NASHVILLE – The transformative power of lighting design springs forth from many wells: color, movement, brightness, shadows… the list goes on. For Mike Castle one of the deepest and most mysterious sources of lighting’s sway over audiences begins with angles. “I love experimenting with unusual angles of light,” he says when describing his work. “I […]

LAS VEGAS – Magic, they say, is built on defying perception. How true! Especially in Las Vegas, the desert oasis that has been known to bend reality in unimaginable directions. A special kind of magic was indeed in the air on The Strip February 5th when charismatic superstar Blake Shelton kicked off his six-show residency […]

GENK, BELGIUM – It is said that the creative drive has no reverse gear. Although building on what has been done in the past and echoing themes, it never repeats itself, but instead is constantly looking forward, rejuvenating itself with original ideas at every turn. The iconic Belgian duo Clouseau has embodied this concept in […]

LAVAL, QUEBEC – No path is ever closed by an obstacle; at least not when that “roadblock” is seen through the eyes of a talented resourceful creative like Piere L. Roy. Called upon to light the Governors Ball, a prestigious charity event that features Quebec City celebrities, Roy encountered a host of steep challenges at […]

ST. LOUIS – The 19,000-seat Enterprise Center, home of the St. Louis Blues hockey team, is widely regarded as a state-of-the-art facility. Indeed, Pollstar has consistently ranked it as one of the top drawing concert arenas in the USA. But on Friday January 24, a headline in the local St. Louis Post Dispatch newspaper declared […]

ROTENBURG, GERMANY – Wümme Airport may not be remarkable at first glance, but it has made quite a name for itself in general aviation circles. Located 4km from Rotenburg city center, the historic airfield (it opened in 1936), is directly in the Elbe-Weser triangle between Hamburg, Bremen, and Hanover, making it an ideal refueling stop. […]

COLUMBUS, OH – By any measure, 2024 was a very good year for Beartooth. The hard charging metal rockers reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Air Play charts with their hits “Might I Love Myself” and “I Was Alive,” while their LP “The Surface” charted Number 2. And then, no less than Rolling Stone […]

HARTFORD, CT – A little over 10 years ago researcher at the University of California, Berkley did a study involving 100 volunteers who spent hours on end listening to music from virtually every genre while playing with a 37-color palette wheel. Their conclusion: the human brain associates different colors with different types of songs. Brian […]

ALES, FRANCE – In ten short years, Vianney has already compiled a lifetime of achievements, including three Victoires de la Musique (two as male artist of the year), multiple platinum albums, and even a tenure as a judge on The Voice. Still, even though the 33-year old singer-songwriter has performed before close to two million […]

LONDON – It was just past 9 pm when UB40 took the stage at OVO’s Wembley arena on November 1. A short time later, perhaps a minute or two after the exuberant crowd settled down, the walls of the sold out arena reverberated with music, not just from the band, but also from the 12,000 […]

LONDON – Critics who have seen previews of the upcoming remake of Alfred Zinnemann’s classic 1973 political thriller Day of the Jackal have universally praised it for its suspenseful tautness. According to them, viewers who tune in to this globally broadcast television series, which begins in November, will be on the edge of their seats […]

Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve with Ryan Seacrest…  Admittedly, it’s quite a long name for a single television broadcast. But, the five-hour special, which glows from TV screens at 18 million households every December 31 as the clock approaches midnight, merits the giant-sized moniker.   After all, there aren’t many of us who can’t […]