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On the Town: Pabst Cracks Open a New Music Festival Jul 29, 2014, 4:01pm

The makers of Portland's favorite cheap beer bring in Modest Mouse, Violent Femmes, Tears For Fears, and more for a new September festival.

It's a unarguable civic truth that Portland loves its Pabst Blue Ribbon. It's hard to imagine any local dive bar, trip to the bluffs, or kickball game without it.

This September, Pabst returns the love with a two-day music festival.

'Project Pabst is a love letter to Portland,' Pabst CMO Dan McHugh said in the press release. 'The company wanted to do something for the city that has embraced it and has never waivered in its support.'

Filling in the September music hole left after Musicfest NW relocated to August, Project Pabst and its partner Superfly Presents (see: Bonnaroo) are taking over the Zidell Yards along the South Waterfront for two days of music on September 27 and 28 with names like Modest Mouse, Tears For Fears, and Violent Femmes. Night time shows in smaller venues will take place on September 26 and 27, with bands like Guided By Voices, Menomena, and High On Fire.

Tickets are on sale now, and those quick to their wallets will save on super affordable advance ticket prices: $25 a day and $45 for the weekend-making it half the price of MFNW. A monster pass to see it all is $150.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the PBR-sponsored fest is only open to potential PBR drinkers (i.e. those over 21).

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Read the interview http://ift.tt/1xE8MSe What is techno? Scientists and philosophers have long since pondered the concept of its musical definition since it burst out of Detroit in the mid-‘80s. Is it that notion of the “ghost in the machine”, of soul from electronics that its inventors elicited? Or is it more the repetitive throb and thump of 4/4 beats and slow-burning momentum that the Berghain generation are proponents of? Croatian producer Petar Dundov’s stunning music manages to marry both ideals in the most explosive of fashions. To Dundov, “techno is music that precedes movement. It is dance music, solid enough to carry emotions through the dance floor and abstract enough to be a template for ever”. And indeed his breathtaking productions embody this ethos, serving the inherent function of making your body pulse spontaneously while also challenging your brain with its complex melodies and slow-burning, hypnotic progressions. It’s the antidote for anyone who thinks that techno is about senseless, dull looping. Although maybe the word “techno” doesn’t give enough detail about his style, it’s probably the nearest ballpark to whose principles his music adheres – and he is keen to expand the horizons of what people know and expect of the genre. But it’s that sense of his tracks being alive, forever evolving and expanding and increasing in intensity, which gives his music its unique sound and has seen his work crossover into a myriad of different areas of the global electronic music scene. The last two years have seen his mind-bending single Oasis (played by everyone from Dubfire to Sasha to Ben Klock to Prins Thomas to Timo Maas) take the scene by storm with its intricate, ever-changing melodies, John Digweed snap him up for an epic rework of Alan Fitzpatrick’s Reflections, and Gregor Tresher squeeze a deep, mesmerising remix of his track The Life Wire out of him. His music shows you that he’s a producer with more than churning out mindless, functional and dispensable drivel on his mind. There’s a philosophy entrenched in his productions that breathes the very spirit of life and dynamism into them: “My ultimate goal as a producer and musician is to bridge the world of inspiration and physical world to the extent where the listener wouldn't be able to distinguish between the two. Music has this unique property to communicate deep emotions that are inherently in all of us. We just forgot how to use them, and my search is an attempt to revive those emotions where we all resonate as one.” Born in Zagreb in the early ‘70s, his career in dance music stretches back the best part of 20 years, but it’s only in the new millennium that he’s been using his own name for his productions. Over the years he’s graced many of the world’s most prestigious and best-loved techno institutions – including mega-festivals I Love Techno, EXIT, Awakenings and Wire, and cutting-edge clubs like Berghain, Matter (RIP), Womb, Air, Fuse and Space. He counts a longstanding relationship with Belgium’s legendary Music Man label amongst his achievements, an imprint that has also played host to releases by everyone from Jeff Mills (for whose label Tomorrow he created the Sculptures mini-LP) to Green Velvet to Robert Hood, and after completing his acclaimed debut album Escapements in 2008, he’s got the follow-up in the works (for completion by the end 2010). Petar Dundov makes intelligent electronic music that breaks boundaries, moves feet and twists minds. He is without a doubt one of the most inspiring, original and daring producers in electronica, and with the likes of Sven Väth, Francois K, Laurent Garnier, Adam Beyer, Josh Wink, Guy J, Glimpse, Hernan Cattaneo, Brendan Moeller, and Danny Tenaglia amongst his fans, it would be hard to disagree. Connect with http://ift.tt/1pIlT0u http://ift.tt/1hfLDhE http://ift.tt/1pIlT0v

Homegrown El Paso announces new Beats and Eats Music Festival

By Margaret Gallardo / El Paso Times

Posted: 07/30/2014 09:45:19 AM MDT

The newly created Beats and Eats Music Festival will focus on growing the community's passion for El Paso, Homegrown El Paso organizers announced Wednesday.

'One thing you will find as a common thread, not only in the music but in the feeling of the festival, is that love for El Paso,' said Charles Dodds III, president of Homegrown El Paso and organizer of the festival. 'We want to make this event affordable and all we ask from El Paso and the community is to come out and support (the festival and local vendors). We are doing this for you (the community) and we and our sponsors are invested in this city and want to help it grow.'

Organizers are expecting more than 30,000 people to attend the music festival, which will be held Sept. 13 at Ascarate Park and is set to start at 11 a.m., Dodds said.

'This festival started from the hope to bring all of these locally owned businesses together to contribute their services to the community,' Dodds said. 'And also to bring everything together, where not only the music is going to be an unbelievable attraction coming to El Paso, but also the food, and create a family event that is affordable so people can come out and enjoy.'

The festival, sponsored by the Rudolph Dealerships and 915 Live Productions, will have two music stages - one DJ stage, featuring a 30-foot Eiffel Tower replica, and one main stage. It will also feature 30 food vendors, a car show and an activity area for families.

The main stage will feature Los Rieleros del Norte, Tropicalisimo Apache, Mark Farner (former lead singer of Grand Funk Railroad), Maria Mulata, Rod Crosby & the Intruders, Chuco Soul Project, Joe Barron Band, Wildflower and Dusty Low.

On the second stage, dubbed the From Paris With Love Stage, will be Richard Vission, Johnny Kage, J Smoov, The Godfather, Rafa Velasquez, Alby Bocanegra, JC Favela, DJ Klymaxx, DJ R3tro and DJ Netro.

Organizers hope the festival will show not only the community, but surrounding cities, that El Paso can create big events showcasing local talents and business, said Joseph Nester, board member of Homegrown El Paso.

'This (the festival) started as a dream. It's incredible how big it has grown and I think this is a reflection of where we live and the people we have surrounding us,' he said. 'We always talk about other towns and what other towns are doing, and this is showing that we have all the sources here to do something fantastic. We are hoping this will continue to grow into one of, if not, the biggest festival in El Paso.'

Tickets will cost $15 for general admission ($20 at the gate). It will be free for ages 5 and under. A limited number of VIP tickets for $125 and $200 also will be on sale. Tickets are available online through ticketfly.com.

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Johnstown's Music Festival is all over the Americana map

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The annual music festival in Johnstown has come a long way since its beginnings as a street fair to mark the anniversary of the flood.

The event now known as The AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival, celebrating its 25th anniversary, takes place this weekend on four stages with headline performances by Boz Scaggs, Leftover Salmon with Bill Payne, and Lee Fields & the Expressions.

Flood City has its source in the 1989 centennial commemoration of the Johnstown flood. It was a big enough success that the following year the Johnstown Area Heritage Association and city officials raised money to bring the National Folk Festival to Johnstown for a three-year run. Over those years, it featured such acts as the Holmes Brothers, Fairfield Four and Blind Boys of Alabama.

JAHA took over as sole producer in 1993, renaming it the Johnstown FolkFest, and the improvements have continued. In 2004, it moved to a temporary space downtown, in 2009 it evolved into a paid event, the Flood City Music Festival, and in 2012, it found a new home in the Peoples Natural Gas Park. In recent years, it has played host to such artists as Greg Allman, Dr. John, Derek Trucks Band, Los Lobos, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, and Robert Cray.

Todd Wagner, who has run the festival for six years, says, 'It was a great street fair, if you will, in town, but it wasn't drawing really from the outside. It was more of a homecoming week. When they asked me to take it over I had an interest in making it a more longtime music festival and draw fans from outside. Our whole motivation was to bring higher tier acts in and get it to sustain itself by growth with ticket sales.'

This year organizers are expecting about 15,000 people for the weekend, about 70 percent coming from outside of a 60-mile radius, made easier by the improvements on Route 22 and the free parking.

As for the music, which is booked with Pittsburgh's Grey Area Productions (based at The Rex Theater), he says, 'We work hard at doing the best of a roots/Americana festival. Boz Scaggs is the big highlight for us this year. We've had some other Grammy winners, but he is the largest act we've had. We're thrilled that we have a taste of everything, as well as a few that are really breaking stride right now, one of which is Hurray for the Riff Raff, a folk band out of New Orleans, really rare, which is peaking right now.'

A number of bands from Pittsburgh will be traveling east for the festival, including Bastard Bearded Irishmen, making a return trip.

'You could feel the energy from the crowd on stage,' Mr. Wagner said of the band's last performance there. 'We were so pumped up. But we had as much fun off stage, talking to the crew and concertgoers. You could tell that the people of Johnstown and the fans who traveled there for the festival are huge music fans. That and the gobs [chocolate cream cakes] are to die for.'

Here are some highlights this year:

Boz Scaggs: The singer-guitarist from Canton, Ohio, got his start as a solo artist in the mid '60s and then hooked up with the Steve Miller Band a few years later, but he's best known for 1976's 'Silk Degrees,' which provided the smooth soulful hits 'Lowdown' and 'Lido Shuffle.' Last year, he released 'Memphis,' an album of mostly covers recorded at Willie Mitchell's legendary Royal Studio in that city. He recently has been seen shuffling with The Dukes of September, his supergroup with Donald Fagan and Michael McDonald.

Leftover Salmon featuring Bill Payne: Leftover Salmon, like the festival, is also celebrating 25 years. The popular jam or 'slamgrass' band from Boulder, Co., teams up here with the pianist/singer from one of its key influences, the beloved Little Feat.

Lee Fields & the Expressions: The North Carolina soul man, who released his first singles in 1969, has had a long career with music that ranges from 'James Brown-style funk to lo-fi blues to contemporary Southern soul to collaborations with French house DJ/producer Martin Solveig.'

Dumpstaphunk: Ivan Neville, the son of Aaron Neville, launched this funk/groove band at the 2003 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. It also features his cousin Ian Neville on guitar.

Hurray for the Riff Raff: Based in New Orleans, the Americana band centered on oldtime-y Bronx singer Alynda Lee Segarra just released an acclaimed fifth album, 'Small Town Heroes.'

Rubblebucket: The seven-piece genre-bending indie band from Brooklyn was booked for last year's festival, but it had to pull out when frontwoman Kalmia Traver was diagnosed with early-stage ovarian cancer. Now that she's healthy, the band is back on the road.

Turkuaz: Turkuaz, inspired by Sly & The Family Stone, Rick James, Parliament and Talking Heads, was a last-minute fill-in for Rubblebucket last year, and it returns now, supporting its third album, 'Future 86.'

Nicole Atkins: The dreamy, Brooklyn-based indie-rocker is on tour with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

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REVIEW: New music festival scores in Manitou Springs

In the summer, Manitou Springs has always been a mecca for tourism and a gateway to mountain adventures. Unfortunately, the danger of flash floods is now part of the mix.

2 photos Manitou Chamber Music Festival: 'Innovation'

Who: Faculty and student musicians

When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday

Where: Benet Hill Monastery, 3190 Benet Lane

Tickets: $10-$20; 632-9534, manitouchambermusicfestival.com

Next: 7:30 p.m. Friday. 'Inspiration,' music by Beethoven, Grieg and Dvorak, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 800 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, $10-$20, 632-9534, manitou chambermusicfestival.com

Still, score one for culture on Tuesday. Those of us who braved the elements were treated to a poignant evening of music offered by the newly minted Manitou Chamber Music Festival and 'Innovation,' a performance at the midpoint of the festival. It ends on Aug. 3. Beethoven was supposed to open the program but the illness of cellist Pam Chaddon caused a switch to Debussy. Artistic director Cullan Bryant took his place at the piano, joined by cellist Richard von Foerster, for the composer's Cello Sonatafrom 1915. The duo easily captured the shifting moods and pristine textures of this miniature masterpiece. The clear, rich sound and the intimacy of the space just enhanced the experience. Missing was information about the festival and its mission and, more important, any kind of introduction to what was being performed. This was especially unfortunate in the case of the Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2. Completed in 1944, the work is at times macabre, manic or agonizing as it explores the horror produced by World War II, specifically the Jewish Holocaust. There is every reason to give an audience the tools to better understand the work. The performance itself was a revelation. Festival founder, director and violinist Jeri Jorgensen, gave one of her finest performances. Foerster set the tone with a series of eerily beautiful disembodied harmonics and Bryant held the work together by delivering maximum drama. The fact that torrential rain, thunder and lightning erupted during the final two movements made this an unforgettable musical moment. The essence of the festival was revealed in the evening's finale. Faculty artists Jorgensen, Foerster and violist Ann Roggen were joined by students for the expansive Sextet in B-flat by Brahms. Violinist Sigrun Hardardottir, violist Caroline McCaskey and cellist Elizabeth Riley are all part of the Aviva String Quartet and have been students of Jorgensen's at Denver's Lamont School of Music. It was fascinating to watch them become an ensemble with their teachers. The seasoned professionals relied upon their listening and a highly developed sense of awareness, barely making eye contact within the ensemble. The students seemed always to be looking up - working hard to assure that the musical seams were as tight as possible. While this performance could not match the extraordinary virtuosity regional audiences have become accustomed to at the Colorado College Summer Music Festival, it offered something else that was equally important: an urgency in the playing that became apparent in the heart of the work, its second movement theme and variations. The ensemble rode this musical intensity toward an interpretation that was both convincing and potent.

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inaugural Escape Music Festival happening in Brooklyn this year (Placebo ...

Brooklyn's getting a new music festival this year, Escape Music Festival (courtesy of Balearic Entertainment), which happens from October 11-12 on Pier 9 at Degraw St and Van Brunt St. The festival is planning to host '30 dance music & indie/electro rock acts on two stages over two days and nights,' and the phase 1 lineup includes Placebo, Yeasayer, The Crystal Method, Ra Ra Riot, ASTR and others, along with DJ sets from STRFKR and Neon Indian. Early bird tickets are on sale now.

Full phase 1 lineup below...

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Protests Mount Against Michfest Music Festival That Excludes Trans Women

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A music festival is facing increasing pressure to end its exclusion of transgender women, a practice that critics call discriminatory.

For the past 38 years, the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, often called Michfest, has served as an idyllic gathering in the woods for women to bond and celebrate. Thousands gather to briefly revel in a matriarchy, to eat and live communally and attend concerts and classes -- all conducted by women. This year's gathering begins August 5 on a piece of land in the western Michigan wilderness. But controversy has marred the fest and its founders, gathering steam in recent years, over its intention that only 'womyn-born womyn' attend the event.

On Monday, LGBT advocacy group Equality Michigan released a petition calling on Michfest to end that practice, artists and attendees to boycott the festival until discrimination is stopped and for founder and organizer Lisa Vogel to meet with leaders of the transgender community. By Tuesday it had gathered 350 signatures. Equality Michigan intends to deliver the petition to the festival organizers, as well as vendors and performers who participate in it.

'The reality is that the lesbian, gay, and bisexual community cannot stand by any longer and pretend that any form of transgender discrimination can be painted over as a feminist or progressive issue,' the Equality Michigan team wrote in a letter introducing the petition. 'We must stand up, even if it is to our own, and make it clear that transgender women deserve to be treated as women in all settings. ...The time has come, we are drawing a line in the sand, this 'intention' can no longer stand.'

Equality Michigan Executive Director Emily Dievendorf said the organization has been following Michfest for years and spoken against its stance on trans* women -- trans* is an inclusive term that refers to all identities along the gender identity spectrum -- but this year marks a stronger response. 'We weighed in on Michfest this year because it has been decades now of hearing the same false claims and scare tactics to justify the alienation of trans* women and every day of those decades along the way was too long to wait for love and support to emerge for our trans* sisters in the women's movement,' Dievendorf said in an email to The Huffington Post.

The conflict plays into the clash between transgender politics and certain strains of radical feminism that see the oppression faced by 'women born as women' as different -- and worth separating from -- the struggles of transgender women. Some go further and dismiss transgender individuals more resolutely: a recent New Yorker article dealing with the divide quotes Sheila Jeffreys' book 'Gender Hurts,' in which the feminist author says, 'Use by men of feminine pronouns conceals the masculine privilege bestowed upon them by virtue of having been placed in and brought up in the male sex caste.'

The New Yorker article traces the fight to the '70s, when Michfest was started and there was a swell of like-minded groups and events. Such an exclusionary view of transgender women is becoming less and less tolerated, or seen as increasingly transphobic, in feminist circles and more widely as trans issues gain recognition.

Vogel has insisted that Michfest's intention to limit participation to 'women born as women' is not a policy, but a self-enforced intention and 'respectful feminist statement' that attendees could interpret or follow as they wished. This year, the festival will hold an 'Allies in Understanding' workshop to discuss the issue.

In May, Vogel wrote that the festival has always 'been a welcoming space for revolutionary womyn and girls who personify a broad spectrum of gender.'

We have said that this space, for this week, is intended to be for womyn who were born female, raised as girls and who continue to identify as womyn. This is an intention for the spirit of our gathering, rather than the focus of the festival. It is not a policy, or a ban on anyone. ...We do not and will not question anyone's gender. Rather, we trust the greater queer community to respect this intention, leaving the onus on each individual to choose whether or how to respect it. Ours is a fundamental and respectful feminist statement about who this gathering is intended for, and if some cannot hear this without translating that into a 'policy,' 'ban' or a 'prohibition,' this speaks to a deep-seated failure to think outside of structures of control that inform and guide the patriarchal world.

Dievendorf, however, rejected Vogel's claims, saying that a statement that asks women to keep silent about their true identities can't be considered open.

'The claim that transgender women are able to safely attend, while documented cases of transgender women being escorted out continues to occur, is similar to the military's statements around their 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy [that allowed gays to serve only if they were in the closet],' Dievendorf said.

In an op-ed for Between the Lines, Zoe Steinfeld wrote about the feeling of being excluded from a festival meant to be a refuge for women.

'We're not demanding they let us in, but that they stop pushing us out,' she wrote. 'We're not invading women's spaces with men's bodies, we're women banished from our own spaces. ...To judge [a marginalized woman] an outsider based on a violent patriarchal system of sex assignment is not feminist. To echo conservative paranoia about her isn't progressive. To attempt to speak in her stead -- by wearing a t-shirt and attending a workshop -- while paying to enjoy the institution that silences her, isn't allyship.'

In May, actress Lea DeLaria, who plays Big Boo on Netflix show 'Orange is the New Black,' canceled her planned performance at the festival after receiving criticism online, with some pointing out that her OITNB costar Laverne Cox, as a trans actress, would be barred from attending.

Several other performers have severed ties with the fest, most notably festival mainstays the Indigo Girls, who said last year that it would be their last time attending until organizers made significant progress toward changing the policy.

'I truly look forward to the time when all LGBTQ stand as one,' DeLaria told the Advocate. 'Perhaps then we can collectively laugh at how f****d up it when I'M the voice of reason.'

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My sober experience with marijuana at Denver's biggest music festival

There's something voyeuristic about overhearing stoned streams of consciousness.

The first thing I did this past weekend at the Underground Music Showcase in Denver was listen to a couple of girls talk in whispers about where they could roll a joint. This was a process and debate - tensions were high. The girls ended up taking their rolling papers and weed to an alley behind the Goodwill on Broadway. It was a secret, this weed smoking they were about to do, and even though the plant and act of touching marijuana to flame is now legal (albeit in the privacy of our own homes), people are still nervous.

Since Colorado's legalization I have been asked by friends and strangers a lot of the same questions. One of them being: 'Does everyone in Denver smoke and seem stoned all the time now?' And it's funny how surprised they are when my response is no. Maybe you are just too stoned, my out-of-state friends will say, or maybe it's too difficult for you to tell, or maybe ... it's being put on a slow drip into Denver's drinking water. It's hard for people outside the state to see that people in Denver are actually following the rules.

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At the UMS, I was THC-free and it seemed like most everyone else was too. Sure, some questionable plumes of smoke hung beneath street lamps, and I witnessed a few characters taking pulls from vape pens, but for the most part, marijuana and its users stayed out of the open.

This may surprise people who don't venture into Denver's concert scene very often, but when I say this I mean it: The public's usage does not seem very different - even at the city's largest musical festival and almost seven full months after the state's legal weed sales started.

My theory: Marijuana has never been a very social drug, so why would it be now?

A couple weeks ago I heard a Freakonomics radio show titled, ' What's More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol? ' There was a moment in the show when a pro-marijuana father was asked if he would rather have his kids only smoke weed or only drink beer. His response: beer. He said the reason is because in our society alcohol has different social implications. In the United States, we surround almost all of our social gatherings with alcohol. This is undeniable, whether you partied during college or not. When I told my mother about the radio program, at first she was startled, as her concern is always with the health issues of consuming too much alcohol, but when I told her the pro-marijuana father's reason, she understood. Marijuana, until recently, has only been whispered about and experimented with socially in living rooms and garages, behind movie theaters, in the corners of music venues and college dorm bathrooms.

Usually when I am at concerts I love to be high. But sometimes at big festivals like UMS or South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, weed can very easily induce moments of anxiety and fear. And although weed can pump you up with beats that feel like pleasure galaxies are colliding inside your ears, it can be overwhelming to be stoned and packed into a sweaty and drunk bar.

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On two separate occasions at UMS, I was asked if I had any weed. One of the instances happened around midnight on Saturday when a drunk couple inquired, 'Do you have any weed...' they paused, 'You know?' They put their fingers to their lips, holding an imaginary joint. No, I told them.

I had never met this couple before. 'Oh, come on!' they said. 'Just a little bit?' They did not believe me. They looked at the strangers around me and everyone shook their heads, no. I laughed because their redundant questions didn't bother me, surprisingly. Instead, they reassured me of the openness and the future relationship this city may have with weed.

When I headed home on Saturday night I walked past a woman selling $5 spins on a wheel-of-fortune type contraption outside of a head shop on Broadway. Take a chance, win a glass pipe (devoid of weed).

My stoner buddy Aaron asked the saleswoman why he would want a glass pipe. He said, 'So I can fall down on it and stab myself with shards?' - he was rambling - 'And go to the E.R. and pay for all that? That sounds like a lot more than five dollars in the end.'

The woman looked at him like a blind person, as though no one was there. As we walked away, Aaron came up beside me and asked, 'Why don't they just sells spins for weed?' I wanted to tell him, 'Because that's not legal and that's not where we are yet.' Instead, I laughed and thought: Maybe we will notice weed in public more when people aren't still hiding with their marijuana in the dank darkness of alleyways.

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R. Kelly Kicked Off Ohio Music Festival Following Protests

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R. Kelly has decided not to perform at Columbus, Ohio's Fashion Meets Music Festival, following scrutiny from local press, a radio station that withdrew its sponsorship and a band that backed out of its slot over the R&B singer's past legal strife and accusations of possessing child pornography. Kelly was supposed to perform at the festival on August 29th, but now both Kelly and the festival have released a joint statement to Columbus Alive about his departure.

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'Fashion Meets Music Festival and headlining artist R. Kelly have come to the mutual decision to cancel Kelly's upcoming performance at the inaugural Fashion Meets Music Festival,' the statement said. The singer's rep added, 'R. Kelly is sorry to disappoint his fans, but looks forward to seeing them in the near future during one of his upcoming tours.'

The announcement came following weeks of public outcry over his appearance. The Columbus-based folk rock group Saintseneca wrote on their website that Kelly's inclusion in the lineup 'ignores his very serious allegations of sexual violence and assault' and that they were choosing not to perform on the same bill as him. Additionally, the electro-pop group Damn the Witch Siren also dropped off the bill.

Columbus Alive reports that, additionally, radio station WCBE ended its sponsorship of the event. The station's general manager, Dan Mushalko, told the website that it decided to do so based on feedback from listeners and because he felt it could reflect badly on the station's license holder, Columbus City Schools. 'Obviously, since they represent children and teenagers, they didn't want us associated with the event if R. Kelly was a part of it,' he said. 'So whether you looked at it from our internal ethics, or the feedback from our listeners and the school district, it came down to everything saying, 'You just can't do it.'' He also urged other media outlets to start raising questions as they had.

'There was a lot of back and forth on the criticism we did receive, but then also looking at [Kelly] as an artist,' a rep for the fest told Columbus Alive. 'Then truly the last few weeks...the festival has taken a lot of heat, and we really just wanted to listen to Columbus and really take a stance and move forward.'

Fashion Meets Music Festival said they will not replace Kelly on the bill, which also includes Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams , O.A.R., Rusko, Future Islands, The Menzingers and Maps & Atlases .

In 2002, Kelly was indicted on 21 counts of child pornography, a number that was later reduced to 14, after a videotape that allegedly showed footage of the singer having sex with an underage girl was sent to the Chicago Sun-Times. Prior to that, Kelly was briefly married to singer Aaliyah, who was 15 at the time. Six years after his indictment, Kelly's case went to trial, where his former assistant of seven years, Lindsay Perryman, testified that Kelly was in the video, as did Kelly's family and friends in May 2008. The next month, a Chicago jury found Kelly not guilty on all counts of child pornography charges after less than a day of deliberation, but within three days of the decision jurors said they believed Kelly was in the sex tape.

Since his indictment, Kelly has issued eight records, more than half of which have been certified gold or varying degrees of platinum. His most recent record, last year's Black Panties, debuted at Number Four on the Top 200.

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'No Cameras Allowed' Filmmaker on Music Festival Break

James Marcus Haney is a USC dropout who has snuck into nearly fifty music festivals over the past four years by hitching rides via Craiglist, recreating tech-equipped wristbands and walking in through press entrances while covered in countless cameras. Thankfully, he always kept the Canon 5D around his neck on 'record' so he could collect footage of his favorite acts like Mumford & Sons, JayZ and Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - and the lengths he'd go to see them.

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It's all strategically compiled into No Cameras Allowed, the documentary Haney has created that's set to air on MTV on Aug. 29, but he warns viewers to adjust their expectations. 'People are expecting a music festival break-in 101, but it's not that,' he says of the film, which is free of reenactments and sprinkled with animation, psychedelic effects and head-tripping cuts to emulate each festival's distinct vibe. 'It's a film that everybody, regardless of your age of musical tastes, can relate to. There are universal points that connect to your core rather than just your musical sensibilities.'

Still, it's a scene that might have an expiration date: 'Every year, they get bigger. This generation is definitely the peaking point of the festival.'

Watch the trailer below, followed by Haney's chat with The Hollywood Reporter about creating more than just a rock doc, falling in love with music festivals and predicting the overexposed scene's unexplored future:

What do you hope people take away from the film?

People are expecting a music festival break-in 101, but it's not that. It's more a coming-of-age story. I want people to learn to say yes to everything; don't always listen to what society tells you. It's so relevant now - people go into debt for life, almost, to get their college degree, which is now worth less now than before. It's so much harder to get a job with a degree than in our parents' generation. So you see of generation of a lot of people looking outside the box, going into the tech world especially, and tons of young kids drop out of college and realize their dreams. That doesn't mean college isn't the answer for everyone - for a lot of people, it's the way to go. But in a more macro perspective, don't take everything you heard growing up blindly. Question everything, and figure out your own path.

Did you always want to take a more narrative approach to the documentary?

It was quite an evolution in editorial with my editor, John-Michael Powell. I originally wanted to make a rock doc about musicians and performances, and we got a pretty cool rough cut, but it was only as cool as any straight tour doc, and would basically only appeal to fans of those bands. We put in some of the sneaking-in elements, and people wanted more of that. But to tell that story in depth, I had to put my voice in it, which I hated. The more that happened, the more the personal things started etching in, and people really responded to the personal element. It took a while for me to come around, man up and put that personal perspective in there. Once we did, it took off and got to where it is now, because it's a film that everybody, regardless of your age of musical tastes, can relate to. There are universal points that connect to your core rather than just your musical sensibilities.

This film has a lot of interesting animation/visual effects.

The film sources all live footage, but I realized you have to be sparse with it; we never have a full song. And that's because you can't replicate what it's actually like to be at a live concert, no matter how good your technology is. Instead of trying to create the live experience like you're actually there - you're never gonna get that connected feeling sitting in a theater, or at home, or your bed with an iPad - I wanted to create something visually and aurally that motivated people to go and experience it live for themselves.

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The animation was more from the necessity to tell a story; this documentary has a lot of holes, but there are no reenactments. That really had us lean on Chris' perspective, because we could glorify that psychedelic-ness. For the Ultra section, we have a ton of very quick repeat cuts, and that complements that type of head-trip musical world of dance music, such an amazing experience that you can't translate to film. And the Running of the Bulls, those blackouts were what I was physically going through.

What's the most intoxicating thing about music festivals that kept you going back for more?

Honestly, it's gotta be a split between being onstage with my really good friends who are absolutely altering tens of thousands of people's experiences at once - seeing that crowd all unified to the sounds coming out these instruments and voices, and it's so cliché to say that everyone is like one, I hate that, but it really is true, everyone feels really together in a sea of strangers. To watch that from a removed perspective - the rafters or underneath the drum set risers - is incredible. On the flip side, just as intoxicating is being in that crowd and completely letting yourself go to that live music experience, that moment.

Music festivals aren't what they used to be - it's not just flooded with music acts, but also product samples, fashion ambassadors, etc. that some say are inauthenticating the experience.

It's a good conversation that I have a lot: these festivals that are grounded in music are being infiltrated and overrun by branding - creative branding, but branding nonetheless. But I can still love Coachella just as much each year because you have to accept that the branding is there. Even SXSW, which started off as something else, is now just one huge Doritos billboard, but you go there, accept what it's gonna be. And just like every other day, you tune out the ads and the noise around you. I still have just as much fun, despite the horrendous amount of branding they shove in your face, because no branding is gonna supersede the experience you have with your friends. If you're there with the people you love and the music you love, that's what you're focused on.

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Branding is gonna go in that direction - instead of forcing people, they're gonna start learning to give people experiences. Take Red Bull - what a horrible product, but what an amazing brand! I love Red Bull! I hate their drink, but they're giving amazing experiences to people. It's just a matter of time until a brand's gonna say, 'We're gonna pay for everyone's tickets to this festival.' They don't need to plaster everything. Brands at festivals are getting smarter and more clever, instead of sneakier; they're figuring out how to add to your day instead of taking away from it. It's something we're never gonna get rid of, and maybe both sides can be winners - I don't know if that's possible, but it's exciting to think about.

Will festival-goers ever get sick of the scene?

I don't know. I feel like every year, they get bigger, and this generation is definitely the peaking point of the festival. But it's making room for people to discover smaller festivals. In England, you have Glastonbury, one of my favorite of all time and it's huge, but at the same time, there's the End of the Road festival, out in the woods in England. It's tiny, amazing bands play there and the vibe is great. You've got Coachella, and then you have Outside Lands in San Francisco that has done a really good job of keeping that small festival vibe, even while bringing in Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. More and more are popping up. But people who are saying, 'Coachella is over, it's so big,' fuck off. As long as we're there for the right reasons, we're having a good time. Anything that gets big gets backlash. Look at how the indie blogs turned on Mumford & Sons!

Do you think you'll ever finish college?

Umm, for me to go back and get my degree requires me stopping life for a semester, paying a lot of money, driving in traffic across town, dealing with the same professors I had trouble with, and for what? To get a degree and go get a job? I'm sure it will enhance [my career], but the time away from work will negatively affect it, so it doesn't seem like the right option at this point. That may change down the road, but in my immediate future, I probably won't be in South Central L.A. too much.

What's next?

I'm gonna keep on working in the music world, in both photography and film. Loads of photo projects and two other feature films. One that's just finishing up is Austin to Boston, a tour doc about four bands that tour across the country five old-school Volkswagen camper vans. We shot it a couple years back with the bands Ben Howard, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Staves and Bear's Den. Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons was on tour with us, it's a cool little tour doc of the deep parts of America, seen through the eyes of Brits in camper vans. Then I'm excited to get outside music and get back into narrative work, some doc work that involves more human issues.

No Cameras Allowed is available on iTunes beginning Aug. 12 and airs Aug. 29 on MTV.

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Music festival attendees can wear whatever they want, but they somehow wind up in the same sort of uniform. Guys are in tanks or ironic tees or shirtless, with Ray-Bans (or the Urban Outfitters knockoff) shielding their gaze from the sun; girls wear those ripped jean shorts, a breezy, barely-there top, maybe a flower crown, anything that'll make it look like they just took a tumble through a Free People catalog. And there's always at least a few white kids in headdresses.

Bass Coast, a Canadian music festival, just instated a policy banning concert-goers from wearing headdresses on-site this week in Merritt, Canada. Paul Brooks, Bass Coast communications manager, wrote the announcement and posted it on Facebook on July 23; it quickly went viral. I spoke with Brooks about the decision behind the ban, why he doesn't necessarily think other festivals should follow Bass Coast's lead, and the litmus test for who should be able to don the headdresses at all. ('If you're asking yourself the question of whether or not you should be wearing it, you probably shouldn't be wearing it.')

How long has the conversation about banning headdresses been happening with the Bass Coast team? How did the conversation begin and how were advisors chosen to discuss this topic?

It's de-humanizing, the dollar store kit that people buy and put together. I know people aren't coming with malicious intent but hopefully people will look into this and make the discovery themselves that what they're doing is disrespectful.

The festival started in Squamish in 2009, closer to Vancouver, but we eventually outgrew our site and moved to Merritt, which sits on Aboriginal land and has a lot of Aboriginal people living there on reserves. When I started with Bass Coast last year, the conversation about the ban was already on the table. Unfortunately, we didn't have the resources and couldn't get the message out to our security team for 2013's festival. We regretted not being able to implement it but did have some education on site, including a few Aboriginal groups set up with workshops talking about cultural appropriation.

Headdresses have not historically been an issue at our event and the number of people who have appeared has been very small. However, we're a community that looks out for itself. We wanted to start discussions with people. We felt that we had to deal with this issue as it made all of the core members of our team uncomfortable. Throughout our decision process, we worked with some of the local bands here, including Coldwater & Lower Nicola as well as Upper Nicola, Nooaiatch, and Shacka, and they were all on board with us making up a policy for this. We wanted to implement this dress code not just for the Aboriginal people of the area, but also for Indigenous people across Canada and North America.

What was the tipping factor in terms of deciding to ban headdresses for the festivals attendees? Was having A Tribe Called Red as one of this year's performers a contributing factor, given the statements they released last year to HuffPost Canada about headdresses at festivals?

This was something we had already been discussing back before we knew who would be performing. When we failed to get the policy in place last year, that was the first thing we discussed for this year saying to ourselves, 'We have to do this.' We were really pushing for ATCR because we're big fans, but we had already been pushing this headdress issue as well. I've been speaking with Deejay NDN [of A Tribe Called Red] since last year. I ran a segment on a radio station I work with on why people shouldn't be wearing a headdress. He is an influence on the team but also on me personally, and having had these discussions with him, I'd say he's definitely an inspiration on this. He's been taking on the Washington Redskins and speaking to this issue a lot and I really admire him for that. In our conversations, I definitely got more insight into this and now often encourage people to look into the history of the war bonnet and cultural appropriation and challenge people to rethink their beliefs.

How is the security team being briefed in terms of identifying a headdress or 'anything resembling them,' as was posted on your Facebook page? How is this enforcement planned to occur if someone does show up wearing one?

It won't be heavy handed. It will come from an approach of educating the person.

Before we even wrote the post, we had gone over this with our security team. Only the supervisors of the team will be approaching individuals who might happen to don a war bonnet. I think it's highly unlikely that it will happen, and it won't be heavy handed, it will come from an approach of educating the person. They will be asked to put it in their car or their tent for the remainder of the festival if they're seen wearing one. In terms of identifying them, we'll be going over this as well. But to concertgoers, if you're asking yourself the question of whether or not you should be wearing it, you probably shouldn't be wearing it. People on our team have been doing research on this subject. I actually didn't know Aboriginal people were actually banned from wearing them for a period of time in history. It's de-humanizing, the dollar store kit that people buy and put together. I know people aren't coming with malicious intent but hopefully people will look into this and make the discovery themselves that what they're doing is disrespectful.

What does Bass Coast think about the national and international attention this announcement has gained? What message does Bass Coast hope to send to other music festivals by enforcing this ban?

Leadership is a strong component of what Bass Coast is all about. From our team to the thousands of people who help us on-site, those helping with lighting or parking or performances, we felt we needed to take a stand on this issue. We did it for very personal reasons; we didn't do this looking at other festivals, and we don't want to force other festivals into doing this. This is based on our community in which we operate. I'm amazed at how far this has gone, but obviously it's the right time. We said it in a way that I think people are starting to comprehend the gravity of this, of the situation. I often ask myself the question: why did wearing a headdress become a part of electronic festival culture? I personally would like this to be something that isn't associated with house music. If this inspires other festivals to do this, great, but that's not our intention. This is a very personal decision.

Is the headdress policy something that Bass Coast expects to enforce at all shows to come?

Absolutely, for all events here on out. Bass Coast, besides being a music festival, also hosts workshops throughout the year in western Canada. A lot of people are asking questions about other instances beyond just headdresses, but nobody has yet to show us a group of people who are asking for some other potential form of appropriation to be dealt with. This is specific to the war bonnet, it has spiritual and cultural significance and we are confident that we've made a good decision. It's part of what Bass Coast is about. The issue obviously resonates with a lot of people who are uncomfortable with this practice. The support has outweighed the people who don't support it and the conversation around this is very thoughtful and inspiring. We're very much about learning and leadership, it's a part of who we are and if we can create positive change in the world by something as simple as writing a Facebook post, we'll continue to stick to our guns.

In the festival video promo, you write: 'A mutinous spirit manifests itself in the uniqueness of the people in the Bass Coast community. Intelligent dissent represents a mutiny against the status quo. Take heed: when we gather, a force is unleashed in which the seeds of a bright future grow.' Does this theme fall in line with your decision to ban headdresses?

I wrote that piece. The festival started incorporating themes annually, foe example, last year's theme was 'zebra.' This year, Liz and Andrea (the founders of Bass Coast) came in and said the theme should be 'mutiny' - [there are] all kinds of amazing applications of the term. I started looking into the etymology of the word and my writing partner and I came up with a manifesto that Bass Coast stood for. I actually didn't really think about this year's theme initially when we were putting this headdress policy together. Later on that day, we realized that this was a mutiny against the status quo so. It does fit in. It has been on all our minds, and it did have an influence even though we didn't put it together immediately. Bass Coast is a mutiny against the status quo: it's about changing the world by being unconventional and being creative. I'm excited to see how else this plays into the festival. We really lifted the positive aspect of the word - the world needs a mutiny right now, we feel.

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COUNTRY STARS SHINE ON 'CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY'S NIGHT TO ROCK,' AIRING TUESDAY, AUGUST 5 ON THE ABC TELEVISION NETWORK

'CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock' is your front-row seat to the hottest concert performances of the summer. Hosted for the second time by reigning CMA Vocal Group of the Year Little Big Town, the three-hour special airs TUESDAY, AUGUST 5 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Filmed during the sold-out CMA Music Festival in June, the special spotlights America's music in the epicenter of the format - - and features full-scale stadium performances by Little Big Town, Tim McGraw with special guest Faith Hill, Jake Owen, Darius Rucker, and Zac Brown Band with special guest Richie Sambora, in addition to a Late Night Jam in a downtown club featuring Justin Moore with Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx of Motley Crüe.

Previously announced performers include Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Eric Church (with special guest Lzzy Hale), Florida Georgia Line, Brantley Gilbert, Hunter Hayes, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert (including special guest Carrie Underwood), Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton (with special guest Gwen Sebastian), Cole Swindell, The Band Perry, and Keith Urban.

The special first aired in 2004. This is the 10th time ABC will broadcast the special - which invites the whole country to America's largest Country Music celebration. The annual special will air on ABC through 2021.

'CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock' is executive-produced by Robert Deaton.

For information, logos and downloadable photos, visit our media-only website, CMApress.com. You can also follow our current news on Twitter at twitter.com/CMAmedia and join the CMA Press Facebook group at http://ift.tt/1tlDamC.

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Organizers: 2014 Macy's Music Festival brings out 67000 music fans

Thousands of R&B fans packed Paul Brown Stadium for the 2014 Macy's Music Festival this weekend.

Organizers said about 67,000 came out for the 52nd annual festival, which is 3,000 fewer than last year.

Sneak Peek: Behind the scenes at 2014 Macy's Music Festival

This year's festival had many familiar favorites as well as some new faces.

Friday's lineup included Mike Martin, After 7, K. Michelle, Chaka Khan, Robin Thicke, and Charlie Wilson.

Photos: 2014 Macy's Music Festival rocks the Jungle opening night

On Saturday, the performers were the Deele, Chrisette Michele, Mint Condition, Keyshia Cole, Ne-Yo, and New Edition.

The concert was put on hold for about an hour and a half Saturday night due to storms, but that didn't stop the show, which it didn't end until 2 a.m. Sunday.

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With the influx of people downtown, there was plenty of security for the event and city.

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COMMUNITY NOTES: Yard sales, unsung heroes, music festival

City sets DATES FOR yard sales

ONTARIO - The next citywide yard sale weekend is set for Aug. 1-3 in Ontario. If rainy conditions exist on that Friday or Saturday, an alternate yard sale may take place Aug. 8-10. The final yard sale weekend of the year is set for Nov. 7-9.

According to a news release, 'In 2010, the city adopted a yard sale ordinance giving residents the opportunity to hold more sales each year on fixed dates and eliminating the need for yard sale permits and fees.'

For more information, call Erin Bonetta at 909-395-2326.

- Jennifer Whitaker

Unsung heroes nominations sought

SAN BERNARDINO - The Black Culture Foundation is seeking nominations of unsung heroes by Thursday for its Black Rose Awards.

According to a news release, the group will celebrate '25 years of honoring unsung heroes in the Inland Empire when it hosts the Black Rose Awards on Sept. 12 at the National Orange Show.'

Applications can be downloaded from http://ift.tt/1nUiIpd and can be emailed to Margaret Hill at marrobhill@aol.com or to program co-chairman Troy Ingram at unicorncol@sbcglobal.net. Or they can be sent by regular mail to The San Bernardino Black Culture Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 7288, San Bernardino, CA 92411.

The foundation is also seeking sponsors for the gala, and tickets for the event are $60 per person or $600 for a table of 10 people.

For more information, call 909-864-3267.

- Jennifer Whitaker

Local bands will perform at festival

BEAUMONT - A music festival featuring local bands will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday at Noble Creek Community Park in Beaumont.

Little Mountain Big Band, Rod Tankerson and the Band of Peace, Crisis and Critically Disturbed are scheduled to take the stage.

Craft beer from Rebellion Brewery will be for sale along with wine, soda, water and Gatorade. There also will be food vendors at the festival, plus jump houses and face painting for children.

Admission to the event free, but there is a $5 fee for parking.

For more information, call the Beaumont Cherry Valley Recreation and Park District at 951-845-9555.

- Pep Fernandez

Contact the writer: community@pe.com

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In recognition of AmeriCorps Week 2014, First 5 San Bernardino AmeriCorps members left students at E. Neal Roberts Elementary with a message of hope on their school grounds

The Arts Council of Big Bear Valley will present a free concert from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 31, at the Christmas Tree Lot at the corner of Village Drive and Pine Knot Blvd. in Big Bear Lake

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Music Festival Is Banning Cultural Appropriation, aka Hipsters Wearing Native ...

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We've all seen the pics. Concertgoers donning high-waisted denim shorts and bro tanks always seeming to piss people off and start some controversy. Recently it's because they're wearing Native American headdresses, war paint and feathers.

Finally, someone has intervened. Bass Coast Festival posted on their Facebook page they are banning all 'feathered war bonnets.' The event is taking place on 'indigenous land' and the festival has made this decision out of respect.

Why would a music festival ban people's self-expression? That's the question being asked by many on Facebook.

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A Tribe Called Red, a Canadian First Nations DJ group, has been outspoken about supporting Bass Coast Festival's new guidelines, especially since the group will be performing there. Ian Campeau (also known as Deejay NDN of the crew) says he's seen an increase in concertgoers wearing First Nations headdresses, especially by people who clearly have no ties to the heritage.

'I have yet to speak to someone who is First Nation who wears fake headdresses and war paint to EDM concerts. It's 'redface.' Just like 'blackface,'' Campeau told Huffington Post Canada.

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Native American fashion influences have given significant rise to insensitive concert apparel. War bonnets are a prominent fashion staple at music festivals like Coachella and Electric Daisy Carnival. Recently, many celebs including Vanessa Hudgens, Harry Styles and Pharrell Williams have come under fire for wearing the styles.

Eliza Doolittle donned a headdress along with tribal-inspired clothing at Coachella in 2011.

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of 30 Seconds to Mars made the decison to accessorize with a war bonnet at the Soundwave Music Festival in 2011.

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Most commenters support Bass Coast's decision and some were even grateful the festival was recognizing their culture and heritage.

Blogger Adrienne K. posted on Native Appropriations and summed it all up pretty well: 'You are pretending to be a race that you are not, and are drawing upon stereotypes to do so.' Think twice about your next festival outfit, folks.

If you're still confused, MTV has an awesome write-up on what it all means with plenty of reasoning from the Native American community.

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Turns Out Booking R. Kelly To Play Your Music Festival Is Bad For Business

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An Ohio music festival has found itself in a difficult position on the heels of its booking of controversial R&B singer R. Kelly as one of its headliners.

The Fashion Meets Music Festival, slated for Aug. 29-31 in Columbus, Ohio, has run into a number of troubles since they announced last month that Kelly would be playing their inaugural fest alongside jam band O.A.R. and Destiny's Child alum Michelle Williams, among others.

Since then, two Ohio-based bands -- Damn the Witch Siren and Saintseneca -- have dropped out of the lineup since Kelly's booking was made public and Sunday Columbus Alive reported that radio station WCBE 90.5 FM has withdrawn from sponsoring the festival, also due to Kelly's participation in the event.

As WBEZ's Jim DeRogatis notes, ticket sales for the 'I Believe I Can Fly' singer's performance at the festival -- which start at $58.50 plus fees -- also appear to be selling very slowly.

The pushback stems from Kelly's past allegations of child pornography and sexual assault, a story DeRogatis helped break and Jessica Hopper detailed in a viral news story for the Village Voice in December 2013.

'We feel [R. Kelly's] selection as a performer ignores his very serious allegations of sexual violence and assault,' Saintseneca said in a statement explaining their decision. 'We feel it is an affront to all survivors, who are already often overlooked and forgotten in our society.' The band plans to host an alternative concert benefiting victims of sexual assault.

In response to the criticism, Fashion Meets Music Festival co-founder Bret Adams defended the booking to Columbus Alive, noting that Kelly was acquitted of the allegations in 2008, saying, ' we're not the morality police.'

Kelly also headlined the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago last year, a booking DeRogatis lashed out against but which was not met by any bands or sponsors dropping out from the event. Kelly also played the Bonnaroo and Coachella festivals in 2013.

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Imagine Music Festival announces full lineup

Imagine Music Festival has announced the full lineup for its inaugural two-day music event.

The event will take place during Labor Day Weekend, Aug. 30-31, in Atlanta at three different locations - Historic Fourth Ward Park, Masquerade Music Park and Clear Creek Basin.

Imagine is the third major electronic dance music festival to come to the Peach State. TomorrowWorld, the state's largest music festival, announced its line up on June 17 and will be held from Sept. 26-28. in Chattahoochee Hills, Ga. Counterpoint held its second annual outdoor music festival earlier in the summer from April 25-27 at Kingston Downs in Rome, Ga.

According to Imagine, the festival will feature performances from:

Adventure Club Aphrodite Araab Musik Archnemesis Beats Antique Buku Caspa Destroid Dieselboy Eddie Gold Emancipator Ensemble Ethan Kath of Crystal Castles Fedde Le Grand Infected Mushroom DJ Set Mantis Michal Menert - Pretty Lights Music Label Minnesota MK Ultra Neon Indian DJ Set Paper Diamond Phutureprmitive Ployd Protohype Megan James of Purity Ring DJ Set Ra RJD2 Rusko Seven Lions Shpongle Sky Blu of LMFAO Supervision - Pretty Lights Music Label Stranger Candy Swayze Unlimited Aspect

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Sampling of CPE Bach's music at Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival

This year's installment of the Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival opened with another observation of the tricentennial year of the birth of C.P.E. Bach. On Saturday night at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, flutist Jeffrey Cohan, violinist Marlisa del Cid Woods and harpsichordist Joseph Gascho offered a sampling of music by J.S. Bach's most famous son.

Cohan performed on an 18th-century transverse flute, and the chance to hear this music on an instrument from Bach's time in this intimate acoustic was worthwhile. In two trios for this combination of instruments, Wq. 143 in B minor and Wq. 149 in C, del Cid Woods and Gascho are to be commended for never overpowering the flute's pale, often fragile tone. These pieces are among the best in the composer's chamber music output, contrapuntally intricate and with daring chromatic touches.

In a solo outing, Gascho shifted skillfully between manuals to achieve the contrast of piano and forte in Bach's Sonata in C minor, Wq. 48/4 (the fourth 'Prussian' sonata), adding some pleasing embellishments and using a cadenza found in one source for the second movement. Del Cid Woods produced a laser-focused, pretty tone on her violin, so it was a shame that she had no piece to showcase her.

Instead, most of the programming was focused on Cohan, whose tone became timorous at times in the unaccompanied Flute Sonata in A minor, Wq. 132, wilting at the top of its range. Worse, Cohan took extreme rhythmic liberties even in the ensemble pieces, perhaps trying to create an unpredictable quality by adding so many coy hesitations that there were scarcely two bars taken in strict meter. All music needs some freedom, but Cohan's willful approach undermined the intricate overlapping of lines, like a complex watchwork gummed up with dust.

Downey is a freelance writer.

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Upper Valley Music Festival relaxed in return to Greenfield

Trin Cheile plays in the Second Congregational Church in Greenfield on Saturday as part of the Upper Valley Music Festival.Recorder/Micky Bedell Purchase photo reprints '

The band Span of Sunshine plays in 'The Alley' stage of the Upper Valley Music Festival in Greenfield on Saturday.Recorder/Micky Bedell Purchase photo reprints '

Jamie Kent and the Options play in the Greenfield Energy Park on Saturday as part of the Upper Valley Music Festival. Recorder/Micky Bedell Purchase photo reprints '

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GREENFIELD - The Upper Valley Music Festival spread out around the Town Common and the main intersection Saturday, fitting easily back into Greenfield after two years in neighboring Turners Falls.

The festival stages multiple performers in multiple venues throughout the afternoon and evening, all within walking distance of each other and the rest of downtown, whichever downtown it is.

At 2:20 p.m., the festival had been underway for two hours and 20 minutes, and Westfield couple Dave Carlsen and Joanne Quirk were breaking for lunch in the Smithsonian Chowder House, adjoining one of the eight stages.

'I've actually already seen four bands, including that guy who just walked by, who I haven't seen in 25 years and is still going strong,' Carlsen said, indicating blues musician Wildcat O'Halloran. 'Also Katelyn Richards who was on after him, who I saw a couple of weeks ago at the Green River Festival. She was fantastic, she's going to go big.'

Carlsen and Quirk heard of this festival at the Green River Festival and decided to check it out.

'We like the area and we thought this would be a good way to spend the day up here, popping in and out of music venues, looking around the town to get the feel for it,' Carlsen said. 'I like the fact that you can, as much as we love the music, you can get away from it. There are galleries, you can go to The People's Pint, something like that then get back into it so it's kind of like you can recharge your batteries a little bit.'

Organizer Tommy Byrnes of Sovereignty Music Services in Bernardston began the show in Greenfield in 2011 after plans for his birthday party got a little out of hand. Turners Falls businesses and institutions hosted the shows in 2012 and 2013, and Byrnes said a scheduling conflict brought the festival back to Greenfield. 'I wish things had worked out in Turners, but being here is really awesome,' he said.

Looking forward, the festival isn't anchored. 'Our hopes are that within the next couple of years, we'll be in more than one town,' Byrnes said. 'Multiple days in multiple towns.'

The festival raises funds for the American Cancer Society, running on a shoestring budget with no one getting paid. Byrnes didn't have a figure off the top of his head, but said they donated 'thousands and thousands of dollars' over the first three years. Byrnes also describes the festival as an opportunity for musicians to network and strengthen the music scene in the upper Pioneer Valley.

Waiting to play in the Replay Annex venue, behind the Pushkin building, Brattleboro singer-songwriter and guitarist Larry Allen Brown said he's performed in the festival for three years because he moved to the area three years ago and needed the exposure. It seemed to be working Sunday.

'I picked up a gig here for October,' he said. 'I haven't even played yet.'

Garrett Sawyer, bassist for valley band the Gaslight Tinkers, was performing for his fourth year Saturday before the bands leaves for a tour as far afield as North Carolina. 'It's a great way to connect with the local community and walking around I always see friends from other bands I haven't met up with in a while, so much of the Pioneer Valley music scene is here today,' Sawyer said. 'Also, Tommy's awesome, the organiser. I support whatever he does.'

You can reach Chris Curtis at: ccurtis@recorder.com or 413-772-0261, ext. 257

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Justin Moore closing act at IMS Brickfest Music Festival

The 33-year old was honorably discharged after 12-years of service back in 2012.

IMS tweeted out to fans that the concerts were cancelled due to severe weather.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - The Brickfest Music Festival at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will feature Justin Moore as the closing act on Saturday night.

The 30-year-old country music singer got a chance to walk around the track before Saturday night's show.

Moore says there are a lot of parallels between NASCAR fans and country music fans, and because of that people can always expect a really good show.

'It's a lot of fun, beyond me being a country singer and a big NASCAR fan. It's really inspiring to meet these guys and gals having the race named after them and hear their story, and get to know them is pretty rewarding as well,' said Moore.

Justin Moore will also be at the Monroe County fairgrounds on Sunday.

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