I spent most of last week immersed in the Folk Unlocked Virtual Conference. This was, by far, the best example I’ve seen of a festival/conference/convention capitalizing on the virtual environment while maintaining the live experience and community spirit. I truly felt like I was “in it”. I caught about 120 artists over the span of the week, a lovely combination of known favorites (The Accidentals, Nadia Reid, AHI, Jade Bird) and new discoveries (Hannah Bethel, Holly Arrowsmith, Riley Pearce).
One of the highlights was the Global Music Marathon Closing Party, a massive, live zoom event where teams of international artists talked about their experience collaborating virtually while sharing some music in pre-recorded video collages while the audience joined in via a massive group chat. Even with people turning in from around the world, or perhaps because of it, the event held the kind of magic fostered by collaboration and community, that you can only really experience at a conference or festival. Well done Folk Unlocked!
I was so busy with Folk Festivals, I wasn’t able to catch up on new releases, but I’m very much looking forward to diving into Sydney Sprague’s debut album “maybe I will see you at the end of the world” and will endeavor to do so before her Twitch stream Monday evening. Other picks this week include Dreamers streaming from The Roxy, Flawes celebrating the release of their new EP and a 3 day festival out of Minnesota called Land of 10,000 Streams.
As for the rest:
Monday:
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
4pm: May Erlewine at FB
5pm: Kate Vargas and Eric McFadden at FB
Della Mae at FB
6pm: Glen Phillips at FB
JR Moore at FB
Sydney Sprague at Twitch
7pm: Monday Monday at Clubhouse
Tuesday:
11am: Bandsintown #mostliked f. goodboy noah, Jackson Wooten at Twitch
12pm: Flawes at YT
Grace Weber at sofarsounds.com
1:30: Michigander at The Current FB/YT
2pm: Breakthough Live Series at AmazonMusic Twitch
3pm: Ron Gallo at Rough Trade NYC IG
4pm: Hayes Carll at YT/Twitch/FB
5pm: Joshua Henry at The Relix Channel Twitch
Gerard Way, Julien Baker, DeathbyRomy at Sound Mind Live FB
5:30: My Silent Bravery at IG
The Band of Heathens at bandofheathens.com
6pm: Candace Devine at ursalive.com
Rhett Miller at StageIt
9pm: Marcus King at Rolling Stone Twitch
Weds:
8am: Lewis Watson at Twitch
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
11pm: Bandsintown Discovery f. Wilmah, Ava Kay at Twitch
11:30: Scruff of the Neck TV at Twitch
12pm: Glen Phillips at FB
Saint John and the Revelations at YT
5pm: Plain White T’s at FB
6pm: Tony Lucca at Mo’Verb Lounge
Jared & The Mill at Twitch
Dreamers at nocapshows.com
7pm: Joel Eckels at FB
Liz Phair at boxoffice.mandolin.com
8pm: Rhett Miller at StageIt
Thursday:
10am: Amazon Music Sessions at AmazonMusic UK Twitch
11:30: Scruff of the Neck TV at Twitch
Emmy The Great at dice.fm
2pm: Rufus Wainwright at veeps.com
3pm: Cloud Nothings at Rough Trade NYC IG
4pm: Arlo Parks, Odie at Bandsintown Plus
5pm: Hannah Bethedl at FB
Tedeschi Trucks Band at nugs.tv
Ben Folds at Jorgensen.uconn.edu
5:30: Alive at The Bluebird Presents at StageIt
6pm: Matt Scannell (Vertical Horizon) at StageIt
7pm: Andrew St. James at The Chapelsf IG
Friday:
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
Lewis Watson at Twitch
11am (-7pm): Land of 10,000 Streams Online Music Festival at landof10Kstreams.com
12pm: The Hold Steady at livesessions.npr.org/live
5pm: Anberlin at anberlinmerch.com
Tash Sultana at www.momenthouse.com
Stephen Kellogg at sktheexperiencetour.com
6pm: Glen Phillips at FB
Jared & The Mill at Twitch
3 Doors Down at boxoffice.mandolin.com
Rhett Miller at StageIt
Saturday:
11am (-7pm): Land of 10,000 Streams Online Music Festival at landof10Kstreams.com
Scott Helman at sessionslive.com
12pm: The Hold Steady at stream.fans.live
1pm: CT Folk Presents Homegrown Folk f. Stephen Kellogg at State House
3pm: Low Cut Connie at FB
4pm: Sarah Jarosz, Gabriela Lena Frank at louisvilleorchestra.vha.tx
Alicia Witt at StageIt
5pm: Pawnshop Roses at 118 North FB
6pm: JP Hoe at sidedooraccess.com
Los Lobos at Bandsintown Plus
6:30: Citizen Cope at vip.citizencope.com
9pm: Matt of The Classic Crime at Twitch
ALSO: Isol-Aid Festival at isolaidfestival.com
Sunday:
10am (-7pm): Land of 10,000 Streams Online Music Festival at landof10Kstreams.com
11am: Communion Presents at live-now.com
12pm: Grandson at YT
3pm: Shawn Mullins at FB
4pm: International Women’s Day Virtual Concert f. Debi Nova, Andy Allo, RuthAnne at ursalive.com
5pm: Donavon Frankenreiter at nocapshows.com
Jeremy Messersmith at landof10kstreams.com
6pm: Joe Pug at YT
Cordovas at FB
FB = Facebook, IG = Instagram, YT = YouTube
To Keep in Mind:
March 9th: Shakey Graves at boxoffice.mandolin.com (6pm)
March 11th: Garrison Starr at dice.fm (5pm)
March 18th: Lord Huron at noonchorus.com (5pm)
March 24th: William Fitzsimmons w/ Cary Brothers at IG/Twitch (4pm)
March 24th: Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold at noonchorus.com
March 25th: Bobby Bazini at boxoffice.mandolin.com
April 15th: Lord Huron at noonchorus.com (5pm)
April 21st: William Fitzsimmons w/ Rosie Thomas at IG/Twitch (4pm)
May 19th: William Fitzsimmons w/ Abby Gundersen at IG/Twitch (4pm)
~ Kristen