PITTSBURGH – There is a touching beauty to the power of Christmas traditions. Even with the passage of time, and sometimes hardships, they are passed down through generations serving as a source of strength and hope. Jennifer Lucas has a first-hand appreciation of this power as the director, programmer, and lighting design of the Taylor […]
MIAMI – As Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas steamed out of port December 7 for the Welcome To Jamrock Reggae Cruise, Nesta Garrick, Abbas Ritscher and the entire team at The Design Oasis were grateful that they would be able to do something, they’d never done before: leave all their fixtures unbagged overnight! “This […]
Val d’Isère, France – “No winter lasts forever,” so goes a familiar adage intended to encourage optimism during dark times. The happy crowds that begin gathering at La Folie Douce Val d’Isère every December take a somewhat different view of winter. For them, the season cannot last long enough! Anyone who has ever visited this […]
MONTREAL – At their best, creative works do more than captivate us through the power of their originality, they also inspire us to take our own journey of imagination. Such is the case with Hironobu Sakaguchi’s “Final Fantasy” series, which has been hailed as “the gateway to the enchanting world of role playing games.” Today, […]
PHOENIX – Rain can play havoc with any outdoor festival. That much is true, but in Phoenix Arizona? The second driest city in the USA (only Las Vegas gets less precipitation), Phoenix has gone as long as 160 days without rain; that happened back in 1972. The organizers of the inaugural Zona Music festival had […]
Nottertal-Heilinger Höhenm DE – “Music is medicine for the soul,” wrote Plato. For the thousands of future doctors who danced on the airstrip of Obermehler-Schlotheim Airport during the MediMeisterschaften festival this fall, the great philosopher’s words ring oh so very true. Started in 2002 as a football tournament involving medical schools and facilities at a group […]
NEW YORK – (For Immediate Release) – There is a peril to anticipating something too eagerly. The disappointment that can accompany such a long-awaited event, should it fail to meet expectations, can be “the root of heartache,” as Shakespeare wrote. The great bard’s warnings notwithstanding, however, it’s doubtful that any of the fans who excitedly […]
Willemstad, Curaçao – Fans from Aruba, Bonaire, and as far away as Suriname came to see Grammy winning singer Burna Boy at the Curaçao Festival Center on Friday October 28, but they would have missed much of his supercharged performance if they kept their eyes fixed solely on the stage. World-famous for his rapport with […]
NEW YORK – (For Immediate Release) – Lighting design is an art. It’s also a wonderfully lyrical and creative form of reflecting music visually. Nate Haber of Extraterrestrial Visuals knows all that, but beyond these qualities, there is also a third thing he always keeps in mind about his main mission as a designer: serve […]
HOLMDEL, NJ – “Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey,” Jon Bon Jovi once said. His fellow Garden State rocker, The Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon, would likely agree with that description, and so too would the fans who filled the PNC Arts Center amphitheater on a blustery October night to hear the band from […]
NASHVILLE – Fans didn’t stay in their seats for long when Breaking Benjamim took the stage on their recent tour with Alice In Chains. The multi-platinum rockers from Pennsylvania opened their show with a bang, or make that a blaze, when they appeared against an intense pyro display and broke into a full-throttled rendition of […]
BERLIN – After more than 25 years on the road, iconic Ontario pop-punkers Sum 41 still have an insatiable hunger for touring, rolling through one-night stands like so many all-night drive-thrus. The Grammy-nominated and Juno Award-winning quintet, which has played as many as 300 nights in a year, is showing no signs of travel-fatigue on […]