We are counting down the hours to our latest music and lifestyle festival, Rootfire At The Park, in Cocoa, Florida, on October 22nd. All hands are on deck tying up loose ends and finalizing details, from vendors to ticketing to security and logistics, but while everyone is contributing to this exciting event in their own way, collectively we anxiously await a special treat which will launch the festivities – a rare performance by one of the most seminal members of the modern reggae movement, Kevin Kinsella. … Read More
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- Rootfire: Progressive Roots
In 1935, an American radio station, XERA, was established just over the border of Mexico. With signal strength of one million combined watts, local ranchers quickly realized that the signal could be picked up through their barbed-wire fencing. June Carter Cash of the legendary Carter Family once told how she could hang a tin can from the barbed fence and hear her families’ music.… Read More
A weekly series exploring photos, words, and songs.
Photos: Arik Solberg
Words: Dave Shiffman
Songs: ♫ on Spotify
WORDS:
Stars. That’s all you see. Some are mere specks of white against the charcoal night sky, identical and seemingly as inconsequential as a flake of dust that floats across your computer screen.… Read More
A weekly series exploring photos, words, and songs.
Photos: Arik Solberg
Words: Dave Shiffman
Songs: ♫ on Spotify
WORDS:
It’s still summer, but there’s snow on the ground. Your legs burn and your feet ache after hiking up the rocky slope for the last several hours.… Read More
Oct 22 – Rootfire At The Park
Intro:
John Brown’s Body was formed in 1995. In 2005 they released their sixth album, Pressure Points, on Easy Star Records. This was JBB’s debut on Easy Star, a label founded by four childhood friends, who were still riding a massive wave of success from the wildly popular Dub Side Of The Moon LP released in 2003.… Read More
A weekly series exploring photos, words, and songs.
Photos: Arik Solberg
Words: Dave Shiffman
Songs: ♫ on Spotify
WORDS: “The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep.”
E. Joseph Cossman
The black of night gradually brightens, subtly at first, as the line of the nearby ridge and silhouette of the trees can be seen. … Read More