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Farm Aid 2019 Helps Restore Hope For Home Grown Agriculture

On September 21st, Farm Aid made its inaugural stop at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, WI. It would serve as the second time in 34 years that the one day festival has appropriately taken place in the heart of America’s Dairyland. Since its initial foundation in 1985, Farm Aid and its board of […]

Riot Fest Celebrates 15 Years With Three Massive Days

To no surprise, Riot Fest further reinforced its position as Chicagoland’s most authentic and premier music festival. From September 13th-15th, music lovers from all over the globe flocked to Chicago’s Douglas Park neighborhood for three packed days of top tier entertainment. The constant threat of rain did anything but intimidate the masses making their way […]

Kamasi Washington Joins Herbie Hancock During Impeccable Hometown Performance

The date was February 5, 1952. An 11-year-old pianist by the name of Herbert Jeffrey Hancock anxiously awaited taking stage at the Chicago Symphony Hall to perform the first movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 26 in D major, K. 537. This performance single handedly pushed the young musician to further expand his curiosity in […]

Recap: John Mayer at Fiserv Forum

On August 6th, 2019, legendary singer/songwriter John Mayer graced the stage at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum for nothing short of an electrifying evening of music. The 41-year old singer-songwriter treated his Wisconsin fanbase with two-sets worth of career spanning material, which heavily favored his critically-acclaimed 2007 release, Continuum. Numbers such as Belief, Vultures, and I Don’t […]

Santana Celebrates Woodstock, ‘Supernatural’, & Life During Tinley Park Concert

It was August 16th, 1969. A wild-haired, 23 year-old guitarist by the name of Carlos Santana peered out into the horizon at Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York. At his feet stood an infinite sea of individuals – all of whom made a special pilgrimage to celebrate three full days of peace […]