First held in 1970, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is more than a music festival, it is a celebration of music, crafts, culture and food. It is a spicy stew comprised of many distinct cultures: African American, […]
This week is not only a double festival treat but also a contrast in genres and locales. Country Thunder Arizona is one of seven country music festivals put on by Country Thunder Music Festivals in the United States and […]
More so than at any other festival I attend every year, something happens at MerleFest that spurs me to thinking about tradition: what it is, what it means, and where it’s going. Perhaps it is no coincidence that those […]
It is good to have MerleFest back in its normal time slot; mid-spring in North Carolina is a lovely time of the year. With it comes this column’s recommendations on artists who are making their MerleFest debuts and thus […]
Held in downtown Boise, Idaho, the five-day Treefort Music Fest returned in style this year to celebrate its tenth anniversary. Over 400 artists and bands came to perform and hang out in intimate settings, outdoor stages, bars, and theaters. […]
For the fifth time, Kirk Stauffer, who traveled from the chilly climes of the Pacific Northwest to sunny and warm Austin, shares with us his photos from SXSW. Once again he concentrates on the many women artists who performed […]
Unlike many festivals, the Cayamo cruise only missed one year due to COVID-19 (it docked in 2020 just before lockdowns hit, and then skipped 2021). This year was not a given due to the close proximity that being on […]
In his opening remarks, Big Ears Festival founder Ashley Capps said, quoting jazz composer Albert Ayler, “ ‘Music is the healing force in the universe.’ It resonates more now than ever.” After a two-year COVID hiatus, this year’s edition of […]
Located on a dusty repurposed Western film set originally built for the 1986 film Red Headed Stranger in Spicewood, Texas, on property owned by Willie Nelson, Luck Reunion returned last week after a two-year pandemic hiatus. Positioned somewhere between […]
Astute readers of this column will note that the last time these two festivals were covered was in 2020, just before the country entered its COVID-19 shutdown. After that two-year delay, our Arizona correspondent, C. Elliott, was chomping at […]
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