Bonnaroo Archives • Ink 19

The US Festival: 1982 The US Generation
- Screen Reviews
- August 31, 2018
Brimming with compelling interviews, and bursting with action-packed concert performances, this newly-released DVD documentary provides music enthusiasts with a riveting, behind-the-scenes look at one of rock’s most influential festivals.
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2016
- Event Reviews
- May 18, 2016
From the Big Muddy: Impressions of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2016
Hippie Chick: A Tale of Love, Devotion & Surrender
- Print Reviews
- August 12, 2015
Photographer Jay Blakesberg and writer Edith Johnson take us on a guided tour of a world where barefoot women in peasant skirts commune with their muses. Welcome to the world of the Hippie Chick.
Tauk
- Event Reviews
- May 15, 2012
Tauk whips up a savory auditory gumbo and serves it up at a hip lounge/bowling alley where May Terry dishes herself a hefty helping.

Wanee Festival
- Event Reviews
- April 28, 2010
Florida’s annual Wanee Festival is a 3 day Southern-style jamfest featuring over thirty bands. The 2010 edition found The Allmann Brothers and Widespread Panic topping a bill of over 30 bands.
Rothbury Music Festival
- Event Reviews
- August 12, 2008
Chris Catania hits Michigan’s new Rothbury Music Festival to see if a music festival can both rock and be more eco-friendly. With acts ranging from Atmosphere to the Dresden Dolls and Widespread Panic, Rothbury might accomplish at least one part of its mission.
Bonnaroo
- Event Reviews
- July 3, 2008
As music festivals spring up all over the country, Bonnaroo attempts to live up to its reputation as Rolling Stone Magazine‘s “Best Festival.” Jen Cray fears that the heart has gone right out of it.
The Sword
- Event Reviews
- June 16, 2008
The Sword recently gave Orlando fans, including Jen Cray, a celebratory night of no-nonsense heavy metal.

Girl Talk
- Interviews
- September 5, 2007
Pop-collagist/Party-Starter Girl Talk (a.k.a. Gregg Gillis) talks to Omar de la Rosa about sampling, doing remixes versus Girl Talk originals, the like-minded performance stylings of tourmate Dan Deacon, and Gregg’s favorite mixed drink.
Summer of Love
- Music Reviews
- July 26, 2007
The Hits of 1967 (Time Life). Review by James Mann.
Bonnaroo
- Event Reviews
- July 9, 2007
Though this festival built its reputation as a lovefest for jambands and hippies, Bonnaroo in 2007 opened its arms up to more modern rock bands, bringing in a whole new audience. One new convert was Jen Cray, whose weekend in the mountains of Tennessee is not one she’s soon to forget.

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