It’s easy for the festivals, as they come and go, to become a blur. We’ve already had Rhythm n Blooms, Big Ears and Earthfest. Rossini is this weekend and we haven’t even gotten to the heart...
It feels like a slow down after two consecutive weekends (starting on Thursday each time) of music festivals. Surely we can take it easy until Rossini hits next weekend, right? Well, you can take it easy...
As has become my custom, I struggled out of bed around 8:00 AM last Sunday morning to scurry to Market Square to see the chalk drawings before weather and foot-traffic obliterate them. It’s really impossible to...
So, the excitement builds in anticipation of some of the best artists of the festival – but. But by the last day I’m exhausted. I’ve been up until 2:00 AM each of the first two days...
The beginning of day two of a three day festival is a sweet spot of sorts: Day one was fun, building expectations for day two and exhaustion won’t set in until late in the day. It’s...
I realize that the sensible journalistic move here would be to do one article re-capping the Rhythm n Blooms Festival: Sum it up, mention a highlight or two, throw in half a dozen photographs and move...
As with so many festivals, each participant’s musical selections set them on a personal journey unlikely to be replicated by any other attending fan. We each have different preferences and bring different backgrounds to the shows....
Throughout the festival, I was struck with how many people it must take to decide who to invite, to contact and negotiate with each artist, to find and reserve venues and to make a schedule, to...
After arriving home on my bicycle, drenched, fatigue setting in and with a disappointing show to end the previous night, I’d had my enthusiasm tempered a bit. I had other business to take care of in...
The Big Ears Festival could be considered multiple festivals. The music remains the focal center, of course, and involves its own personal, interactive and extremely eclectic journey. Film supports general ethos established by the music and...