Beale Street rolls out ’09 lineup

By Alex Young on March 5th, 2009

Long considered one of the spring’s best kept secrets, the Beale Street Music Festival has evolved recently into one of the premier events of the season, consistently offering a lineup for all ages, backgrounds, and taste. After all, where else are you going to find Al Green, Elvis Costello, and James Taylor sharing the same [...]

Festival Outlook (Part XIX)

By Alex Young on November 5th, 2008

The days are getting shorter, the months are getting colder, and the year is all but over. This basically means two things: first, aside from a few folks down south, we’re basically in the off season of music festivals. But as depressing as the time of the year may be, do bear in mind point [...]

Festival Outlook (Part XVIII)

By Alex Young on October 8th, 2008

With the exception of a few lucky southerners, the cool sounds, overwhelming crowds, tired feet, and everything else the 2008 summer festival season brought with it, are now but all distant memories. The stages have been disassembled, the bands have moved onto smaller, much more intimate venues, and no matter how hard we try to [...]