Concerts and Promotion

Treasure Island Music Festival Preview: A Q&A With Jordan Kurland(2)

October 10, 2011

[Photo by Paige K. Parsons] Jordarn Kurland started Zeitgeist Artist Management in 1999, shortly after the Seattle band Death Cab For Cutie put out their first record Something About Airplanes on Barsuk. In 2003, Kurland signed Death Cab to his company and has also taken on groups like She & Him and New Pornographers. More recently, [...]

Treasure Island Music Festival Preview: A Q&A With Jordan Kurland

The Infamous Stringdusters Discuss The Festy

(photo: Tom Daley) One of our favorite new music festivals is The Festy, a three-day bash in the Blue Ridge Mountains that was founded last year by The Infamous Stringdusters. The lineup for this year’s event, which takes place October 7-9 in Nelson County, Virginia, includes Brett Dennen, Sarah Siskind, Jim Lauderdale and the David [...]

A Festival Where Bill Callahan, Clowns, And Dan Deacon Meet

At Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements, a new Chicago-area music and arts gathering last week, there was a clear mission to do something different than the average music fest. In Eckhart Park, that meant two large circus tents, one dedicated to circus performers and one for musicians. On Friday, the Austin, Texas minimal singer-songwriter Bill [...]

Georgia Event Honors Beloved Nashville Songwriter

The songwriter John Jarrard was a fixture on Music Row until his death in 2001. Next week his friend Bruce Burch will help honor him at the 10th Annual John Jarrard and Friends Benefit Concert in Gainesville, Georgia. On the bill this year are Atlanta throwback rockers Blackberry Smoke, John Driscoll Hopkins from The Zac [...]