I only made it out to one day of this year’s Folklife festival, but Chas (who just stopped by work to say hello earlier this week, so I’ve now added another local writer to my list of people I’ve met) made it through all four days. He’s got a good writeup of his time there, contrasting it to a similar event in DC and pointing out quite a few links to local bands worth investigating.
Maybe next year I’ll be able to hit more of it. In the meantime, I’m really looking forward to this year’s Bumbershoot (using the almighty power of Google, here’s a few links to my ramblings of past Bumbershoots, to give you an idea).
I can’t really think of something similar in Anchorage. Maybe the Talkeetna Bluegrass Festival? Hmmm…now there’s something worth babbling about at some point. File that away in my “writing subjects” list…
iTunes: “Push th’ Little Daisies” by Ween from the album Pure Guava (1992, 2:49).