Jan
24
2012
January 24, 2012 Dear Forecastle Travelers – The Forecastle Festival is thrilled to announce that My Morning Jacket will headline and assist in curating the festival’s 10th Anniversary. The 3-day event will take place July 13-15, 2012, at Louisville’s scenic, award-winning Waterfront Park. My Morning Jacket, whose original members hail from Louisville and currently …
Dec
01
2011
2011 isn’t quite over just yet, but I’m already set on what I feel are the best albums of the year – at least as far as my top picks go. Rather than attempt to rank albums 1-50 or 1-100 or even 1-25 like you’ll find most everyone else doing, I thought I’d just share …
Jun
29
2011
Pictured: Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon I was hoping to get this out there by the time we reached the halfway mark of the year, but it’s not like we’re far from that point anyways. Rather than beat myself into the ground trying to make an actual numbered list, I thought I’d just present my favorite …
Mar
03
2011
My Morning Jacket will release their highly anticipated sixth studio album this spring, entitled Circuital. In celebration of the forthcoming full-length, the band will give away six weekly downloads beginning March 3rd. The first five downloads will be live songs taken from each night of their historic week at New York’s Terminal 5 in October of 2010. …
Feb
07
2011
Before you get overly excited or utterly disappointed, I suggest you take this with a grain of salt. Sources – not mine (I have none) – but others claiming they have inside sources have revealed that the headliners for Bonnaroo‘s 10th anniversary will be the Beastie Boys, Arcade Fire and Widespread Panic. They’re also noting …
Feb
01
2011
In year one – 2010 – the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama made their mark in the festival world as the only one of its kind, featuring artists like Trey Anastasio, the Zac Brown Band, John Legend, The Roots, Ben Harper and the Black Crowes, among many, many others. In 2011, Hangout will …
Jan
07
2011
Wakarusa #8 returns to Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, Arkansas on June 2. Today they announced the initial lineup, featuring big names and suspected headliners like like My Morning Jacket, Ben Harper & Relentless 7, Thievery Corporation and Umphrey’s McGee, as well as Ekoostik Hookah from Columbus and the Werks from Dayton. Other notable artists include Bassnectar, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Mumford …
Dec
09
2010
Inspired by one of the best in music festival coverage – Consequence of Sound (though specifically their recent Coachella predictions), I thought why not put together something similar regarding my one true love – the Bonnaroo Music Festival. Every year for about the past half decade, I’ve made extensive lists containing hundreds of bands I thought might be possible to …
Dec
22
2009
The first decade of the 21st century has just about come to a close. While the political industry has seen things like the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Iraq War and the first election of an African-American President, the music industry has seen things like the rebirth of the outdoor music festival (thanks to a crashing fall brought on by …