Category: music festival
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Welcome to Coachella Weekend 1, and The Tasting Room, w/Alicia Blue

Coachella is finally here After devoting three posts in a row to some of the acts that are going to be at Coachella, arguably the most popular music festival is set to start today. I wanted to give a few reminders for people who will be attending this weekend, or catching the livestream on YouTube:…
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Coachella Day 3/J Dilla/Labrinth/Ohana Fest

The JarFIVE (Coachella Day 3 Edition) Frank Ocean – Arguably the biggest get for the festival this year, Frank Ocean is set to headline the last night of the festival. As previously mentioned on here, this is his first festival set since 2017. Some fans are worried if he’ll even show up (this April Fool’s…
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Coachella – Day 2

The JarFIVE (Coachella Day 2 Edition) ROSALÍA – Rosalía is a massive global star, which I was reminded of when I went to Barcelona last year (she was born there). She’s headlining Primavera in Spain this year, and is the sub under BLACKPINK this year for Coachella. Coachella has done a great job of booking…
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Coachella – Part 1/Format Festival/Blue Note Jazz Festival

With Coachella just a few weeks away, I’m devoting three separate posts (one for each day) to what is still considered the most popular music festival. First, a few general things about this lineup. As I write this, Weekend 2 of the festival still has not sold out. As someone going that weekend, I’m looking…
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Back to Blogging – 2023 Edition

It’s been a year since my last blog, which was on April 15, 2022. So what happened? Why did I stop before live music really got going? I don’t really have a good excuse, so I’ll give you a bad one: I got bombarded with live music festivals. Shortly, after my last blog, I went…
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Shows from Yola, Alexandra Savior; New Music, and more

A Note About These Blogs: Since I’m not attending as many shows the first few months of the year, blogs are going to be sparse, focusing mainly on new music. Also, teaching is keeping me busy. Things will pick up as we get closer to Coachella. Unless indicated, I took all the pics posted on…
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‘The Slow Rush’ is here.

A Note About These Blogs: Since I’m not attending as many shows the first few months of the year, blogs are going to be sparse, focusing mainly on new music. Also, teaching is keeping me busy. Things will pick up as we get closer to Coachella. Cheers! New Music Spinning… The Slow Rush – Tame…
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Coldplay at The Palladium

Unless indicated, I took all the pics posted on this blog. Feel free to repost – just remember to give credit. Cheers! Coldplay at the Hollywood Palladium On January 21, Coldplay played the second of back-to-back shows at the Hollywood Palladium. Being the first day of the semester, I wasn’t sure I wanted to venture…
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Festivals, New Music, and a Fundraiser album from Ward

Over the next couple months, I’m going to highlight different artists from the two festivals I’m attending in the spring, Coachella and Bottlerock. I’ll highlight one I’ve seen, and one I haven’t. Bottlerock Have seen! Janelle Monae I’m surprised that’s she playing, to be honest. That’s not a knock; she’s toured quite a bit the…
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Bottlerock Lineup! Five 2020 Artists To Watch!

Unless indicated, I took all the pics posted on this blog. Feel free to repost – just remember to give credit. Cheers! Bottlerock Lineup On the heels of the Coachella lineup release on 1/2, Napa Valley’s own Bottlerock released their lineup. I’d originally bought a 3-day GA pass back in January, but after seeing the…