Year 24, you’re probably wondering what that even means. Well let me try to explain. You see, Year 24 is the phrase I’m using to refer to the current year of my life. Maybe it was the recent […]
Year 24, you’re probably wondering what that even means. Well let me try to explain. You see, Year 24 is the phrase I’m using to refer to the current year of my life. Maybe it was the recent […]
Amidst the lush rolling hills and wondrous greenery of the Ozark Mountains, thousands gather each year for one of the country’s premier camping music festivals. Wakarusa, now on its tenth year, is home to an eclectic music line up that […]
When Brittni Paiva was gifted with her first ukulele at age 11 by her grandfather, she had no idea the musical tapestry and magic that would unfold over the next 12 years of her young life. It would lead her from her […]
I have been to many great festivals, from the shores of Alabama to the mountains of Colorado, but I have never been to Wakarusa in Arkansas. I dont need to have ever been to be almost sure of one thing: […]
“Wakarusa- 1. where music meets mother nature 2. the reason for the other 361 days” After going to this festival for the first time in 2012, I quickly learned how right on this definition was. Wakarusa has it all, great […]
Let me first say that I hate folk-pop music. God, how I hate it. I hate it because invariably the folk is the smallest consideration in the equation. It’s usually just standard pop music with one acoustic guitar in the […]
You can listen to the CDs, you can watch the videos, you can hear selected tracks played on the radio but you really hope that one day you’ll get the opportunity to attend a live performance…when that first time beckons, […]
Wakarusa 2011 was my first mega-campout festival, ever. The excitement for a new experience was overwhelming, even after a 14-hour ride spent sharing my seat with a large djembe. I had been to festivals before, but not like this — […]
Wakarusa is more than the traditional music festival. Not only is it a gathering of the summer’s top acts, it is also a chance to reconnect with nature and our kindred “festie” spirits. Situated on the picturesque Mulberry Mountain, worries […]
Legendary blues album sweetened with five bonus tracks In a career that stretched more than forty years, blues guitarist and singer Albert King waxed a lot of fine material, but none finer than this 1967 collection for Stax. “Collection,” rather […]
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