Jeff Tweedy kicked off the last live set of the Solid Sound Festival with “Out of Tune.”
Meanwhile, management of the venue at MASS MoCA says there were just over 5,000 people on Joe’s Field for Wilco‘s amazing set on Saturday night. And there was room for many, many more.
Can you say: the start of an annual tradition? Stay tuned. It just might happen.
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Avi Buffalo has an interesting sound, a weird girl-voiced guy singer, great guitar work and a great woman drummer. But the band’s set, moved indoors at the Solid Sound Festival drew a sparse crowd because of the impending headlining set by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco. Too bad, as it was a good set.
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The beauty of the Solid Sound Festival is the way the artists respect each other and care about their work.
Steve Wynn’s gig was Saturday, but he stuck around for Sunday’s installment, too.
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Wilco side project The Autumn Defensedidn’t let the threat of rain dampen their spirits. They moved inside to the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA and kept the crowd — which had to deal with lines to get in — happy with a great set.
They ended with a Big Star cover, “You Can’t Have Me.”
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Wilco could have played all night Saturday and nobody would have complained.
Okay, maybe a neighbor or two above Joe’s Field, the venue for the mainstage shows.
Wilco created the Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA, so it’s not a surprise that it is a great event. But it’s the friendliest, least commercialized music festival I can remember. It’s a very pleasant surprise.
Wilco played nearly 2 1/2 hours with just a short break before the encore set. You can find a set list elsewhere (I’ll try to find a good link when I’m at a computer), but suffice to say that every album was represented. (I was hoping for “Passenger Side” from A.M., but didn’t get that.)
This show was no sell-the-new-CD trip. Jeff Tweedy and company were having a great time and it showed.
Here’s hoping they make the Solid Sound Festival an annual thing. It’s a great core concept and MASS MoCA is a perfect, well-run venue for it.
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Mavis Staples draws a huge crowd on Saturday evening at the Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Mass.
Her new album, produced by Jeff Tweedy, is out Sept. 14.
Click here to view a video about the new album.
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Mountain Man, a trad-ish female trio from Bennington, Vt., was really interesting @MercuryLoungeNY in the spring, but seemd not yet ready for prime time. On Saturday afternoon at Solid Sound Festival, Mountain Man was poised, strong and very much ready for the limelight. (Though they still have only one guitar among them, and they had to borrow it from somebody else!)
What a difference time can make. Nice going!
Vetiver played a short but solid set this afternoon, under beautiful blue skies at the Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA in the Berkshires city of North Adams, Mass.
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Wilco
Adventurous Chicago-based band Wilco has announced it will curate and headline the new Solid Sound Festival, an independently promoted and ticketed festival of music, art and comedy for three days this summer — Aug. 13-15 — at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) in North Adams, Mass. Early-bird tickets ($86.50 including fees and parking) will be available starting at 10 am ET tomorrow on the band’s web site.
Jeff Tweedy, center, and Wilco.
Wilco headlines the weekend, giving its only East Coast performance of the summer. Wilco side projects, including Glenn Kotche‘s On Fillmore, The Nels Cline Singers, The Autumn Defense featuring John Stirratt and Pat Sansone and Mikael Jorgensen‘s Pronto.
The Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA also will feature additional musical performances, a comedy stage, interactive installations and exhibits (including the Solid Sound Stompbox Station, an interactive guitar pedal exhibit created and demonstrated by Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, a concert-poster screening demonstration, planned workshops by luthiers and more), plus film, video installations and DJs.
The area is beautiful, with plenty of outdoor activities nearby as well as cultural attractions in Williamstown to the west.
Ticketholders will have full access to the spectacular MASS MoCA campus, which offers 150,000 square feet of galleries. MASS MoCA, a renovated 19th century textile mill, is the largest center for contemporary visual and performing arts in the U.S. Art on display in the galleries during the festival includes the Sol LeWitt Retrospective, Inigo Manglano Ovalleʼs Gravity is a Force to be Reckoned with, Petah Coyneʼs Material World: Sculpture to Environment, Leonard Nimoyʼs Secret Selves and a new installation by Michael Oatman.
Stay tuned to Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone? for more details as they become available.
Buy your tickets now, because the price will rise to $99.50 after June 1.
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