NASHVILLE – “I’m ready to get back out and feel the nights come alive,” Jason Aldean said when announcing this summer’s 34-city Rock N’ Roll Cowboy tour. The country music superstar’s lighting designer, Keith Hoagland, knew just how he felt. After two years of contending with COVID lockdowns and restrictions, both were ready to spread […]
ANTWERP – The letter “T” comes to us from the ancient Greeks, who modified the Phoenician letter “taw” by putting together two perpendicular lines, the vertical meeting the horizontal precisely at its midpoint. In the centuries since, the familiar letter has gone on to become one of the most commonly used consonants in western languages. […]
CALI, COLOMBIA – (For Immediate Release) — Oftentimes, the most expressive forms of communication are those which transcend spoken language. This certainly rings true for Salsa, an art form that allows dance partners to communicate and tell stories through the medium of rhythm, movement, music and costume. The magic of Salsa cannot merely be heard […]
ROME – “Time is like a river,” wrote the great Roman philosopher-emperor Marcu Aurelius, observing that moments of beauty inevitably vanish as quickly as they arise, swept away by the passing of days. Such a moment occurred in May 1972, when two young, emerging folk singers got together in Rome to record Theorius Campus. Although […]
VANCOUVER – The lighting rig that George Gorton designed for Dallas Smith’s “Somethings Never Change Tour” took on a life of its own over the course of the early summer, seeming to expand, contract and morph in new directions with every show. That’s understandable, given how this coast-to-coast Canadian odyssey evolved. After a 19-month pandemic-caused […]
NEW YORK– (For Immediate Release) – “Tight, soulful, and full of grit,” that’s how one music critic described the sound of Stand Atlantic, the rapidly rising pop/punk band from Sydney, Australia. The same unambiguous adjectives can also be applied to the intense, sometimes foreboding, light show being used to support the group on their three-continent […]
PILTON, UK – It’s a common sight outside the Glastonbury Festival Circus Big Top tent: people walking away shaking their heads in amazement at the astounding acrobatic feats performed inside the popular attraction. Less apparent to the casual fan, though equally impressive in its own right, is the way James Loudon and his team […]
PILTON, UK – “Anyone who plants a tree has not lived in vain,” according to an ancient African proverb. The unknown philosopher who shared this insight was not alone. Ever since traditions have been recorded, virtually every culture in every corner of the earth has treasured these “poems written in the sky” as symbols of […]
Gazing up at the sky from the banks of the Mediterranean, Pythagoras felt a mystical harmony resonating through the heavens as the sun and moon, joined the stars and planets floating through their celestial orbits. ‘There is music in the spacing of the spheres,” the Ionian Greek mathematician and philosopher declared, articulating his vision with […]
NEW YORK – Lately, Andrew Goedde has sometimes found himself feeling like a kid in a candy store. The lighting designer for Goose since 2018, he has been creating a procession of deeply evocative looks for the quintet from Connecticut as they’ve played live music venues and festivals. Life was good, but this year it […]
AUSTIN, TX – From the moment Thomas Rhett kicked things off with hits like his newly released “Slow Down Summer,” the iHeartCountry Festival projected a warm, intimate vibe that made it easy for fans to forget they were inside a 15,000+ seat arena. The genuine, welcoming attitude of Rhett and the event’s other superstars like […]
BRISTOL, UK – New art and cultural movements seem to blossom most rapidly (and colorfully!) outside the grip of commercial interests. Such was the case in 1988, when the so-called “Second Summer of Love,” sprang up virally in Bristol and other UK cities, as young people flocked to clandestine rave clubs that opened in abandoned […]