Archive for Festival Recaps
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Jazz Fest Halftime Report (Weekend One Highlights and This Week’s Picks)
Food, drinks, and nonstop dancing. Here’s the best of what I saw last weekend for Round 1 of Jazz Fest 2013. John Michael Rouchell @ Jazz Fest NOLA’s own John Michael Rouchell opened the Acura Stage around noon on Saturday with a high energy set that certainly deserved to be... more
FESTIVAL RECAP: 2013 BUKU Music + Art Project
Words by Grant Thomas and Shane Colman | Photos by Shane Colman The second installment of the BUKU Music and Arts Festival proved, once again, that New Orleans knows how to throw a great party. The prime location along the mighty Mississippi provided a unique backdrop of passing barges, not... more
PHOTO RECAP: Jam Cruise XI
I've been beaming for days and I've got a serious case of sea legs, which can only mean one thing: Jam Cruise was last week. I'll have a full recap in a few days once I've been able to fully digest everything I witnessed, but for now I wanted... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS: Bear Creek 2012 Friday (Dap-Kings, The Werks, Heavy Pets and More)
Friday we saw The Sugarman 3, then caught part of the Heavy Pets (with Roosevelt Collier) jam session! After that, we watched the beginning of Bright Light Social Hour and the end of The Werks set. The highlight of the night was definitely Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings featuring the... more
FESTIVAL RECAP: Austin City Limits Festival 2012
Review by Mark Wheeler || Photos by Michael Wren Like any of the behemoth American festivals dotting the calendar from April to October, the annual Austin City Limits Festival is a bear to take in, requiring a number of tough decisions to take in as much of the magic as possible.... more
FESTIVAL RECAP: Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival 2012
This weekend's adventures in Joshua Tree, CA went far beyond the gates of the 7th Annual Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival, a fall gathering focused on featuring genuine artistry and musicianship of the highest caliber. Within the first hour of being a part of the intimate event, I'd already begun... more
FESTIVAL RECAP: Life is good Festival 2012
Words and Photos by Craig J. Sandor Good Weather, good vibes, good people, good times and all for a good cause (The 2012 Life is good Festival raised over $1 million to help kids in need) - the 2012 Life is good Festival in Canton, MA certainly lived up to its... more
FESTIVAL RECAP: Catskill Chill 2012
Two words coming back from this year's Catskill Chill: CHILLED OUT. This unique festival brings out the best in everyone lucky enough to be a part of it. I felt nothing but amazing vibes and pure talent the whole weekend. You really couldn't ask for a better lineup. Yonder flew... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Rootwire Music and Arts Festival 2012
All words and photos by Alicyn Lane... Papadosio’s third annual Rootwire Music and Arts Festival manifested again last weekend in the foothills of Appalachian Logan, Ohio. It’s clear that this festival has made groundbreaking constructive transformations towards one giant conceptual higher feeling. Like other festivals of their shared and like-minded nature,... more
FESTIVAL RECAP: FYF Fest 2012
Words by Sam Nachbar || Photos by Joey Serxner Speaking to a markedly young and trendy group of twenty-somethings during his late-afternoon set at FYF Fest (a.k.a. Fuck Yeah Fest), Father John Misty used his time in between songs to relate to the crowd with humor. By impersonating an old man... more
FESTIVAL RECAP / PHOTOS: moe.down 13
Words by Senor Martin, Photos by Nick Irving Veteran jamband moe. hosted its annual three day music festival dubbed moe.down over the weekend of August 10th through 12th, with this year's fest scheduled earlier in the summer than in previous years and returning to its long-time home at the Snow Ridge... more
RECAP / PHOTOS: Equifunk 2012, The All-Inclusive Music Festival
Equifunk was a funkin' blast! What a way to design a music festival! From the moment of arrival people settled in to their sleep-away/summercamp style bunks and began to get funky, this festival was so well set up! You had beer/drinks when you wanted it, music all the time, great... more
RECAP / VIDEOS: Sigur Rós @ Outside Lands 2012
On Saturday night of Outside Lands, Sigur Ros provided the crowd with a musical experience of a lifetime. Tucked back in the corner of the grounds on the Twin Peaks stage amidst a beautifully lit forest blanketed in fog, the band played one of the truly special sets of the... more
FESTIVAL RECAP: Outside Lands 2012
Still lots more coverage to come from Outside Lands 2012! From the first notes of FUTUREBIRDS' "Johnny Utah" at their set down in Hellman Hollow on Friday at high noon to the Stevie Wonder-led "My Girl" singalong closer on Sunday, Outside Lands 2012 was a resounding, across-the-board success. The peak-level quality... more
REVIEW / VIDEOS: Skrillex @ Outside Lands 2012
Many fans of the blog and friends alike were aghast on Sunday night when I tweeted out the following: https://twitter.com/livemusicblog/status/234870860433997825 In full comprehension of the notion that I'm going to get flamed so unbelievably hard for even trying to write this post, I believed that tweet to be more true than many... more
HIGHLIGHTS / PHOTOS: Newport Folk Fest 2012 Day Two (My Morning Jacket, Alabama Shakes and more)
Last weekend marked the 53rd Annual Newport Folk Festival and the unofficial 100th birthday party for Woody Guthrie. Newport for me is like Summer Camp and I'm not referring to that other music festival in Chillicothe, IL. I mean those memories of campfire sing-alongs with familiar faces and laying... more
PHOTOS: Scenes from Lollapalooza Day One
Before all hell broke loose at Lollapalooza this weekend thanks to a massive thunderstorm, our good buddy Eric Kleinberg was at the festival and was trying his best to capture the mood and spirit of the mega-fest. Let's take a look at what he could capture (The Shins, M83,... more
RECAP: Gathering of the Vibes 2012 @ Seaside Park, Bridgeport CT
Thursday, 7/19/2012 I have resided in Connecticut for my entire adult-life thus far and before this year, not once have I ever had the opportunity to go to the Gathering of the Vibes. And being that it has taken place in this lovely state of mine going on six years in... more
PHOTOS: Catalpa Music Festival Day Two (Snoop Dogg, Girl Talk, Matt and Kim and more)
I was able to shoot most of the major acts at Catalpa Music Festival from the photo pit, except for the Snoop Dogg set at the very end where things got a bit crowded in there. Ahead of that I managed to snag shots from City and Colour, Dirty... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: All Good Music Festival 2012
It was no easy feat: three flights and 2,705 miles stood between myself and Legend Valley, new home to the 16th Annual All Good Music Festival and Campout. Nothing could stop me though… I ran through LAX, chasing my connection, Yonder Mountain String Band in my headphones (I think it... more
PHOTOS: Catalpa Music Festival Day One (Black Keys, Umphrey’s, TV on the Radio and more)
Yesterday was day one for the inaugural Catalpa Music Festival on Randall's Island in NYC, and I was psyched to have a photo pass and was able to shoot Zola Jesus, Hercules and Love Affair, Umphrey's McGee, TV on the Radio and The Black Keys. Read on for my... more
FESTIVAL RECAP / PHOTOS: Camp Bisco 11
My close friend from Chicago, Ross, made it out to Camp Bisco 11 last week. He brought back some awesome photos to share with us and here's what he had to say about the fest... -Andrei Camp Bisco this year was a hell of a time, from the hard pounding dubstep... more
PHOTOS / VIDEO: Garage a Trois @ High Sierra 2012
You've already seen some of the stellar Aaron Fortin photos and recaps from this year's High Sierra Music Festival, but one set that I saw (among many others) needed to really be highlighted on its own. Any one reading this site knows we have a certain tendency towards musical... more
RECAP / PHOTOS : Surprise Me Mr. Davis & The Slip @ High Sierra 2012
As promised, an "epic" roundup post from the action at this year's High Sierra Music Festival from the boys in Surprise Me Mr. Davis and The Slip. Brad, Marc, Andrew, Marco, Nathan and High Sierra just go hand in hand. They are all part of the action that... more
VIDEO FEATURE: Sonic Bloom RE:cap
Ladies and gentlemen, friends and fans, Live Music Blog: Colorado (LMB CO) is proud to present to you our very own original video from this year's Sonic Bloom festival at Shadows Ranch in Georgetown, CO. We threw up photos a couple weeks and go a now we have a video... more
RECAP / PHOTOS: High Sierra Music Festival 2012
It's tough to recap an entire four days of a festival that seems to fly by with such ease and relaxation, yet has lifetime highlights that you'll be remembering until next year's event rolls around. Taking photos for Live Music Blog over the weekend was an absolute pleasure. To be... more
RECAP: Governors Ball Music Festival @ Randall’s Island NYC, Day Two 6/24/12
Turf War and Alberta Cross started day two of The Governors Ball off strong. And while my slacker-ass took a little longer to get to the island, Eric T arrived bright and early and was able to take in the sights and sounds of the mid-morning. When I arrived to... more
RECAP: Governors Ball Music Festival @ Randall’s Island NYC, Day One 6/23/12
It was one of those perfectly weathered summer weekends and I was en route to The Governors Ball Music Festival on NYC's Randall's Island. Of the many suggested ways to get onto the island, I opted to hop the ferry. In front of me sat two young lads that were... more
FESTIVAL RECAP: SONIC BLOOM 2012
The ninth installment of the Sonic Bloom Music and Arts Festival overran the Shadows Ranch in Georgetown Colorado last weekend and for me, it could not have gone any better. This festival may be small (selling out at roughly 2,500 tickets) but it packs a punch that is unrivaled by... more
INTERVIEW / RECAP / PHOTOS: Big Gigantic @ Governors Ball 2012
Big Gigantic played The Governors Ball on Saturday just after 2pm. They are out in full force on festival-tour this summer and are in support of their latest release Nocturnal. As they took stage, Dominic (production/sax) welcomed everyone..."Thank you all for coming! We are happy to be here and are... more
