GMM’s DeMarco Williams talks to Atlanta singer Ciara about her upcoming fifth album, her career so far and what he perceives as the wobbly state of R&B music.

It’s a rare case to make a name for yourself in country music. Of the thousands who sojourn to Nashville with visions of CMT awards dancing in their heads, few achieve even name recognition. Then again, most of those hopefuls aren’t like Dallas Davidson.

Michelle Malone is a rock ‘n’ roll lifer. Hermetically strung to a guitar that serves as the pacemaker of her tour-stressed heart, the Atlanta-born, self-taught multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter was once described as the imaginary progeny of Keith Richards and Patti Smith were they to spend the night together. From Georgia Music, Fall 2012 issue

In the first ever "Food & Music Issue," Georgia Music explores the connections in "Culinary Conversations" with chef/restaurateur Kevin Rathbun and "Big Mike" Geier, Frank Ski and Clay Harper. From Georgia Music, Summer 2012 issue

TIn February, amid public controversy surrounding a proposed 8.3 acre mixed-use development in downtown Athens, Patterson Hood, co-founder of the Drive-By Truckers, wrote “After It’s Gone,” a “love song” to the city and its vibrant downtown and recorded it during a 40 Watt gig. From Georgia Music, Spring 2012 issue

The “behind-the-scenes” in Georgia’s music industry come front-and-center in this expanded issue. The cover story by Jewly Hight looks at Zac Brown’s Southern Ground Artists and how the business is making its mark. From Georgia Music, Winter 2012 issue by Jewly Hight.

For those who have followed the career of Bradley “Butch” Walker since the late ’80s, when he was best known as lead guitarist for hair-metal band Byte the Bullet, his current success as a hit-making pop music producer seems both redemptive and a bit bewildering. From Georgia Music, Fall 2011 issue by Bret Love.

Cee Lo Green On Going To Heaven, Raising Hell & The Purgatory That Is The Music Business - The Goodie Mob frontman, Gnarls Barkley vocalist and hip-hop fixture finally gets his moment in the solo limelight. To hear him tell it, it was all part of the master plan. From Georgia Music, Winter Issue 2011 by Bret Love.

Over the past three decades, the state of Georgia has achieved worldwide recognition as a fertile breeding ground for musicians of nearly all stripes. From Georgia Music, Summer 2011 issue by Bret Love.

On an unassuming Thursday night in Macon, cold February rain drizzles down, cloaking the city in a slick, dour sheen. But inside the sprawling Macon Centreplex Coliseum, any sheen is most likely caused by spilt beer. From Georgia Music, Spring 2011 issue by Cory Albertson.