For its second year counting, another sun sets on the Panorama Music Festival in Randall’s Island Park. Along with a lineup spanning across a vast array of decades and styles, Panorama brought some unexpected surprises this year, most prominently a broad artistic landscape to admire and become engulfed in. Panorama’s biggest sponsor this year was […]
Ten Bands to See at Panorama This Weekend
The masterminds at Goldenvoice have brought us innovative music festival experiences all over the country, from Firefly to Hangout Music Fest (not to mention Coachella). They graze the east coast next weekend on Randall’s Island to present their newest endeavor, Panorama Music Festival, for its second year. Despite its sophomore residency, Panorama has added some […]
Hearing Aide: Jocelyn & Chris Arndt ‘Go’
As much as we’ve seen styles change over the past few decades within our current blues genre, it’s frustrating that many of the blues creators we see don’t vary in general characteristics. In an older, mostly male-dominated blues world, there seems to be few oddball types of pioneers that redefine the ‘modern’ blues genre, that possess […]
Hearing Aide: Vassals ‘Halogen Days EP’
Brooklyn-based trio Vassals return in 2017 with a four-track EP entitled Halogen Days. It’s their newest release since 2015 and, overall, they’ve had a short musical career, only releasing their first album in 2012. Their style can best be described as dazed and confused indie rock with some slight bits of punk rock sprinkled in. Their […]
Hearing Aide: Spoon ‘Hot Thoughts’
After what felt like an eternity, Austin-based indie rock band Spoon returns on St. Patrick’s Day with their ninth full-length album, entitled Hot Thoughts. They haven’t released a full album since their 2014 masterpiece They Want My Soul, which contains some of the best silver in Spoon’s musical vault. The gold goes to their 2007 record Ga Ga […]
You Can’t Half-Ass Bluegrass: Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival Recap
Another sun sets for the annual Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, which spanned July 14 through 17 in Oak Hill, N.Y. With a stellar lineup and not-too-ridiculous weather, there was music playing all day, everyday, all weekend. Ringing through the distance from the Main Stage, to small gatherings under pop-ups and RVs, there was music, and you were […]
The Final Countdown: Seven Days Until Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival 2016
Through the wide hills of Oak Hill, NY, into the vast plains of Walsh Farm, the annual Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival will make a grand appearance next weekend, July 14 through 17. It features every fundamental component of a great music festival, like a carefully developed lineup, camping spaces for every species of festival-goer, top food vendors […]
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival: More than Music
Beyond the incredible lineup promised for its four-day length, Grey Fox Bluegrass festival is guaranteed to host a unique experience for every concert-goer this summer. Its ongoing activities and performances are sure to fill your whole weekend with activities, with plenty of opportunity to relax and enjoy the music as well. No matter what kind of […]
Hearing Aide: Darling Valley “Crooked Orchards”
As the latest album from the newly re-imagined folk quartet, Darling Valley, falls into our laps, there is quite a bit of substance undetermined. With this double wife-husband duo, we get all the warm feelings of family and hospitality, even in the freezing climates of Upstate New York, where the four band mates first originated. From their distant years […]
Five Must-See Acts at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival 2016
The Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival returns to Walsh Farm in Oak Hill, NY this summer from July 14 through July 17. In addition to an impressive lineup, this festival stakes its roots through other means: activities like jams and open mics popping up throughout the grounds, and a variety of stages to fit every age demographic. Before […]