Today’s theme: Summer outdoor music festivals

Today, festivals are associated with wristbands, hashtags, vip tents, and paying an exorbitant amount of money for a bottle of water...but they haven’t always been like this. While we have examples of mass gatherings of revelry and worship from nearly all ancient cultures, including the notorious Dionysian celebrations of Bacchus, the actual word festival didn’t enter the English language until the 1500s where it was derived from the word feast and centered around harvests.

>>>The Conversationalist with

Lance Regan Dahl

internationally acclaimed guitarist and musician

organizer of Hae Bang Chon Festival

“Is the expansion of large, business-sponsored festivals like Jisan Rock Valley festival is affecting more small and local ones? Do you think the festival scene reflects the music scene where indie bands are losing their footings?”

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Special LIVE performances by our hosts

Inside the studio!

Our own little music festival – Lotstock 2017!!

>>>A Few Minutes with Amos

I went to the beach and there was this guy sitting at a keyboard, looking out into the ocean, playing by himself.

He didn't even have a hat out for money or anything.

"Oh, maybe he's a composer and he needs inspiration to write music."

NOPE.

He was playing out of a book of printed sheet music.

>>>Next week: Murakami Haruki