NEW YORK – Multi-award winning Indian playback superstar Javid Ali sings songs in many languages, from Tamil and Urdu, to Bengali, in addition to Hindi. But that is just the beginning of this singer and actor’s versatility. During any one performance, Ali will enthrall audiences by lending his evocative, multi-lingual melodious voice to songs representing a wealth of […]

LYON – Only 59 of the 1,400 young people from around the world who participated in the 47th annual WorldSkills Competition won gold medals. But in reality, everyone involved in this nonprofit event went home a winner. First, there were the educational benefits. Founded in the aftermath of WWII when there was a global shortage of […]

OTTOWA – You can’t always get what you want, but if you try some time, you just might find, you get what you need. So mused a philosophical Mick Jaggar some years ago. The 45,000 fans who turned out for Canada’s Escapade Festival 2024 know this feeling well. Mother Nature deprived them of the chance to […]

NASHVILLE – The mood of the music can change pretty quickly at a Kameron Marlowe concert. Every fan of the multi-platinum artist knows that — and they love strapping themselves in for the ride as he goes through his freewheeling twists and turns. LD Matt King thinks it’s all pretty cool too. Working with Stageworx AV […]

ANTA BARBARA, CA – Mistakes happen. After all, we’re only human. But sometimes, these miscues lead to much better outcomes. History is full of examples, from the discovery of penicillin, to pacemakers, to Play Doh, where great new things happened as a result of a “mistake.” Martin Castañon can appreciate that. His design for the […]

The photo stopped us in our tracks the first time we saw it on our friend, Gil Perron’s Facebook page, a beautifully balanced island of warm blue floating in a sea of black. Warm white light sculpted the blue, giving it greater depth and endowing it with a magnetic quality. The light settled gently on […]

Like fine wine, (make that fine red, red wine!) UB40 seems to get better with age. Proof of that is there for all to see and enjoy every day on the reggae-pop legend’s very successful 2024-25 UK and EU tour. Fans of all ages, many of whom were not yet a twinkle in their father’s […]

“Rock N Roll will never die!” The phrase has echoed down through the years since 1952, when a Cleveland disc jockey popularized the phrase to describe a new genre of music that was beginning to sweep the USA. Rock music has indeed never died, but instead has grown only stronger over the ensuing decades, in […]

No one could have faulted Rodger Pugh if he wanted to kick back for a while. The owner of Devus Designs, the Tempe, AZ-based designer-director had just completed long run with Static-X and Sevendust, when he had a small break in his schedule. Now, a chance to enjoy some time off! But like any eager […]

There is freedom and power in leaving one world and entering another. Ancient philosophers echoed this sentiment in every corner of earth. It is an enduring truth that the polymath Donald Glover wanted to channel for his aptly named “The New World Tour,” earlier this year, for his last run of shows as the Grammy-winning […]

Traditions are funny things. They mark the passage of time and connect us to events and seasons. But they always remain beyond our control. They can’t be bought, they can’t be forced, they can’t be faked, and they never happen overnight… At least almost never! All that changed in 1996, when the late Paul O’Neill […]

Things can be said in colors and shapes that cannot be said any other way, the great Georgia O’Keeffe once observed. The creative team at The Playground summoned the power of this mysterious visual language for Megan Thee Stallion on her recent Hot Girl Summer tour. Wanting to share the story of her creative and […]