Big IV Productions owner and CEO Lyle Williams and director/Chief promoter Paul Levine continue to shape Florida’s music scene with plans to bring two festivals to Live Oak, Florida’s Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in 2010. Returning for its fourth consecutive year, Bear Creek Music Festival will take place November 12-14 and the inaugural… Continue reading Introducing Blackwater Music & Art Festival and the Return of Bear Creek Music
The argument rages on, but for many music fans in the ’60s, the best live band from the Bay Area was Jefferson Airplane. Formed during the summer of 1965 in San Francisco, the group triumphed in 1967 with Surrealistic Pillow, one of the key recordings of the Summer of Love, containing the hits “Somebody to… Continue reading Four Never-Before-Released Live Albums By Jefferson Airplane
I almost don’t want to tell you how cool a festival FloydFest has become.. I don’t want to risk ruining it. Long past the growing-stage of a fledgling hippy-fest; FloydFest, now in her 9th year, is fully-realized and a true contender amongst events in the Central Virginia and mid-Atlantic region. Our music-loving young family found… Continue reading Levon Helm, Power Trouble, Escaped Suspects & a Fire-Breathing Dragon
Greensky Bluegrass has had an incredible summer so far. The Kalamazoo, MI-based ‘newgrass’ quintet tours nationally and were recently featured at the Rockygrass Festival in Lyons, CO, on the main stage at the legendary Grey Fox Festival in upstate New York and performed in front of an audience of thousands at the All Good Festival… Continue reading Greensky Bluegrass Featured on CNN
There’s something homey feeling about the idea of a man sitting out on his porch as the sun sets, plucking away at his guitar as he moves forward and back in a rocking chair. And it was just that image and sensation that Langhorne Slim brought to the stage, rocking chair and all, as he… Continue reading Langhorne Slim Opens Voice, Heart with Soulful Blend of Music & Experiential Lyrics
Until I arrived at this year’s Gathering of The Vibes Festival in Bridgeport, CT, I didn’t know I was looking for something. Until I left, I didn’t realize that I had found it. The following is a recounting of that journey. Along the way masters in the field of musical entertainment will appear. All were… Continue reading Gathering of the Vibes 2010 | Review & Photos
Music festivals are to live music what climbing Mt. Everest is for mountaineering: when done right both can be a truly life-changing, once in a lifetime event. PETZOO! has grown from a tiny east-coast weekend gathering of like minded music lovers into an annual festival packed with familiar faces. The intimate setting is reminiscent of… Continue reading Petzoo! Music Festival 2010 Line Up
