Loose Leaf Notes

Can you guess what it is? Keep watching. Oooh Ahhhhh Bam Slam The video will give you  your answer.  / Our World Tuesday

The fifth annual Floyd Yogajam got fired up yesterday, and there are two more days for spiritful jamming to yoga, music and more to come. The first evening reached a crescendo for me when Mighty Joshua and his Zion #5  family took to the stage in the high reggae fashion.  By the end of the […]

1. “It used to be that artists never took credit for their own work. There was this thing literally called “the muse.” Every once it a while it comes to visit you and it’s not up to you. At some point in history we got rid of that idea and starting taking credit. Some people […]

I’m pretty sure I heard Bruce Hornsby keeping time by repeating “Pokemon Go” a few times during his Main Stage Sunday performance that closed this year’s Floydfest. He played with the Grateful Dead for a couple of years before Jerry died, and I’m happy to say I saw some of those shows. I also had […]

Saturday was family time! Virginia is for Lovers and so is Floydfest. I learned that Floyd Countian Joey Kaylor, pictured here with his family,  made the giant Dreamweavin’ dreamcatchers displayed center stage. Check them out above and HERE. Their stickers say, ‘Listened to a Mom Today.’ My friend Lotus on the rocks with a friend, […]

It was my first time seeing Shakey Graves, on a recommendation from my son Josh. He played without his band, sitting on a red suitcase that had a foot drum fitted in it and told stories of growing up and how he got his band name.  It was inspired by a tripped out guy that […]

It’s actually Floydfest #15 but is being called 16 to match the year, because this year’s theme is Dreamweavin’ and it’s a Floydfest leap year, wrinkle in time. After going to every single Floydfest since the beginning, when I first arrive each year I don’t know how old I am or what year it is […]

It was my first time at the Phoenix, the music venue club that holds Battle of the Bands contests for Floydfest’s fan-voted On the Rise band competition. It was a breath of fresh air to feel transported back into the 60s, where I saw bands like Led Zepplin before they were famous in an old […]

– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press with a larger spread of photos on August 13, 2015.   Whether it’s performance art, live music, theater or visual art, Floydfest has always been a canvas for creativity.  Everything from the costumes worn to landscaped pools and gardens, and to the vending of fine art […]

Our World Tuesday  /  Wordless Wednesday

Grace Potter fired up the crowd singing Fire on the Mountain and Burning Down the House late Saturday night.  While she was doing that (and singing Rod Stewart’s Do You Think I’m Sexy disco style HERE), the giant wooden Phoenix in the main field was getting ready to be lit-up in a ritual performance of letting go […]

It’s a five day festival.  You’d think that would be enough, but there’s so much happening, sometimes simultaneously, that I just have to trust that I’ll be in the right place at the right time. I like to be surprised, but I also check out the music ahead of time and pick a few bands […]