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LATE NIGHT BONNAROO BUDS

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 [...]

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INTO TOMORROW

I have a taste for it, and chances are you do, too. I love the night life, I love to get down into the deep of the night. Nocturnal pursuits [...]

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Bric-A-Brac: New Orleans Week Wrap Up

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 [...]

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MORE BOUNCE TO THE OUNCE

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 [...]

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KEYS TO THE CITY

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. [...]

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DEEP IN THE TRADITION

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 [...]

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Legends Week Wrap Up

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 [...]

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Leading Ladies

“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 [...]

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Paul Is Dad

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 [...]