Festival of the West in Arizona 2011

Country music takes center stage with still stomping acts such as the Gatlin Brothers and Ty Brown. The 21st annual Festival of the West will be held March 17-20, 2011 at the Westworld facility in Scottsdale. Other acts include Lynn Anderson, Don Edwards, Dave Stamey, Waddie Mitchell, Johnny Rodriguez, Michael Martin Murphey, and Josh Gracin, [...]

Cambridge Rock Festival 2010

(from Tim in London) — The Cambridge Rock Festival is one of the many small rock festivals held up and down the country. The CRF specialises in classic rock, blues and prog, and just like the same festival in previous years it’s like visiting an alternate universe where punk never happened. You won’t find much [...]

Levy’s Open Letter: To Artists Boycotting Arizona

[UPDATE: June 29, SoundLust e-mailed Sound Strike the day this article was originally published, June 24, asking for any other bands that had joined the boycott, since the site had not been updated since May 25, the day they launched. We did not receive a reply, but today the boycott group announced Nine Inch Nails [...]

Wychwood Festival (UK) Highlights Unsigned Bands

Britain – and all the other facets that bring The Isles to life – still has a place in setting a tone for the shape of music to come. Not just the obvious past of The British Invasions 1, 2 and 3 but through a destined distinctive sound that usually has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do [...]