-pollination and to create happenings that will inspire and entertain. For each event, they pick a classic album and handpick some of the finest in local (and sometimes national) talent. They divvy up the songs and collectively cover the album in sequence. […]

Lineup Peter Groenwald Meghan Arias Joy Scout The Shadowboxers Josh Fletcher Jeremy Aggers Side A 1.London Calling Jeremy Aggers 2.Brand New Cadillac Jeremy Aggers 3.Jimmy Jazz Meghan Arias 4.Hateful Joyscout 5.Rudie Can’t Fail The Shadowboxers 6.Spanish Bombs Meghan Arias 7.The Right Profile Peter Groenwald 8.Lost In The Supermarket Josh Fletcher 9.Clampdown The Shadowboxers 10.Guns Of […]

Revolver represents the Beatles’ first truly experimental album, yet, in true Beatles’ fashion, each song is incredibly memorable and accessible. Eleanor Rigby, For No One and Here, There And Everywhere are still known as some of the most beautiful and beloved songs Paul ever wrote, while Taxman and I Want To Tell You are still […]