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Photo by Mary-Beth Blankenship. New festivals are as nerve-wracking as they are exciting, especially for those involved in putting them together. Not only are you faced with scrutiny and legions of first-time attendees who will form opinions as things continue to get settled, but also bands and press both rooting for you and simultaneously judging…
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Things get started tonight with this season’s debut of Live On The Green with Dr. John & The Lower 911, Moon Taxi, & John Cleary. Now, I’m not some brainy engineer, but I do know that there is mad love for onstage collaboration and jam sessions down in Dr. John’s homeland of New Orleans,…
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If you like live music, then you obviously like free live music too. Lightning 100 had quite a bit of news yesterday, and more of that to come in a follow up post. But, the highlight was their stellar Live On The Green lineup announcement. We have a couple of more spots to fill,…
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It’s freaking summer time, and, as Jeff The Brotherhood would say, “It’s so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so hot.” Might as well embrace it with some sultry nights around town this summer. Specifically, I’m talking about two of the best summer events in the city…. Sounds Like Summer and Live On The…
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Most of you have probably already seen this “newsy bit”, but I wanted to reiterate it’s awesome-ness. I was backstage at Bonnaroo watching Dr. John and Dan Auerbach chat it up last summer before their Superjam. It’s the kind of thing that I would normally try to steathily snap an awful, blurry photo which…
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The final day of Bonnaroo, and I was able to check out The Head & The Heart, Smith Westerns, Fences, Ryan Bingham, Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea, Neon Trees, Black Dub, The White Buffalo, Beirut, Cold War Kids, and the Superjam (Dr. John and Dan Auerbach w/ a guest appearance by the Preservation…