Hear
Your Favorite Recording Artists
at Music Festivals
Going to a
Music Festival
Going to
music festivals is one of my
favorite things about the summer.
I live on the West Coast, and
bluegrass and old-time music is
king out here.
Don't get
me wrong – it doesn't get
played on the radio that much.
Nevertheless, the fans are die
hard. Every late summer and early
fall, there are music festivals
all up and down the Pacific
seaboard. You can practically
find a festival of music every
week, and sometimes
two!
I don't
think you can appreciate music
festivals unless you listen to
music with some history to it.
There are dance music festivals
that are okay if you like to
dance, but that music comes and
goes every single year.
The San
Francisco Bluegrass Music
Festival
When I went
to the San Francisco hardly
strictly bluegrass Festival,
however, I was able to see some
of the legends. People like
Doc
Watson,
Del McCoury, and Earl Scruggs
– people who really made
this music – performed there
in front of a crowd of thousands
and thousands of cheering fans.
The joy of
going to music festivals is being
able to see the origins of the
music you listen to, then seeing
how it has changed with the new
generation. There aren't that
many places where you can do
that, but a musical festival is
one.
When I went
to Ireland, I went to some Celtic
music festivals. I expected them
to be a lot different, but the
feel was much the same. If
bluegrass music has a long
tradition, Irish music has an
ancient tradition.
Celtic
Music Festivals
It was
actually behind the founding of
bluegrass, and you can hear the
ancestry in the music. There are
Irish music festivals in the
states, of course, but to hear
the best of it, you really have
to go to the homeland.
Many of the
best Celtic musicians have not
been discovered outside of their
part of the world. You've got to
go looking for them, because
they're not going to come to
you.
Although a
lot of these have been national
and international music
festivals, I like the local ones
as well. Listening to local music
is a true delight. It is
important to participate in your
own artistic community, and not
just to worship bands from around
the world.
Going to
live local music festival can
really turn you on to what is
going on in your neighborhood,
and the surrounding areas. You
might be surprised by how much
good music is made in your part
of the country!
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