The 2011 lineup has been announced for the Savannah Music Festival in Savannah, GA with more than 100 scheduled productions to run from March 24 through April 9.
The 2011 SMF will feature performers in a wide range of musical styles and influences including classical, jazz, blues, folk, Americana, Zydeco, and traditional musics from around the world. Among the spring festival highlights are scheduled performances from newcomers Sharon Jones & Dap Kings, who will perform on the first night of the festival.
Other artists who make their way to the different stages hosting performances include Chicago blues harmonica legend James Cotton and fellow harp maestro Jerry Portnoy, both former sidemen to the great Muddy Waters and Portnoy was also part of Eric Clapton's All-Star Band. The 75-year old Cotton is a Grammy-winning artist and is up for several Blues Music Awards this year related to his latest record Giant, which has been a commercial hit with blues listeners as well.
Bela Fleck, Allen Toussaint, Maceo Parker, Punch Brothers featuring the brilliant mandolinist Chris Thile (Work Progress Administration, Nickel Creek, Mutual Admiration Society), Michael Burks, Lucky Peterson, and Sherman Robertson.
Tickets for SMF are on sale now through the festival's web site as is the full schedule of when the various acts will be performing and where.
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