Festival News

International Festival for Creative Music

Source: All About Jazz
January 31, 2009

So it is time for the third Perspectives festival for contemporary experimental, improvised music, March 5th throught 7th Vasteras Sweden.

We want to show, that there is a music different from the one that usually dominates our medias and acts as subject of generosity from those in power. This music is a spearhead in the development, and gives us, in the long term, new tools to understand and influence a reality in change. Much of this new music has geographical ...

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Paul McCartney at Coachella That's Huge!

Source: Michael Ricci
January 30, 2009

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival got famous by presenting the sounds of today and tomorrow. But this year California's most celebrated live-music event is gambling on Paul McCartney and the music of “Yesterday."

Booking the former Beatle, who is listed in the record books as the most successful musician in pop history, would be the safest choice imaginable for most music festivals.

But the internationally respected Coachella festival, which is set for April 17-19, has been pulling in ...

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Funk Cubano, Cumbia Glitch, and Afrobeat Mayhem

Source: All About Jazz
January 30, 2009

Funk Cubano, Cumbia Glitch, and Afrobeat Mayhem: Miami's Heineken TransAtlantic Festival Shows the New Generation of Global Sounds

While the era of the mash-up only hit mainstream ears in recent years, unabashed hybrids have been the norm in Miami for decades. It's the hotbed of a young, club-crazy art scene. It's the playground of the East, perched provocatively on the Atlantic Rim, where centuries of commerce and migration have formed a crossroads that unites Africa, Western Europe, the Caribbean, and ...

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10th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival Set For Month of April

Source: All About Jazz
January 30, 2009

Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium (CBJC) presents its 10th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival from April 1 thru 30, 2009. This month long celebration of an American original art form Jazz, will be held in venues throughout Brooklyn, New York. Some of the musicians and events scheduled include: legendary jazz drummer Roy Haynes, Dave Valentin, Houston Person, Melba Moore, Ronnie Mathews/Freddie Hubbard Tribute, symposiums (Brooklyn jazz history & women in Jazz), youth programs, and Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame induction ceremony. ...

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Superfly Jazzfest: Garage/Franti

Source: JamBase
January 30, 2009

Superfly During Jazzfest 2009 Add Shows

Garage a Trois Superfly during Jazzfest Concert Series has added Garage a Trois and Michael Franti Trio to the initial announcement from last week.

Shows are all ages, and tickets go on sale this Saturday, January 31 at www.superflypresents.com. See below for a complete list of shows.

Garage a Trois Friday, April 24 Riverboat Creole Queen - New Orleans Tickets $40 Doors open at 7:30 p.m. ...

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Wakarusa Lineup Additions

Source: JamBase
January 29, 2009

Wakarusa Lineup Addition Announcement

Wakarusa is excited to announce the following additions to the 2009 artist lineup:

Mulberry Mountain :: Ozark, Arkansas G. Love and Special Sauce Matisyahu Les Claypool JJ Grey and MOFRO The New Mastersounds (2 sets) New Monsoon (2 sets) Ganga Giri Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue Dusty Rhodes and the River Band

This announcement adds to the previously announced lineup: ...

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Langerado: M. Mouse, Deerhunter

Source: JamBase
January 29, 2009

7TH ANNUAL LANGERADO MUSIC FESTIVAL ON MARCH 6-7-8, 2009 AT BICENTENNIAL PARK IN MIAMI, ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL ARTISTS: MODEST MOUSE, GENE WEEN BAND, DEERHUNTER AND ALBERTA CROSS

Modest Mouse The Langerado Music Festival, at Bicentennial Park in Miami Florida March 6-8, announces additional artists. Modest Mouse, Gene Ween Band, Deerhunter and Alberta Cross join the already stellar lineup. Artists already on the bill include Death Cab For Cutie, Snoop Dogg, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Thievery Corporation ...

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Karsh Kale, Vijay Iyer and Ustad Shujaat Khan Together for One Evening

Source: All About Jazz
January 28, 2009

Contemporary Percussion Master Karsh Kale and Sitar Star Ustad Shujaat Khan Collaborate in a Genre-Busting Evening of Great Music

Saturday, March 7 at 9 p.m.: Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall

Jazz Pianist VIJAY IYER and Electric Bassist JONATHAN MARON Join Them For “Opening Nights Festival" Concert Celebrating the Re-opening of Alice Tully Hall

South Asian music innovatorsmaster percussionist, tabla-player/DJ/ remix artist/producer Karsh Kale and jazz pianist/composer Vijay Iyer get together with North Indian master sitarist Ustad Shujaat Khan and electric ...

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