It was an interview unlike any we had ever done. His written answers to our questions were short, often ending in ellipses… as if more were to come. And more did indeed follow, not with additional words, but in the form of the rich insights his succinct responses provoked in our mind. Such is the […]
CMA 2025 Male Vocalist of the Year Award winner, Cody Johnson, has been on quite a roll in recent years. Aside from picking up the prestigious hardware in Nashville, the easy-going Country star has been filling arenas and turning out chart-topping hits, as fans connect to his engaging East Texas Country sound. It’s all been […]
“Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody’s piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading,” Igor Stravinsky, the pioneer of the soundtrack age, wrote. He had a point. Music’s role in film, as he so brilliantly demonstrated in his cinematic work, is to enhance […]
“For two nights, New York City was briefly transformed into Music City U.S.A.,” wrote Forbes magazine about Chris Stapleton’s “All American Road Show” stops at Madison Square Garden. Fans who packed the iconic arena couldn’t agree more. From the moment the multi-award-winning star (described as a “generational talent” by Forbes), took to the stage and […]
BARCELONA – In the vastness of space inspiration awaits those ready to explore. So, believe the creatives at CHAUVET Professional and ChamSys. Turning their eyes toward the sky, they have built their ISE booth (6L500) around a celestial theme. Dominating the space over their David Howard-designed exhibit is a continuously changing series of planetary images, […]
CHAUVET Professional closed out 2025 with a bang, playing a big role in two of the most iconic holiday events. The gifted production and lighting designer Bryan Hartley added a new twist to the beloved Trans-Siberian Orchestra winter extravaganza by using “rock ‘n roll audience blinders” in his rig for the first time in the […]
“When creativity comes first, everything else will follow.” This internationally renowned Finnish designer offered us this bit of advice during the course of our interview. To our mind, the statement beautifully encapsulates the driving force that has powered Mikki Kunttu’s career to the highest levels in the world of design. Passionately following his own voice, […]
You aren’t necessarily expecting to laugh when you interview a designer about lighting. After all, creating powerful looks on the biggest stages for stars like Nine Inch Nails, Van Halen, Lizzo, Kelly Clarkson, and the like, not to mention the Wicked Movie Premiere, is pretty serious stuff. Right? Well, yes… but Paul (Arlo) Guthrie’s quick, […]
Working with his friend and colleague, Ben Rogers, this Preston, England-based designer has lit many memorable shows for longtime client, the incomparable Diana Ross. Out of curiosity, we asked him during our interview if there were any other artists from the past who he wished were around today so he could light them too. Admittedly, […]
The new generation of pixel-mappable motorized battens are opening unprecedented opportunities for designers to transform the stage in ways that would have been almost impossible to imagine not long ago. Arranged along the deck, these modern linear units can create mysterious, almost mystical looks in which performers appear to be floating on a field of […]
A little over seven years ago, we interviewed this universally celebrated lighting designer for the Lighting Insights newsletter. We called our article “Connected Light.” Got to admit, it was a good choice, as Rob Koenig’s stellar career has been driven by a relentless desire to use lighting as a bridge between his clients and the […]
Accepting the 2025 Latin Grammy Award for “Best Traditional Tropical Music Album” for her hit “Raíces,” the legendary Gloria Estefan thanked her husband and collaborator Emilio Estefan by saying that their 50 years of making music together still felt “like the first day.” The joyful, rejuvenating sentiment that animated the Miami Sound Machine co-founder expressed […]