This year, in honor of the 20th series of Southern Soul & Song concerts and the Morris Museum's 30th Anniversary, series founder Kevin Grogan has assembled an all-star lineup for the 2022–2023 Morris Museum of Art Budweiser True Music Southern Soul & Song concert series.

2022

Friday, September 9

Molly Tuttle   

A young, virtuosic, award-winning guitarist with a gift for insightful songwriting, Molly Rose Tuttle is an American vocalist, songwriter, banjo player, and guitarist, recording artist and teacher in the bluegrass tradition. She is especially noted for her flatpicking, clawhammer, and cross-picking guitar prowess. This is her first appearance in Augusta.

Friday, October 7

Jim Lauderdale with special guest Sunny Sweeney

Legendary country, bluegrass, and Americana singer-songwriter, Jim Lauderdale has recorded 31 studio albums, including collaborations with Ralph Stanley and Buddy Miller.  A songwriter's songwriter, his songs have been recorded by dozens of artists, notably George Strait, Elvis Costello, Blake Shelton, Vince Gill, and Patty Loveless. He is joined by special guest Sunny Sweeney, a renowned country music singer-songwriter.

This is their first appearance in Augusta.

Friday, November 11

The Annie Moses Band 

A dazzling Nashville-based family band composed of seven classically trained siblings and their veteran songwriter parents. Genre-defying and unforgettable, these Juilliard-educated musicians have graced the stages of Carnegie Hall and the Grand Ole Opry.

This is their first appearance in Augusta.

Friday, December 16

Riders in the Sky

One of the greatest cowboy bands of all time, Grammy-winning Riders in the Sky has, since 1977, released more than 40 albums, starred in a television series on CBS, wrote and starred in an NPR–syndicated radio drama Riders Radio Theater, appeared in television series and films (notably as featured contributors to Country Music, a documentary miniseries by Ken Burns. This is their first appearance on this series.

2023

Friday, January 13

John McEuen Band  

A true country-folk, folk-rock, bluegrass legend, John McEuen has been writing and preforming for more than fifty years. He is a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (NGDB), and his current band includes two other original members of the NGDB. He is also known for giving banjo lessons to his high school classmate and long-time friend Steve Martin. This is his first appearance with this band in Augusta.

Friday, February 10

An Evening with Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives

A long-time Southern Soul & Song favorite, Marty Stuart is a legendary country and bluegrass singer-songwriter and virtuosic musician, who has won five Grammy Awards. Stuart, a member of the Grand ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame, will be joined his notable band—His Fabulous Superlatives. This is their fourth appearance on the series—always a highly anticipated return!

Series and individual tickets go on sale Tuesday, July 26, at 10:00 a.m. Series tickets: 6 shows for the price of 5. To purchase tickets, go to the Imperial Theatre box office (745 Broad Street, Augusta, GA), call 706-722-8341 or visit www.imperialtheatre.com. All performances take place at the Imperial Theatre and begin at 7:30 p.m.

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Southern Soul & Song

Since its premier in 2003, the Morris Museum of Art’s Southern Soul & Song series has featured such legendary artists as Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs, Del McCoury, Ralph Stanley, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band—to cite just a few. Proceeds from the series help to make possible many of the Morris Museum of Art’s free public programs and outreach programs throughout the region. For more information, visit www.southernsoulandsong.org.

Morris Museum of Art

Founded in 1985, the Morris Museum of Art is the oldest museum in the country devoted to the art and artists of the American South. The museum’s permanent collection of nearly six thousand works, dating from the late-eighteenth century to the present, represents every aspect of the region’s visual culture. The Morris is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., and on Sunday, noon–5:00 p.m. For more information, visit themorris.org or call 706-724-7501.