NEW YORK – John Colligan of BML-Blackbird Theatrical Services believes that lighting shares an emotional connection to music, flowing with it to tap into experiences deep inside the human soul. Since 2014, Colligan has been part of this powerful union, both witnessing it and contributing to it as lighting designer for jam-band icons Gov’t Mule. […]
ATLANTA – As a lighting designer and technician for JDI Productions, Megan Alksninis has worked on everything from corporate galas to metal concerts. The experience has taught her the importance of preparation. So, when she learned in early November that she would be designing for 21 Savage’s “Numb The Pain” tour in two weeks, she […]
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A sense of expectation runs like an open road through the flowing music of Counting Crows. The multi-platinum band’s songs don’t play out, as much as they unfold, taking listeners on a journey that holds out the promise of something new happening just around the bend. Mike Zielinski, the band’s longtime […]
PORTLAND, ME – It’s been said that the most powerful creations are often collaborations. A pair of lighting designers emphatically illustrated that point recently at Portland’s iconic House of Music, when they got together to build a shared rig for their two bands with a CHAUVET Professional anchored floor package. Matthew Calabrese is the LD […]
DURBIN, SOUTH AFRICA – Like social media itself, the music of international YouTube sensation Vidya Vox has a way of overcoming the barriers of time, place and culture. Melding widely divergent musical influences into a beautiful swirl of cross-cultural sound, the former pre-med student, who was born in India and raised in Virginia, has been […]
PHOENIX, AZ – When an event is billed as an “Old School House Party,” you can’t do much better than to book Naughty By Nature as your headliner. The New Jersey threesome of Treach, Vin Rock and DJ Kay Gee defined hip hop in the 1990s, with some of the earliest crossover hits like O.P.P. […]
SUNRISE, FL – The Maverick MK Pyxis derives its name from a constellation of stars in the galactic halo of the Milky Way. True to its celestial moniker, the newest member of CHAUVET Professional’s Maverick family can produce an endless array of out of this world looks, thanks to a unique design that includes an […]
ROSARIO, ARGENTINA – In their hit single “At Dawn,” Argentinian rockers La Beriso sing about the undying resilience of dreamers. It is an apt theme for this hard-rocking group of seven musicians who struggled for some years after they formed their band in the gritty port city of Avellaneda, before breaking through as one of […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Carving out a name for itself in northern Europe’s bustling festival scene, the Crave Festival has been making waves in electronic and techno music circles with its searing musical performances and edgy industrial vibe. The 2017 edition of this red hot festival more than lived up to expectations, thanks in part […]
SUNRISE, FL – The CHAUVET Professional Maverick series has been making its presence felt on tours and festivals, as well as at clubs, with its moving spots, beams, washes and hybrids. Now the groundbreaking line will be turning up at an even wider variety of applications with the introduction of the Maverick MK2 Profile. The […]
OOSTEND, Belgium – The largest summer beach festival in Belgium and one of the most popular in Northern Europe, “2 Meisjes op het Strand,” is known for more than just music. Also drawing thousands of fans and attracting a large national TV audience on Flemish network VTM are the breathtaking harbour vistas at the festival […]
LIMA, PERU – It’s been four years since Justin Bieber performed in the Peruvian capital, and fans of the Canadian superstar have built up quite a case of Bieber Fever during that time. Some 30,000 of them jammed into Lima’s National Stadium when the singer’s worldwide Purpose tour stopped in Peru this spring. Bodies swaying […]