On the final afternoon of Forecastle Festival 2015, I finally stopped by the Forecastle Foundation booth near the Mast Stage in Louisville’s gorgeous, sprawling Waterfront Park. The Forecastle Foundation seems both idealistic and pragmatic in its approach to environmental preservation…
The attendance seemed pretty strong to me throughout the 3-day Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, and all the acts here had fairly good crowds. But more people should have turned out for all of them — a lot more. It’s…
Day 2 of Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta featured more of the same from day 1: great music and sound, big crowds, bright sun. I spent a little less time wandering on the second day than I did on the…
Field Report‘s self-titled full-length debut is one of the most satisfying albums I’ve heard in a long time — a stunning and cohesive work of art. Savannah’s first chance to hear Field Report in person was at Savannah Stopover 2013,…
Check out hissing lawns’ year-end posts by Petee Worrell, Anna Chandler, Kayne Lanahan of MusicFile Productions, Tom Cartmel, and Larry Jack, who saw a mere 626 live performances at Savannah venues in 2013 . . . Here I’m focusing on…
It’s Monday evening. You’re at home. You haven’t listened to the Blind Boys of Alabama in weeks, or months, or years. And you didn’t even know that Justin Vernon of Bon Iver had produced their upcoming album I’ll Find a…
I was already a huge fan of Field Report before the band’s appearance at Revival Fest on Saturday, so I’m not sure what kind of fan that makes me now. On the dramatically lit stage (well done, Capital A Productions)…
Songs don’t always come easy, and I get the feeling the ten tracks on Field Report’s 2012 debut album were several years in the making. Nearly any time you read about Chris Porterfield and Field Report, there is mention of…