Every year before Christmas, I get a text message from my pal Tyler Mesanko about the coming year’s Bonnaroo line-up. Now that I’ve retired from the holiday party circuit, I usually don’t know anything; my opinions are [...]
If any one performer could personify Bonnaroo, it just might be Patrick Hallahan, co-founder and drummer of My Morning Jacket. His affable demeanor, quick wit, monster talent, and down-home modesty [...]
Here’s this week’s round up of all things New Orleans! NOLA is where Bonnaroo was born and it’s where the Bonnaroo vibe exists 365 days a year. Take a minute [...]
When Big Freedia took the stage at The Other Tent at Bonnaroo 2012, it was likely many festivalgoers’ first exposure to the unique style known as bounce. Characterized by a [...]
If you ask most people which instrument is most iconic of New Orleans music, they’d probably say the trumpet. After all, the city’s airport is even named after Louis Armstrong. [...]
The Bonnaroo site, an oasis in the wilds of Tennessee, becomes something of a nation in its own right during that one magical weekend in June, when tens of thousands of [...]
This week Bric-a-Brac brought you Bonnaroo Legends. There’s nothing quite like seeing a piece of musical history being born. From The Dead to Jay Z to Bruce Springsteen, Bonnaroo has [...]
“Wanda Jackson, we worship the ground you rock on!,” said the colorful sign held aloft by a fan inside The Other Tent during ‘Roo ’11. Out strode a petite woman [...]
With Bonnaroo ’13 falling on Father’s Day weekend, what better way to celebrate great dads than with the legendary Paul McCartney? Paul McCartney is seventy—the same age my father [...]