May-June, 2004Text and photographs by Banning Eyre The 10th annual World Sacred Music in Fes, Morocco, proved a rich experience for the Afropop Worldwide team. Four of us spent a week in Fes, recording, photographing, filming, and interviewing an amazing array of artists. Our time in Fes gave us material for many radio programs, including "The Legacy of Al-Andalus: Part 2, North Africa and Beyond
Founded in 1994, the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music of the proposed at the outset an innovative concept: gather in a widely œucuméniques major musical traditions of the sacred, spiritual music and world music. At that time, Sacred Music Festivals offer a vast majority of concerts focusing on the Western musical traditions, and the concept as such was non-existent in the East and the Arab wor
The Mile High Music Festival in Colorado will be prohibiting tailgating. Ok...like that is really going to be enforced!!! And if it does, that is simply not representing KIND COLORADO. So essentially, you must arrive at DICK'S SPORTING GOODS parking lot, and head right into the festival. I just do not see that happening.
According the the thefreedictionary.com, the definition of tailgating
Coachella and the New Orleans Jazz Fest kick off the summer frenzy of music festivals this weekend. The Virtual Earth Team has created a map that will eventually contain nearly a hundred festivals around the world!
Spin’s May issue runs down nearly a hundred festivals around the world featuring a dozen major events and hundreds of [...]
It has been announced that Madonna is to headline Radio 1’s Big Weekend music festival at Maidstone’s Mote Park on May 10th. Also Robyn and Duffy will also be perform that day, with The Hoosiers, The Feeling and Usher playing sets as well.
Over the two day event and over four stages, more than 30,000 music [...]
A full lineup of great musicians are scheduled for this year at the Old
Settler's Music Festival in Driftwood, Texas.Make your plans now to
attend the Old Settler's Music Festival April 17 - 20, 2008. From
banjos, to fiddles, guitars, and mandolins, the music is a blend of
bluegrass, country, and blues. Here
is an updated schedule of events. We will be there for the Saturday
events. Besides the great music, there are games for kids, music
lessons, and lots of delicious food. Located just south of Austin, here
are some directions
and ticket information.
The third annual Green Apple Festival, produced in partnership with Earth Day Network and presented by Chase, announces “America’s largest Earth Day celebration”– a weekend of music and environmental...
The place for miami downtowners to find whats going on in their area and at the same time support the downtown area grow
The Urban Music Festival at the Dome in Northgate, Johannesburg, failed to impress last friday.Is it us or the dome looked empty? Plus the sound was so bad that when Danny K performed, his voice could barely be heard….But Akon and Fat Joe brought down the house though!!!!
Did you go to the urban music festival on [...]
(photo via Coachella; Roger Waters of Pink Floyd)Based on visitor traffic, comments and your email requests, people want more music festival news, updates, line-ups and more for 2008 music festivals - perhaps the biggest year for music festivals worldwide.Coachella, less than two weeks away, has just added Prince as a headliner. It's really helpful that he returned to his original namesake rather than that symbol (thanks Prince). Also the Coachella line-up rumors that Goldfrapp and Aphex Twin have been added have been confirmed.MP3: Fly Me Away - GoldfrappThe Virgin Mobile Festival, set for August 9-10, 2008 at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, has yet to release the official, full line-up of artists for this year's festival, but the headliners already announced include Foo Fighters,
Where else can two guys get around in matching giant "man-kini" thongs and feel totally at home? Whether they were out to impress, attract attention, make a statement, or it was just an excuse to wear something they wouldn't normally ever wear out in public, fashion was taken to a whole new level at music festivals in the summer of 2008. NEWS.com.au mixed it with the cool kids at Homebake, Big Day Out, Good Vibrations, Future Music and V Festival to pinpoint only the wackiest and most wonderful outfits the punters could possibly parade for us.We've trawled through the galleries from the summer music festival season and picked our 50 favourite punter pics, showcasing the talent, the effort and the downright hard work that went into creating that perfect, or not-so-perfect outfit.
Saturday 7/19Tom Petty & The HeartbreakersO.A.R.Michael Franti & SpearheadSteve WinwoodSpoonmoe.Citizen CopeAndrew BirdJosh RitterState RadioJ.J. Grey & MofroBob SchneiderBrett DennenNewton FaulknerMeeseBorn In The FloodRailbendersSunday 7/20Dave Matthews BandJohn MayerThe Black CrowesRodrigo y GabrielaFlogging MollyColbie CaillatOneRepublicThe RootsLeftover SalmonMartin SextonFlobotsIngrid MichaelsonGrace Potter and the NocturnalsTea Leaf GreenRose Hill DriveThe New MastersoundsSerena RyderThe Photo AtlasTickets are available here: Please sign up for our newsletter to learn more. You can sign up for our newsletter on the right side of our page. We have a double opt-in so be sure to check your spam box to verify your account.@earthlink.net
Today's Music Festival Round Up Report, Part One:- Bamboozle Left is on this weekend in Irvine, Califronia. Get a report, see the lineup and sample some of the fest performers' MP3s. Read more...- The V Festival in Australia is losing money, according to billionaire tycoon Richard Branson, but he says in the long-run it will be worth it. Nevertheless, tens of thousands have turned out for the second years of the Down Under's traveling festival, which continues this weekend. Read more...- The official line-up for Lollapalooza 2008 will be announced only hours from now and there will be a full guide to Lollapalooza posted here when it does, including the full line up of artists, videos and MP3s of the best Lolla performances and artists of last year's event. In the meantime, here's all the
The Black Crowes To Play Memphis In May
Memphis In May Line-Up For 2008:
Memphis In May Official Site
Friday, May 2:
My Chemical Romance
Sheryl Crow
The Roots
Keb ’Mo’
Richard Johnston
Hellogoodbye
Jonny Lang
Ben Folds
Charlie Musselwhite
Robert “Wolfman” Belfour
Flyleaf
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Project Pat
Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials
Lord T & Eloise
Amy LaVere
JJ Grey & Mofro
Lurrie Bell
Saturday, May 3: Santana Disturbed Matisyahu Bettye LaVette [...]
La neta, ya no se si esto de los festivales masivos al estilo Coachellapalooza me gusta o me empieza a caer un poco mal. Por mientras les dejo aca otro line up de un festival que se llevará a cabo del 24 al 26 de mayo en la ciudad de Washington acá en la frontera norte de nuestro país. La neta es que el line up no esta malo pero bueno... aún no se qué es lo que de estos festivales me empieza a incomodar. Algunos de los participantes son: The Cure, R.E.M., The Flaming Lips U.F.O. Show, Death Cab For Cutie, M.I.A., Modest Mouse, Rodrigo & Gabriela, The Breeders, Built To Spill, Tegan & Sara, The National, Rouge Wave, Battles, Matt Costa... (aquí para ver completo)El Gorge Amphitheatre (lugar donde se llevará a cabo el festival) ha sido premiado nueve veces como el mejor foro
This year, the world's premiere electronic-dance music festival will celebrate it's 10 Year Anniversary. Once again this will be a two day event happening Firday March 28th and Saturday March 29th at the Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami. This will serve as the official Winter Music Conference closing event, which will be one not to miss. Ticket prices have sky rocketed throught the year, a general admision ticket is starting at $129 for a limted time and the VIP for $350. Seems like alot, but if you were to try to see all of this amazing Djs play at different clubs you will be spending a ton of money. At the opening day of the UMF 10 you have Carl Cox, Rabbit in the Moon, Danny Tenaglia, Richie
Soak up that "Olde Worlde" atmosphere and charm of the beautiful Galway city in the west of Ireland, when you attend the Galway Early Music Festival from May 16th - 18th 2008. The aim of the event is to showcase music, dance and costume from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods with the help of various concerts, workshops, master classes, school events and theatre throughout Galway city and county.
You missed a great event this past weekend if you didn't attend Venetian Bay's First Annual Music Festival on Saturday Dec. 15th!! It was a great outdoor event open to the public at the Town Center from 12 Noon till 7PM!!When we first arrived it was impossible to miss the Clock Tower and fountain surrounded by families sharing the spirit of holiday fun! The Venetian Bay Music Festival was a great way to gather the community together to sing, laugh, eat (funnel cakes and gator tail) and enjoy the Town Center! Many brought their lawn chairs and relaxed to the music while the kids played.
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The festival - which is run by the organisers of the Isle of Wight's annual Bestival – is set to be more intimate than the huge music festivals of Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds, with a total of 10,000 tickets available.It is also set to be more family-orientated, offering a large childrens' area, and events such as a sports day on the jousting strip, story telling, an insect circus, and an all singing kids' summer party.
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Commonly described as being Britpop survivors, The Bluetones perhaps have more in common with the legendary Japanese soldier still fighting in the jungle not knowing that the war was over years before.
Emerging from Hounslow at the peak of Britpop, the Bluetones' first album Expecting to Fly went straight to number one. One single, ?Slight Return? was ubiquitous in the summer of 1996 and ?Bluetonic?, with its jangling riff oddly reminiscent of a pinball machine, sound-tracking Sky Sports' Football League Cup coverage. It also contained the lyric, ?And I can't put my finger/On the time things first went wrong.? For the Bluetones, their time when things first went wrong was after second album Return to the Last Chance Saloon was released into the midst of the Britpop backlash. It did reasonably well, charting at number eleven and providing two more top twenty singles, but it was the band's last fling with genuine commercial success - though they perhaps remain a name at the ba
The 26-days Macau International Music Festival will start from 5-31 October 2007. It will features many internationally recognised music ensembles including the Russian National Orchestra, Berlin Trio, Vienna Boys Choir and Ominart Trio from Italy. Furthermore, three performances from Opera Australia will be held in Macau from 5-7 October 2007 at the Macau Cultural Centre. This will be their first time performed in Asia.Source : www.vapaataanet.fi
This Saturday should be a great day of music at Washington Park as a great lineup of local bands will be playing an afternoon party right in the heart of our city across from Music Hall. Today I thought it would be fun to focus in a bit on the bands playing the festival just so you can get a taste of what Saturday should be like. Check out the details below and make sure you hit up the Washington Park Music Festival this Saturday afternoon!
Bad Veins - Ben and Sebastian are the two guys that make up Bad Veins and they are no stranger to our humble site here. We first gave our readers the news about these guys about a year ago and lots of great stuff has happened for the guys since. In addition to playing twice in the WOXY.com lounge, Bad Veins have opened for the likes of Silversun Pickups, Apples in Stereo, Viva Voce, Snowden and have also impressed on two trips to New York City. It will not be long until you see a wise label snatch these guys up.
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Kenny Rogers, the legendary singer and songwriter, whose songs have sold over 100 million copies is genuinely excited to be in and to experience the Turks & Caicos Islands and performing at the Festival. He’s had the date circled on his calendar for months and is looking forward to enjoying all that the TCI has to offer.“You have no idea how excited I am to be coming to Turks & Caicos, visiting the islands and performing at the 2007 Turks & Caicos Music Festival” He added “I promise that it will truly be a great night for everyone that attends the Festival on Thursday, August 2nd!” His enthusiasm is more than a little contagious as all of the artists are eager to leave an indelible impression on the crowd that attends the Thursday night show.“If Kenny is excited, then I am positive that everyone in Turks & Caicos is excited by his appearance as well”, said Ralph Higgs, Director of Tourism Marketing for the Turks & Caicos Tourist Board. Mr. Higgs added “When artists are
Just when you thought the musical extravaganza was over, Malta is bracing itself for the “biggest-ever” music festival for the Isle of MTV summer festival on the Floriana granaries on Thursday.
Spanish heart throb Enrique Iglesias, R&B icon Akon and pop-rock band Maroon 5 will each star on the night for a 30- to 40-minute performance.
MTV only confirmed the line-up last month to ensure the hottest stars of the moment. In fact, all three stars are dominating most of the Top 10 charts worldwide.
The organisers are expecting over 20,000 revellers to swarm to the festival, which is free of charge. Most English language schools have postponed their evening’s activities to enable students to attend the festival.
Though the MTV generation normally spans the ages 14-30, Mr Spiteri says that such a big event should reach to a wider audience.
“This is going to be the biggest-ever music festival with an A-list line-up.”
The government is coughing up €700,000
San Diego Symphony Principal Bass Jeremy Kurtz recently passed this announcement along to me. Joel is a phenomenal player, and I would highly recommend checking it out.Joel writes:The Toronto Summer Music Festival and Academy is a new program taking place this year at the University of Toronto from July 23 to August 19th.I will be teaching a bass masterclass program there from August 6th to 11th which will mainly concentrate on the performance of solo literature although players of all levels are invited to participate. There are scholarships still available for bass participants.Please contact:http://www.tsmaf.ca/___________You can also visit Joel's personal website (and a very well-done one at that) at www.joelquarrington.com.Related Posts:Joel Quarrington performs on NACOcastupcoming double bass auditionssubscribe to the blog - subscribe to the podcast
Auckland can expect unprecedented levels of diverse sound art and outsider music activity this July with imminent visits from internationally renowned sound artists for this year’s Alt.music festival.Alt.music is an ongoing series of audio events, regularly bringing a vital injection of contemporary sound art from around the world to New Zealand. Organised by the Audio Foundation, Alt.music began as an international festival of experimental music and sound art under ARTSPACE in 2001, followed by successive festivals in 2002 and 2004.Alt.music 2007 does not offer a unifying framework into which a genre (‘sound art’) is neatly packed. Rather, it attempts to disclose an – often clamorous - discursive space in which ongoing debate about what comprises an innovative art of sound can be publicly articulated. Aligned to such utterance is the experiential listening space, which is the ground where sound art thrives and where you, as listener, are given a chance via the live
More news on the upcoming Rainforest World Music Festival. Sarawak Tourism Board has recently announced that they are releasing a coffee-table book to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the RWMF. The book's a 206-page retrospective of the event from its infancy stage to writings by renowned Sarawak author Heidi Munan on whether the festival should continue into the future. It's entitled "Music Without Borders", and Sarawak Tourism Board will only ever print 5,000 copies of it, no second print, folks. You can get the book now online at http://www.rainforestmusic-borneo.com, at Ringgit Malaysia (RM) 125 each. I read Amazon.com has also put 500 copies up for sale in their portal. By the way, tickets for the RWMF is priced at RM80 for a single-day pass and RM200 for a 3-day pass, available online at http://www.ticketcharge.com.my. It's on 13-15 July, folks, 20 groups confirmed to perform this year, so get your tickets now!
Last night we had the final concert of the Hot Springs Music Festival. The
orchestra played Ma Vlast (Moldau) by Bedrich Smetana, An die schönen blauen
Donau by Johann Strauss, and the 8th symphony of Antonin Dvorak. The orchestra,
consisting of music students and their mentors, did a great job! Especially the
brass was shining that night, much to thanks to inspiring coaching by the
trumpet mentor Scott Moore.
Besides the concert, I had to witness one remarkable trait of American
character. The festival runs mostly on the donations made by private citizens,
and before the concert it was announced that there is a "grant challenge" of
5000 USD made by one donor, and for the festival to get it, the audience should
be able to match it by their collective donations during the 2 festival weeks.
The challenge was short of only something like 500 bucks from the goal, but
during that one intermission the audience came up with 4000 USD in donations!
Four thousand!!! That means that ev
On August 10, 11 and 12 way out on Long Island RE/MAX of New York is hosting the"Metro NY Balloon and Music Festival"50 premier special shape, sport and corporate hot air balloons. A Long Island Sound Balloon raceGarcia Brothers CircusArts and Crafts GalleryGrucci Fireworks ShowHome Improvement PavilionVintage Helicopter RidesTeam FMX MotocrossMonster Truck RallyGolf, Travel and Leisure ExpoJoan Jett - Friday, August 10thThe Black Crows - Saturday, August 11thPat Benatar and Neil Giraldo - Sunday, August 12thTickets are available at participating CURVES or at www.MetroNYBalloonFest.com
1. Drew: Mom usually doesn’t mind when Porter picks up junk off the ground because he does that everywhere, but she really freaked out when she realized he was carrying this empty bottle.
She told us it was called Jagermeister. She said Jagermeister is an energy drink for animals and the bottle probably had horse germs so Porter had to put it down immediately. When she said that Daddy started snorting and I saw a booger moving up and down in his nose. There was a picture of a deer on the label of the bottle, but I didn’t see any animals at the concert. Well, I saw crawfish, but they were dead and people were eating them.
2. Finn: My brothers and I were at the Chick-fil-A tent getting dinner while Mom bought our drinks. I saw her talking to a man while she was at the Budweiser tent buying my dad a beer. I think the man was trying to flirt with her. I told Daddy, “That man is trying to put the moves on our Mom.” We got our chicken nuggets and ra
OK, the majority of the details for this Bon Jovi concert have been released and as of today Saturday April 28, tickets are on sale. On June 8, 2007 Bon Jovi will be headlining the 1st Annual San Juan Music Festival at the Hiram Bithorn in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This will be the first time in 20 years that Bon Jovi has played in Puerto Rico. The festival is scheduled to start at 6pm and end at midnight. As of today the line up is:
Bon Jovi
Mishka (Matthew McConaughey band)
Vivanativa
Millo Torres y el 3er Planeta
The All American Rejects are also rumored to be playing, but I can not confirm this.
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A “green festival” combining music and outdoor activities is taking place near Aviemore in the Scottish Highlands from 22 - 24 June 2007. The main attractions are JT Tunstall and Crowded House. There are wildlife walks, mountain bking, rafting, canoeing and rafting. A weekend pass ticket costs £65, there are additional charges for some activities. There is a car sharing facility online and the venue is within 2 miles of a railway station. There is a designated quiet camping zone for families or those who are looking for a peaceful night’s sleep away from the main camping area.
Does this sort of event appeal to you? I am not convinced that it is possible to have a gathering of 10,000 people and call it environmentally friendly. The food served there will be free trade, organic produce in biodegradable packaging. They encourage festival goers to use public transport. I think erecting the stage and toilet/shower blocks etc won’t be good for the environme
축제의 나라 태국 ... 이 번달 가장 크게 열리는 축제중에 파타야 국제 뮤직 페스티발-[Pattaya International Music Festival 2007]이 있습니다. 행사명: 파타야 국제 뮤직 페스티발-[Pattaya International Music Festival 2007] 장소: 파타야 행사기간: 2007년 3월 16 ~ 18일 무료 콘서트. 태국과 국제 가수들의 만남의 장이다. 태국에서 가장 화려하고 큰 음악행사인 이 페스티발..글 전체보기
Ultra Music Festival - the official closing event of the Miami Winter Music Conference will take place March 23 and 24, 2007 at Bicentennial Park in downtown Miami, Florida.
At the two-day event where 60,000 people are expected, festival headliner The Cure and second-night headliner Paul van Dyk will be joined by over 150 electronic bands and DJs, including appearances by live atcs like Hybrid, BT, Brazilian Girls and Rabbit In The Moon and DJ’s Richie Hawtin, Danny Tenaglia, Tiefschwarz, Damian Lazarus, Carl Cox and Digitalism.
The ninth edition of UMF will mark the first time Deep Dish has played the festival in five years and it will be their first appearance together in Miami since last WMC. For Sasha & John Digweed, this will be their first appearance together at UMF in three years.Continue reading "Miami Ultra Music Festival announce full Line-up">
On July the 6th 2007 Chris Brown will be performing at The Essence Music Festival which apparently is exactly the same night as Beyonce, Lionel Richie and the awesome Mary J Blige are going to be at this event as well which is superb. You cannot miss this for anything. You got to give me some love for sharing this info with you.
And because we are good to all you fans here is a link for you to obtain more information and the concert tickets.
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Coachella is one of the best forward thinking music and arts festivals in America. Every year some of the world’s finest talent converges in Indio, California for two incredible days of music, art and fun.Â
Location:Empire Polo Field
81-800 Ave 51, Indio, CA 92201
Date:Friday, April 27, 2007
Time:11am - midnight 27-29 April
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America is full of contradictions: it is the "land of the free', but its civil liberties, as we know from Guantanamo Bay, are laughably insecure. New York is billed as "the city that never sleeps', but in the last few years a war on nightlife has led to the closure of tens of the city's nightclubs and bars.Clubbers are vilified by the media, and in 2002 the Senate tried to pass the infamous Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act (or R.A.V.E. Act), which if it had become law, made landowners responsible for their patrons drug use.But now Chicago's local authorities have given the thumbs up to the city's first ever house music festival. Illinois' Department of Economic Development and the Bureau of Tourism are supporting Move!, a two-day international house music festival which takes place for the first time this year on 22nd and 23rd July.Move! will feature some of the world's most famous house music DJs such as Danny Tenaglia, Frankie Knuckles, David Mora
