BOSTON – Every year since 1996, Dropkick Murphys has marked St. Patrick’s Day with rollicking live performances of their irrepressible blend of Celtic, punk and rock music. This year was no different… almost! Given the prohibition on large public gatherings due to the coronavirus crisis, the iconic band went digital to reach their fans on […]
DALLAS – Versatility is a key ingredient in any lighting rig that Creative Production & Design builds for a multi-artist show. This was especially evident recently when the Austin, Texas-based company created a lighting and video show for CRUSH Dallas 2017, part of a four-city Insomniac production. Their immersive, high octane rig engaged the packed […]
From touring with Snoop Dog, to doing a one off on the rarified grounds of Harvard University, to working rural music festivals Tristan Rudat and his video panels have been welcomed at a lot of places – and with good reason. His walls, which are as likely to be broken into sections as they are […]
SUNRISE, FL– Back in the day in the South Bronx, Keith “Cowboy” Wiggins, a member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, was supposed to have coined the term “Hip Hop.” History might well be repeating itself today as the electronica artist Brillz (aka Sami Diament) is bent on adding the term TWONK to the […]
AUSTIN, TX – The rainstorm experience at the Foam Wonderland tour is always intense with a thunderous bass, bright flashes of light, and foam cannons that shoot massive projectiles of foam over the crowd. The music is always edgy too, with EDM heavies laying down tracks that keep everyone on their feet. Although the intensity […]
NEW ORLEANS – At 4:15 on the afternoon of Saturday February 6, a little over 24 hours before the Super Bowl celebrated its 50th birthday, another American cultural icon hit the big 5-0 as a procession of 80 brightly decked out floats with 3,100 equally festooned riders made its way out of City Park in […]
ATLANTA – The Rialto Center for the Arts has seen its share of inspired performances since it opened its doors in 1916, but it’s doubtful that anything in the 100-year history of this legendary venue ever surpassed the raw energy level at the BMI Trailblazers Awards. Sponsored by the largest music rights organization in the […]
NEW YORK – Heading into the 2015-16 season, the New York Rangers and their fans had plenty of reasons to be optimistic. The NHL club had earned a team record 113 points the previous year and reached the Eastern Conference finals. Even better things were expected this year, when Rangers faithful gathered en masse at […]
WATERVILLE, MAINE – Colby College is a long way from Hollywood (3,165.4 miles to be exact), but that didn’t keep film legend Robert Redford from journeying to the historic Maine school to address its 483 graduates and other guests at the 2015 commencement ceremony held outdoors on its picturesque campus. As befits a New England […]
MIAMI – WSVN Channel 7 is serious about delivering news to its large South Florida audience. So serious, in fact, that it devotes more hours to local news programming than any other TV station in Florida and is the fifth highest in that category in the entire US. In keeping with its commitment to engaging […]
NEW ORLEANS – The Krewe of Endymion Parade, started at City Park and Orleans Avenues in New Orleans, and from there took visitors on a journey that figuratively at least reached far beyond the confines of the Crescent City. Built around the theme “Fantastic Voyages,” the largest and most legendary of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras […]
MIAMI – Every music festival offers fans a chance to get away from it all, but few do this quite so dramatically – or literally – as Jam Cruise and Holy Ship! Produced by Cloud 9 Adventures, these floating festivals serve up hours of live music on the decks of cruise ships playing their ways […]