4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1909+ words) “I just felt like when I wasn’t doing music, I felt so empty,” she says. “So I always find my way to somehow creating.” “I’m trying to pioneer,” Lucifena says. “I don’t want to do what everyone’s expecting or what’s…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (344+ words) At the edge of Lake Perris, festival-goers can kick up dust, dancing and smiling through the unexpected as people come together in Southern California. Same Same But Different Music Festival (SSBD) embraces creativity, joy, and spontaneous discovery as it returns…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1714+ words) If Mountains of Music is not yet on every music lover’s festival list, it should be. They were easily one of the best bluegrass bands I have ever heard. They were preceded by Surf Hat, the psych-surf rock band from…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (907+ words) For my money, nobody did it better than Sturgill Simpson. But what happens when it feels just as constricting as the rest of country music? He decided it was time to shun expectations and even his previous name. “There’s a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1912+ words) That’s the hard truth behind America’s Greatest Burnout, Graves’ 12-song reckoning with the past decade of her life. There’s humor in the title, but it also captures what happened after years of chasing the success she’d been told was always…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (493+ words) Alejandro Sanchez stood amidst the giant mushrooms and kaleidoscopic orbs of the Duboce Stage at Outside Lands Music Festival, performing his second set of the day: An intimate, acoustic performance that allowed his voice to take center stage. The first…...