AmericanaFest 2026: The Sound of the Margins Goes Mainstream
With more than 200 artists and 300 events across Nashville, AmericanaFest showcases a genre expanding its reach while holding fast to its outsider identity.
Events
Amazing Evening with Gregory Alan Isakov and Symphony at Red Rocks
Concertgoers were blessed to hear Gregory Alan Isakov’s intricate arrangements in Red Rocks’ amazing setting, with lovely weather.
Bill Gunn’s ‘Personal Problems’ Is a Milestone in American Indie Filmmaking
With its rough framing, shaky handheld shots, and available light, Bill Gunn’s Personal Problems anticipates the documentary aesthetic of 21st-century vérité-lite TV shows.
Rock Music Returns to Outside Lands 2026
An exhilarating Friday featuring Wet Leg, Sierra Ferrell, Geese, Turnstile and Charli XCX brings rock back to San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival in a big way.
Showbiz Drama ‘Primetime’ Peers into the Media’s Twisted Minds
Venice Film Festival’s steamiest premiere, Primetime, does a filthy dive into the twisted minds of American reality television’s apex predators.
Loudon Wainwright at 80 Remains a One-Man Show
The concert was billed as featuring friends and family, but Loudon Wainwright wasn’t going to sit back and just watch others perform his songs.
Venice Film Festival 2026 Carefully Welcomes the Political in Filmmaking
Venice Film Festival 2026 embraced film’s political nature—though not without flinching—as we examine works by Paul Schrader, Shin’ya Tsukamoto, and an Oasis documentary.
Magnolia Johnson Electric Co. Celebrate Secretly Group’s 30th Anniversary
Secretly Group kicked off a long weekend of events by honoring their flagship artist, Jason Molina, who is more relevant than ever, with a tribute set from Magnolia Johnson Electric Co.
Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink’ Gets Despicability Fabulously
Danny Boyle’s Ink shows how both sides of the sordid media war between Rupert Murdoch and Larry Lamb are despicable.
Colour Conquers Blandness at a Vibrant Osheaga Festival 2026
Osheaga 2026’s diverse array of musical talent charmed festivalgoers with no shortage of musicianship, humanity, and most importantly, colour.
Tedeschi Trucks Band Rock Out for a Future With Soul
Tedeschi Trucks Band take the audience on a ride to spiritual freedom, with a cathartic feeling woven throughout the show at Berkeley’s Greek Theater.
Sziget 2026 Infects Festivalgoers with Irrepressible Joy
A thousand performances by artists of every ilk, 50 stages, street theaters, drag performances, half-pipe shows, stencil workshops, communal dances, circus events, wrestling, karaoke and more life-affirming joy at Sziget 2026.