The 16th Annual Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance will be held from July 20-23 at the Trumansburg Fairgrounds in Trumansburg, NY. This year’s headliners include hit country singer John Anderson, politically conscious reggae hip-hoppers Michael Franti & Spearhead, African music legend Thomas Mapfumo & Blacks Unlimited, Rajasthani gypsy-Indian fusion band Musafir, Honduran Garifuna… Continue reading Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance
The Nelson Ledges Quarry Park Festival July fourth weekend was a Grateful Dead gathering of magic and good vibes and no hassles throughout. This was truly a good time for all in attendance, performers and audience alike. The setting is an extraordinarily beautiful park with a lake and sand beach… The main stage was only… Continue reading Grateful Fest truly Grateful
The Planet Drum 2006 Tour reunites Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, and Giovanni Hidalgo for a September series of West Coast shows in celebration of the 15th anniversary of the ground-breaking album of that name. Planet Drum was released in 1991 on the Rykodisc label and went on to earn the first-ever Grammy in… Continue reading Planet Drum To Tour Again
Grateful Web will have a review up shortly of Ratdog & String Cheese Incident’s Saturday night Red Rocks show. In the mean time, here’s a few photos from the show.
Billy Iuso was Born on January 26, 1969 in Port Chester, New York. While being born an Aquarian, during “the age of Aquarius ” didn’t Pre-determine his destiny in music, Billy, like so many other children of his time was weaned on the changing culture and the music that symbolized it. His Mom and Dad… Continue reading Billy Iuso And Restless Natives
On a beautiful balmy Thursday evening on the second official day of summer, the solstice just a day prior… the longest day of the year brought to Boca Raton, Florida a scene you don’t see every day. Amidst immaculate architecture in pinks and yellow pastels as only Boca can pull off… there is an amphitheater… Continue reading Phil and Friends | Boca Raton, FL
Thanks for waiting to read about the best part of Wakarusa! The best three shows of the festival lay here in the second half of the review. In this section, I want to tell you which bands earned my top three ribbons of the festival. Please keep in mind that I could not possibly see… Continue reading Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival 2006 Part II
In 1996 Nada Surf was on top of the world. Their hit single, “Popular” was an anthem for depressed high school students. The song served as a painstaking guide book to teenage popularity. They had a major label record contract and were destined for greatness. Fast-forward 9 years and the mainstream music scene had basically… Continue reading Nada Surf | The Weight is a Gift | Review
“There’s nothing better than a music festival in the heartland of the country,” said Jeff Austin of Yonder Mountain String Band on the festival’s last day. Even though I can think of some things that are better, there is a lot of truth to this statement. Despite its sputtering start with heightened police threats, and… Continue reading Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival 2006
