LONDON – In the words of one critic, The Backseat Lovers latest Capital Records album Waiting To Spill, “doesn’t sound like something a bunch of teenagers dreamt up.” Instead, it was, as he wrote, “a remarkable artistic effort.” Comments like these are repeated time and time again about the music of this young, Utah-based indie-alternative […]

NASHVILLE – It is an equation that every production team has had to balance: how to create big, bold, dynamic looks on stage, while still meeting practical considerations, like fitting your powerful touring rig into the allotted trailer space. The creatives behind the stage design for Scotty McCreery’s current 31-city North American Damn Strait tour […]

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – Massive and majestic, the Palace of the Parliament is the heaviest structure in the world, outweighing even the Pyramids of Giza, and second in terms of area covered only to The Pentagon. The downtown Bucharest building’s impressive presence has provided a dramatic backdrop for a host of major films, including War Dogs. […]

Magical things happen when an all-time great artist and performer hooks up with a legendary lighting designer. Just ask any of the fans who have packed arenas from Madison Square Garden to the LA Forum on Bruce Springsteen’s 46-city North American tour. Even those who have been to concerts by The Boss before have left […]

Some decisions in life are hard, requiring long hours, days, months or even years of deliberation. Others are quite the opposite, with the right option becoming obvious almost as soon as its presented. For Patrick Sollitt, choosing to become the lighting designer for the legendary Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott clearly fell into the latter […]

Artistic inspiration often finds its most fertile ground outside the gates of convention. Such was the case with the lighting and production design that Max Lenox and Andrew Goedde created for Mt. Joy on the band’s current world tour. While conventional wisdom advises not to mix too many colors on stage at the same time, […]

Not all stories are written in words. The glimmer of smiling eyes captured in a painting, the graceful movement of a dancer on stage, the morning sun shining through trees in the woods, all tell tales that cannot be conveyed in books. This Paris-based designer, and owner of Blue Like Cue, thoroughly embraces the spirit […]

VIRGINIA BEACH – Lil Wayne, Third Eye Blind, Wu-Tang Clan, Nile Rodgers, Babyface Ray, Maren Morris… There were plenty of stars at Pharrell Williams’ Something in the Water festival, but sadly, there was plenty of water too. High winds and rains along the Atlantic coast battered the superstar’s three-day event; a tornado even touched down […]

COLUMBIA, SC – It’s been said that modern art moves to the rhythm of jazz. Anyone who’s appreciated the work of painters like Picasso, Dali, and Jackson Pollock, all inveterate fans of the genre, will readily agree with that. The influence of jazz is felt everywhere on their canvases, from the fearless, unconventional spacing, to […]

HEMPFIELD, PA – All the world may be a stage, as the great Bard wrote, but when it comes to theatrical productions, it’s often the characters on the stage who determine how that world spins. In the case of the Lynn Ahrens-Stephen Flaherty musical comedy, “Seussical,” that spin definitely revolves around fun. Even by the […]

AUSTIN – A change of scenery brings more than new sights, it also opens eyes to see familiar things in new ways. The 2023 CMT Music Awards provided stunningly beautiful proof of that. Moved from Nashville to Austin this year, the three-hour event, which was broadcast on CBS, radiated a fresh, vibrant energy that instantly […]

LOS ANGELES – Remember the first time you saw Bruce Springsteen in concert? If you fall within a certain age group (and a very wide one at that!), there’s an excellent chance you do. Such is the depth of the personal connection, that this New Jersey born superstar has made with fans during the course […]