They are supported by a strong roundup of traditional and contemporary bluegrass artists: Greensky Bluegrass, Punch Brothers, Della Mae and the spectacularly named Peter Rowan’s Big Twang Theory /telluride. Organizers are using the extra daylight to pack in even more rock and folk marquee names across the four-day blowout: John Fogerty, Alison Krauss & Union Station with Jerry Douglas, Laura Marling, John Prine, Glen Hansard, Béla Fleck & the Marcus Roberts Trio and K.D. This ever-expanding festival flaunts its start on the summer solstice, the longest day of the year (June 21).
Traditional folk enthusiasts can enjoy sets by Lyle Lovett, Kathleen Edwards and Amos Lee /folks. On the younger side: the hushed singer-songwriter Sam Beam performs with his group, Iron & Wine the modern troubadour Justin Townes Earle offers his Americana fare and the throaty songstress Neko Case stops by on the final day. Contemporary folk-pop meets its rootsy brethren in this well-stacked lineup, which celebrates the event’s 22nd year. ROCKY MOUNTAIN FOLKS FESTIVAL Lyons, Aug. The stylish set of participants includes Sheila E., Anita Baker, the Family Stone, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Meshell Ndegeocello, Al Jarreau and one power-pop outlier, OK Go.
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This festival celebrates its 75th season with 10 free jazz and R&B shows. STERN GROVE FESTIVAL San Francisco, June 24-Aug. collective GlobeSonic Sound System and more. Sister Nancy, the Chilean orchestra Chico Trujillo, the African party band Afrolicious, the D.J. Reggae and world music hold court equally here, and the 2012 lineup includes the dub greats Jimmy Cliff and Luciano, the Caribbean groove poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, the Hawaiian vocalist Fiji, the dancehall singer-D.J. Burning Man’s tribes have been known to spill over into this genial bohemian retreat, one with a pacifist and eco-friendly ethos. SIERRA NEVADA WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL Boonville, June 22-24. The supporting roster is muscular with indie favorites and quickly ascending underground talent: Sigur Ros, Justice, the Kills, Bloc Party, Die Antwoord, Amadou & Mariam, Fun., Sharon Van Etten and more. This year Stevie Wonder, Metallica, Foo Fighters, Skrillex, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Beck, Norah Jones and Big Boi will tread the same boards. Northern California’s premier pop-culture festival features a lineup as varied as its population.
This year, of the 500 artists commanding the eight stages, standouts include Tony Bennett, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Esperanza Spalding, Jack DeJohnette, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Melody Gardot and the Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra. Additionally, the earliest incarnations introduced a charitable dimension to major music events a good amount of the nonprofit organization’s proceeds are invested back into jazz education. Started in 1958 with Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie as headliners (and running consecutively since), it pioneered the multiple-stage format. This festival was a predecessor for all the jazz festivals to follow. Glen Campbell delivers what is said to be the final Los Angeles performance of his storied career, and Wilco closes the season. The more straightforward shows still pack a punch: Kelly Clarkson, the Fray, Liza Minnelli, Aerosmith, Cheap Trick. Smokey Robinson and Diana Krall each partner with similar string groups for two evenings apiece (July 20-21 for Mr. Along with their fine al fresco opera offerings (“Don Giovanni” will rear its stone head a few times this season), the Hollywood Bowl delights in pairing pop figures with classical power for bombastic, cinematic evenings this year Barry Manilow takes three spins with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (July 2-4), as does the Brian Setzer Orchestra with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra (Sept.
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