Mercer Music at Capricorn to open with events in December
Serena Golden, Photography Editor
October 10, 2019
Once a recording spot for iconic groups such as the Allman Brothers Band and Wet Willie, the dilapidated Capricorn Records building saddened Macon’s rock fans for years. Now the studio will open for a second time this December.
5/4 Music Space to empower Macon Musicians
Ireal James, Staff Writer
April 14, 2016
The 5/4 Management Group, who recently launched 5/4 Music Space on Walnut Street in Macon, Georgia, is seeking artists who are interested in enhancing their musical talents in a major way. 5/4 Management Group is a team of music professionals who collaborate to serve the developmental needs of new ...
Capricorn office space restoration at crossroads
Nicholas Wooten, Managing Editor
December 3, 2015
Among the vanities housed at Bryan Nichols’ storage building sits stacks of someone else’s treasure. There are ticket stubs from every Allman Brothers Band concert in 1974-1975, photographs of artist Andy Warhol and newspapers that chronicle the rise of the presidential peanut farmer Jimmy Carter. ...
The Voices at 535 Cotton Avenue: Capricorn Record’s Business Office condemned, near destruction
October 9, 2014
“I like to say in Macon that, if our walls could talk, they would definitely sing,” said Jessica Walden, co-owner of Rock Candy Tours, a Macon music history tour company, and daughter of Capricorn Records co-founder Alan Walden. However, the voices coming from 535 Cotton Ave. are in danger of being silenced forever. Walden and her husband were preparing for their Saturday Rock n’ Roll stroll...