Day one of the 2010 MidPoint Music Festival got off to an incredible bang, with the first performance I saw at 7 pm on Fountain Square. Originally, Canada’s The Broken Lyre were the ones who were supposed to get things started, but because they were forced to cancel their set, that meant someone else had to step …
Tag Archive: Clare and the Reasons
Sep
24
2010
Sep
21
2010
MidPoint Must-See: Van Dyke Parks
The MidPoint Music Festival has played host to thousands of artists from all over the world since 2002, but it gets a little fuzzy in trying to recall whether or not they’ve had someone with such incredible stature as the arranger and composer Van Dyke Parks. You may not recognize his name, but more than likely you’ve heard something …
Nov
05
2009
Chesnutt Gives Strong, Emotional Performance
I’ve always enjoyed checking out a band for the first time by seeing them in concert. It seems not to happen as much anymore, as I’ve discovered and seen hundreds of bands over the better part of the last decade. But last night I was introduced to the songs of a music legend in his …