Dawes coming to The Signal on Saturday
Folk rock band continues dream, sets new goals

Folk rock band continues dream, sets new goals

LISA DENTON: Excuse me for a minute, Barry, while I finish this yawwwwwn.

Radio Birdman was one of the most important independent rock bands in Australia for many years, inspiring such acts as Cold Chisel and Midnight Oil, which went on to international fame.

Ann Law moved to Chattanooga with her husband, Dr. Bruce Kaplan, a neurologist, in 1990. He set about building his practice and she got to work looking for opportunities to perform and teach dance. She noticed almost immediately that Chattanooga didn't have a place for artists of almost any kind to create new works.

I wrote my first, official, live music review for a publication back in 1985.

BARRY COURTER: Lisa, it's always been my theory that getting older is simply a matter of living long enough.

Entertainment and arts venue marks 25 years with fresh energy

One of my best friends in high school lived in historic Ferger Place, so I have driven up and down Main Street - the part not currently undergoing an impressive renaissance - for almost four decades, and seeing any new growth there is pretty great.

A week after celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary, Jeff Neal and Jennifer Daniels will celebrate two decades of making music together.

I was talking to a friend the other day about the state of the arts in our city, when he made an interesting comment about where he sees things.
