Lee Arnett turns his small-town Alabama dreams into reality as he works his way into the Atlanta art scene spotlight STORY: Jodi Cash | PHOTO: Stephen Payne After growing up in Sylacauga, Alabama, Lee Arnett knew that his life as an artist would require moving to a city. In his small, Talladega County hometown, there ...

Mandolin maestro and folk band front man Chris Thile fills big shoes as the host of “Live from Here,” which comes to the Fox May 19 Chris Thile is familiar with life on the road. The prodigious mandolin player began performing onstage at age 5, touring bluegrass festivals in the family camper and forming Grammy ...

The release of the debut LP “Maybe Later” brings a world of possibility for local upstart band Neighbor Lady It took a little coercion for Emily Braden to openly pursue her music. For years, she wrote songs because she felt like it. Despite being surrounded by musicians as a former music major at the University ...

Mermaid Motor Lounge’s Josh Erwin dishes on his band’s debut album Mermaid Motor Lounge began in fits and starts. The phrase with which they aptly named their debut album references a line in Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis,” but it also describes the writing and band formation process. “Sometimes it’s just like, bam! All done, right ...

Nabil Mousa, an artist working on Midtown’s Westside, broadens the conversation on being gay as a Syrian American It took Nabil Mousa years to feel comfortable identifying himself as an artist. In the back of his mind, the voice of Imposter’s Syndrome whispered cruel words of self-doubt. By no coincidence, he overcame these insecurities in ...

We’ve followed rumors of ghosts at some of the city’s haunted bars to forge a spooky spirit-chasing, bar-hopping tour We’ve all got our favorite haunts around Atlanta— places we go to grab a beer or a go-to spirit. But in a city rife with old homes and history, some of these “haunts” take on a ...