Two recent roots music fests in Florida are featured this week: Brandi Carlile’s Mothership Weekend (May 10-12) and JJ Grey’s Blackwater Sol Revue (May 25-26). Being namesake festivals, their lineups reflected the unique perspectives their host artists have on […]
There’s a fairly big-name concert in a fairly big amphitheater I’m not attending tonight because the ticket price is too high. I bet you’ve run into that lately too. Of course, we all recognize that music has value (as […]
This week’s column features two festivals at opposite ends of the world that were held over two holiday weekends: Australia’s Byron Bay Bluesfest on Easter weekend and Rooster Walk in Virginia over Memorial Day weekend. Bluesfest has been covered […]
After 15 years as a band, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real announced this week they’re going their separate ways, at least for a while. In a social media post, the band said they’ve “decided to take a […]
When he was 6 years old, country singer Darius Rucker discovered his destiny. Rucker was lying on his living room floor listening to Al Green’s then-new album, I’m Still in Love with You, he recalls in his new memoir, […]
Named for and presided over by the legend himself — Del McCoury — DelFest, first held in 2008, takes over Cumberland, Maryland, during Memorial Day weekend each year. While the festival prides itself on carrying on the McCoury family […]
Located on the shores of the Pacific Ocean in Redondo Beach, California, the BeachLife Festival prides itself on extolling the virtues of growing up in Southern California. Besides the relaxed beach lifestyle, there’s the ocean itself: the waves, the […]
It’s been hinted at and hoped for, and now it’s finally happening: The federal government has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation alleging that the company has eliminated choice and raised prices by locking out rivals in its […]
More often than not, I use these Founders’ Keepers columns to highlight artists you might not already know. There’s some of that this month, too — but we’ll bolt out of the gate with some star power. Mark Knopfler […]
New Orleans, Louisiana, is not just a city. Its name alone conjures up a scintillating and singular representation of the confluence of French, African, and American cultures. From buskers on what seems to be every street corner in the […]
