Founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, South by Southwest (SXSW) has become, like its host city, many things to many people. The event has grown to incorporate tech, fashion, design, film, television, exhibitions, comedy, education, gaming and other cultural endeavors […]
Founded in 2009, the Big Ears Festival lays claim to bringing more diverse music acts to single locale than any other event or gathering. From roots to the avant-garde, the fest brings together performers from around the world to music […]
There is simply too much going on in the roots music world. This week, the column goes from Texas to Australia. In the former, Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion (Spicewood, Texas, March 13, 2025) showed the world how to put on […]
During the past 24 years promoter and organizer Sixthman has presented over 150 themed festivals on the high seas. Those festivals, which push off from its Miami, Florida home port, now number 28 and permit guests (over 300,000 so […]
March in Arizona means it’s time for Cactus League spring training in Phoenix. Music promoter and festival organizer C3 Presents (Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits Music Festival, Bonnaroo, and more) thought it would also be a great time hold a roots […]
This week’s column takes us, in the throes of winter, up north, where two roots music events occurred on the same overlapping weekend: Folk Alliance International in Montreal, Canada (February 19-23, 2025); and Wintergrass in Bellevue, Wash. (20-23, 2025). In […]
This week’s column features two events at opposite ends of the country: AMERICANAFEST’s Pre-Grammy Salute to John Hiatt (February 1, 2025) at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, California; and the Vero Beach Blues Festival (February 15 & 16, 2025) […]
In what has become a yearly feature, this week’s column turns its focus to the latest happenings in the wide wide world of analog, and just a bit more. You don’t have to be an audiophile to fully appreciate […]
Spread out over an expansive nine days (January 17-25, 2025), the Tucson Jazz Festival returned for its ninth season with an eclectic mix of jazz styles, artists, and nationalities that appealed to diehard fans and curious newbies alike. It seemed […]
“Every show during the 30A Songwriters Festival is a glimpse into the beautiful and unconventional world of a songwriter.” — Alice Wallace Named after a 24-mile corridor of Florida’s Scenic Highway 30A that hugs the Gulf of Mexico coastline in […]
