Pasaquan plans March 22 ‘Keepin’ the Song’ rock concert
Pasaquan, Columbus State University’s visionary art environment in Buena Vista, Georgia, will host an afternoon of post-punk and garage rock on Saturday, March 22. The concert will feature Georgia bands Pylon Reenactment Society, Subsonics, W8ING4UFOs and Token Hearts.
“‘Keepin’ the Song’ will celebrate the intersection of music with the wondrous artistic creations of our beloved Southern saint and Pasaquan founder, Eddie Owens Martin,” said Annie Moye, who chairs the Pasaquan Preservation Society. “We are especially pleased to present Georgia rock bands with strong female presences.”
Mike McFalls, Pasaquan’s director and faculty member in the Department of Art, credits the Georgia Council of Arts, through its Vibrant Communities Grants, with making the concert possible. These grants aim to increase the arts’ reach throughout Georgia, especially in rural or underserved communities that lack such programs.
“Keeping the Song” taps into Pasaquan’s long history of musician support. This includes the Tedeschi Trucks Band, which included a track titled “Pasaquan” on its 2022 “I Am the Moon I: Crescent” album. Pasaquan has been the site for performances by local musicians Col. Bruce Hampton and Jake Fussell, and R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe visited in the mid-80s.
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS
Pylon Reenactment Society performing on stagePylon Reenactment Society (which also goes by PRS, pictured), which hails from Athens, Georgia, will headline the concert. Pylon—along with The B-52s and R.E.M.—helped define the Athens music scene with their invigorating dance-punk and art-rock attack. Led by iconic Pylon frontwoman and lead singer Vanessa Brisco Hay, PRS will play Pylon songs as well as songs from their own critically acclaimed debut album “Magnet Factory.” Uncut Magazine awarded the album an 8/10 rating, writing: “‘Magnet Factory’ finds the quartet in scintillating form, shifting smartly between angular noise-pop and nervy punk-funk, topped with Hay’s spiky vocals… a terrific debut from American post-punk veterans.”
