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Articles tagged "music festivals" Events FeatureWinter Music Conference 2008by David Tatasciore[6.May.08] :. In his account of the nation's premier techno festival, David Tatasciore captures the good, the bad, and the ugly that made the Winter Music Conference such an unforgettable experience.  NewsThe Eagles deliver a great one to open Stagecoach festivalby Ben Wener [The Orange County Register (MCT)][5.May.08] :. INDIO, Calif. - Without question, the Eagles turned in a fantastic performance - one of their best in recent memory - to cap Friday’s opening of the second Stagecoach country music festival in...  NewsPanic at the Disco headlines New Jersey’s Bamboozle festivalby Glenn Gamboa [Newsday (MCT)][30.Apr.08] :. Panic at the Disco, like so many veterans of The Bamboozle festival before them, is set to return this weekend to the annual pop-rock extravaganza in the Meadowlands parking lot bigger and better...  NewsRoger Waters achieves another kind of awesome at Coachellaby Ben Wener [The Orange County Register (MCT)][28.Apr.08] :. When they release the DVD of “Coachella `08” - which all parties involved might want to consider doing by, say, September, the better for their festival-wide mission to have any impact in...  NewsGearing up for a different Coachella — thanks to Princeby Ben Wener [The Orange County Register (MCT)][21.Apr.08] :. Think of it as the Coachella that keeps creeping up on you. That’s how I’m viewing it now, anyway. THE COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL April 25: Jack Johnson,...  NewsOutdoor rock festivals are bigger and better than everby Chris Riemenschneider [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][18.Apr.08] :. It looked as if the demand for giant outdoor rock festivals went up in flames (literally) with Woodstock `99, the fest that notoriously became known as three days of overflowing porta-potties,... Electronic euphoria: Miami’s Winter Music Conference begins Tuesdayby Michael Hamersly [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][21.Mar.08] :. Winter Music Conference, Miami’s own version of March Madness that draws the world’s top dance music artists - and party people - for a week of unmatched debauchery, kicks off Tuesday in... By:Larm 2008: Pining For the Fjordsby Adrien Begrand[3.Mar.08] :. PopMatters surveys the smorgasbord of Scandinavian pop, metal and everything in between at the by:Larm Festival in Oslo, Norway. Great music, splendid weather, $12 beers and lots of hot dogs later, we emerge already looking forward to next year. Al Green and Etta James join the king of bluesby Marijke Rowland [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][12.Sep.07] :. To the Rev. Al Green, “Love and Happiness” is more than a song. It’s more than a feeling. It’s a mission. Green, who has led his congregation at the Full Gospel Tabernacle... Burning Man gets in touch with its environmental sideby David Watts Barton [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][27.Aug.07] :. SACRAMENTO, Calif.—“Green” is not the first word one might choose to describe Black Rock City, the home of the counterculture adventure known as Burning Man. Black Rock City,... Down at the Crossroads: An Interview with Eric Claptonby Greg Kot [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][3.Aug.07] :. In the early `60s, Eric Clapton began a passionate, long-distance love affair with Chicago. Upon hearing the blues of Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and Hubert Sumlin on vinyl records, Clapton saw his future as a guitarist. Clapton’s Crossroads festival was fit for a Kingby Greg Kot [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][30.Jul.07] :. Bill Murray brought the laughs, and B.B. King took care of the tears. Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Jeff Beck and Steve Winwood kept stealing the show from one another. Robbie Robertson made a rare... Will Live Earth have a lasting effect?by Ben Wener [The Orange County Register (MCT)][9.Jul.07] :. Maybe Bob Geldof was right after all about Live Earth. Perhaps you read comments the rocker-turned-humanitarian made two months ago, when Al Gore and Geldof’s Live Aid and Live 8 co-organizer... World of artists sing to save the earthby Jim Farber [New York Daily News (MCT)][7.Jul.07] :. NEW YORK - A galaxy of pop stars, appearing in an atlas full of cities, performed at the environmentally friendly Live Earth concert Saturday - creating what might have been the longest, loudest,... Live Earth: musicians with guilty consciences?by Dan DeLuca [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][2.Jul.07] :. It took Live Aid 20 years to spawn Live 8, but pop-culture history repeats at an ever-accelerating pace. So, just two years on, the latest iteration is upon us: Live Earth. Like any worthy sequel,... Monterey Pop Festival was a blueprint for future music gatheringsby Timothy Finn [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][6.Jun.07] :. Forty years ago next week, nearly three dozen bands and performers filled a three-day music bill at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, Calif. No one knew it at the time - not even the... Monolith Festival at Red Rocks Announcedby PopMatters Staff[22.May.07] :. PopMatters is proud to announce that we are one of the sponsors of the brand-spankin’ new Monolith Festival to be held this September just outside Denver, Colorado in the gorgeous Red... Highlights and lowlights from the Coachella music festivalby Greg Kot [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][1.May.07] :. Reunions were the major theme of the three-day Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which wrapped up its ninth year Sunday as one of the world’s premiere music gatherings. Despite... Struggling to gear up for Coachellaby Ben Wener [The Orange County Register (MCT)][9.Apr.07] :. It’s shameful for any critic, particularly one with a steady writing gig, to admit he’s never been to South by Southwest, the Queen Mother of music conferences, held every March in... |
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