By the afternoon of day 3 of Bonnaroo 2017, the festival began to heat up in every way possible. The temperature warmed up to the mid-80s, a more average level for summer in Tennessee, with climbing humidity. Lots of young exposed body parts bronzed in the summer sun as music fans stripped down to the… Continue reading Bonnaroo 2017 Day 3 | Review & Photos
Never before had an audience seemed so intrigued by set break music than at GD50, when Circles Around the Sun began streaming through the sound system. The album, titled Interludes for the Dead, was a piece of music created specifically for that very occasion, the once in a lifetime reunion of the remaining members of… Continue reading Circles Around the Sun @ Boulder Theater
I had the treat to head to Chicago from my northern Indiana home and catch the good ol’ Grateful Dead at Wrigley Field on July 1, 2017. I shouldn’t say it was the Grateful Dead, though, as this entity, called Dead and Company, is a very different animal, containing three original members of the Dead… Continue reading Dead & Company | Wrigley Field | 7/1/17
Even without the historic first headline set at an American music festival by the iconic Irish rock group U2, the second day of Bonnaroo 2017 would have been an incredible success. beautiful day dawned under cool partly cloudy skies, while young EDM enthusiasts were still straggling back to their campsites from the silent disco and… Continue reading Bonnaroo 2017 Day 2 | Review & Photos
On Thursday, June eighth the Bonnaroo music festival opened the gates to Centeroo, graced with the nicest weather forecast in the events sixteen-year history. With temperatures topping out in the 70s and much cooler lows in the sleeping hours it was a nearly perfect day. The weather forecast predicted slowly warming temperatures over the four-day… Continue reading Bonnaroo 2017 Day 1 | Review & Photos
The Grateful Dead brings people together. It’s bigger than the music; it’s the experience that the music creates. And once you get into it, you’re not getting out of it. Before writing this, I consistently circled back to the Dead community and how my connection to the music – to the experience – is woven… Continue reading Dark Star Orchestra | Minnesota | 6/22/17
A few hours before U2 played their first concert as a headline act at an American music festival, guitarist The Edge was honored by the founders of Bonnaroo at a special presentation. The Les Paul Spirit Award was given to the Irish rocker which is printed annually by the Les Paul Foundation, to an individual… Continue reading U2 headlined this year's Bonnaroo 2017
One of the biggest new-music buzzes of the June 2017 edition of the Monterey International Pop Festival was a pioneering performance by Jamtown, a burgeoning venture from three separately renowned musicians – Cisco Adler (from Malibu), G. Love (from Philadelphia), and Donavon Frankenreiter (from Hawaii). Cisco also happens to be the son of Lou Adler,… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Jamtown
Boulder, CO based power trio Envy Alo is set to release their first full-length LP “Live at the Boulder Theater”on July 28th via Spotify and iTunes. CLICK HERE FOR A SNEEK PEEK LISTEN: LIVE AT THE BOULDER THEATER Recorded on 5/27/17 during a headlining performance at the historic hometown venue, “Live at the Boulder Theater”… Continue reading Envy Alo To Release First Full-Length LP
Imagine a world where every person is temporarily transported to outer space for the sole purpose of looking back on earth to experience its sheer beauty. For a brief moment, we could all escape the greatest atrocities of our time and take in an outer-world perspective to see all of humanity living in harmonious coexistence.… Continue reading Antibalas to Release New Album in Sept.
