Posts Tagged ‘Sound Summit’
Father John Misty, Guster, Jerry Harrison Lead Sound Summit
Sound Summit, the daylong festival atop Mount Tamalpais that has brought exceptional music to the mountain and Bay Area community alike for more than a decade, returns to the historic Mountain Theater on Saturday, September 12. Headlining this year’s festival is cinematic folk-rock troubadour Father John Misty, performing with his full band. Joining the lineup are beloved harmony-driven indie rockers Guster,…
Read MoreIJ Music Legend Paul Liberatore Gets an Inside Look at the Sweetwater Music Hall’s New Life as a Nonprofit Arts Organization – And Some People’s Confusion About How It Functions Day-to-Day
While the Trump administration tries to make diversity a dirty word, Sweetwater is all about presenting a diverse selection of music from different ethnicities, histories and cultures. They’re trying to steer away from a steady stream of tribute acts and Grateful Dead-inspired jam bands that draw crowds and make money but limit the variety of music that Sweetwater feels that it’s obligated to offer its audiences. “As a nonprofit, we have to have something for the whole community,” Hoppe said. “We can’t just be a jam band venue. We can’t just be a rock venue or a cover band venue. We actually have a firm rule that we can’t have more than three tribute bands a month.”
Read MoreIJ Music Legend Paul Liberatore Reviews a Smash Year in Music And Forecasts a Bombastic 2023 – MV Music Fest Info Coming Soon?
As you’re reading this, we’re already charging, or should I say floating, into 2023. I’m writing this on a gray, rainy New Year’s Eve, an appropriately misty vantage point for taking a nostalgic look back at some of the columns I’ve written over the past year about our ever-evolving, persistently resilient and, yes, historic local music scene.
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