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After a fire destroyed the Georgia Theatre in 2009, a documentary detailing the event and its aftermath was released in 2011, the same year the venue was reopened. Over a

Daniel Hutchens, who with his musical partner and lifelong friend Eric Carter helped define Athens music history with their band Bloodkin, died Saturday after suffering a stroke on Friday. He was 56.  An West Virginia native, Hutchens (and his childhood friend Carter) spent parts of four decades in Athens and with Carter had recently released Bloodkin’s ninth album, “Black Market Tango,” the band’s first release since 2009’s “Baby, They Told Us We Would Rise Again.”   Bloodkin’s first album, “Good Luck Charm” came out in 1994. Hutchens also recorded three solo albums, th...

In 2009, two college students who didn't know one another began work on separate documentary films about the Georgia Theatre, their favorite place to see live music in Athens. With the help of a local attorney and the venue owner, they agreed to tackle the project together before the whole thing went up in flames — literally. "Athens Burning," a 2-hour documentary film released in 2011, was originally created as part of a collective effort from the Athens community to rebuild the theatre after a fire that broke out the morning of June 19, 2009 destroyed the property. A decade later, the f...

about. when they look at exactly what may have caused whitney houston's death, the autopsy is complete. the results are on hold. they're waiting for toxicology reports which they say could take up to eight weeks or longer. whitney houston was found in a bathtub at the beverly hilton hotel on saturday late afternoon. there were some reports that maybe she drowned an there are some sources who said it could have been a combination of drugs and alcohol. radar online is saying that police found prescription drugs in the room. lorazepam, a generic version of valium, xanax, valium. the cor...