NASHVILLE – Tony Caporale uses the word “array” quite often when talking about his 61-universe lighting design for Grammy-winners, Tedeschi Trucks Band on their recently completed North American tour. That’s not just because he used 53 CHAUVET Professional STRIKE Array fixtures to convey the 12-member band’s outsized energy level; in actuality it has to do […]

MEXICO CITY – Few people other than dedicate cinema buffs, remember the 1935 James Cagney movie G Men, but the classic gangster film has lived on for the past four decades thanks to the global success of the Spanish quartet Hombres G. Ever since they made their debut at Madrid’s Rock-Ola in 1983, the band […]

THE HAGUE – When it opened in June, 1972 it was called Paard van Troje (Dutch for Trojan Horse), perhaps a reference to its underground vibe, its tendency to host counterculture bands that weren’t always welcomed in mainstream circles, and its previous life as a squatters house. By 2016, however, this red-hot live music venue in the Prinsegracht […]

WUNSIEDEL, GERMANY –  “The spectacle of nature is always new,” wrote Goethe. The great poet, philosopher and playwright undoubtably felt this way in 1820 when he first encountered Luisenburg-Felsenlabyrinth (the Luisenburg Rock Labyrinth), declaring that the massive, irregular formation of granite rocks created “an impression the like of which I have never come across on […]

NEW YORK – “So how is my English?” Ishay Ribo asked the audience at Madison Square Garden. Not waiting for a response, he said cacha, cacha, the Hebrew term for “so-so.” The multi-platinum artist might not have nailed his English perfectly, but there was nothing middling about his performance this September when he became the […]

EDE, NETHERLANDS – Robbert Mak has been involved in lighting Openluchttheater Ede for over a decade, and he can’t recall a single instance when a first-time visitor hasn’t been awed into silence by this beautiful and historic open-air theatre. “People who have not been here before look around in amazed silence as soon as they […]

NASHVILLE – Necessity is the mother of invention. The time-worn adage might sound a bit trite to modern ears, but its validity is being vividly demonstrated to sellout crowds across Europe and North America on Metallica’s M72 World Tour. The eight distinctive towers that lend a dramatic flair to the production came about when Production […]

BUENOS AIRES – A facility named after a living legend must uphold the highest standards of production. Such is the case with the Héctor Cavallero Auditorium, at the Argentine Business University (UADE). Providing a practice and exhibition room for students of the Bachelor of Performing Arts, the facility is named in honor of Cavallero, current […]

Light doesn’t stop until it hits a solid object. This UK creative pointed this out to us when discussing his penchant for incorporating multiple surfaces into his lighting designs. It was an apt metaphor for his all-embracive style, which is often characterized by features like fully-integrated wrap around video walls, towering geometric structures, and floor-to-ceiling […]

Light a band for any length of time, and some of their songs are bound to stand out as your favorites. For Yellowcard’s designer Cody James that top tune is “Holly Wood Died.” The song was released in 2006, six years before James hooked up with the Billboard Award winning rock icons. It is raw […]

Shapes have a language all their own. And, like every language, it is one marked by a vast web of meanings and complexities. After all, it is no accident that we explain the most abstract of all concepts, infinity, with a shape… Or, that we readily associate major religions with simple shapes. David Howard understands […]

Photo: Jim Trocchio LOS ANGELES – Back in 1975, two New York inventors came up with the idea of creating a ring that changed colors depending on the wearer’s mood. Technically, crystals in the ring’s stone were responding to fluctuations in body temperature and other physiological changes, but no matter, the evocative jewelry became an […]