Lobbying for Soild Sound sounds

[Central Scrutinizer]

I realize there's another thread for W(TF), but it's pretty much conquering the camping issue.

 

I also realize that as curators, the boys in the band are going to mold and shape the roster of artists to perform. There's a million artists that would be part of a pie-in-the-sky lineup, but it's fun to think in lines of artists that seem a natural match with the band, through style, past affiliation, wishful thinking, etc.

 

One artist that immediately came to mind when looking on the map for North Adams is a known performer, located about 70 miles away as the crow flies, who I saw in an intimate performance a few years back: Levon Helm.

[park]

I would love to see James Kochalka there. It's not even that I'm as much a fan of his music (although the live shows must be fun) as his comics but he'd be a great personality to have on site and would probably add a little something for the families.

 

Arlo's close by.

[pmancini100]

i think wilco will pick good acts. im leaving it up to them.

[barbkm]

Minus 5 and Andrew Bird.

[mkaycomputer]

it would be cool if they went way out of their comfort zone and avoided folksy bands that could be considered contemporaries

 

like

 

a day of ambient and noise and then wilco's set

 

yo la tengo

[mkaycomputer]

best coast! i know that wilco loves bobb bruno, the guitarist

[tinnitus photography]

it would be cool if they went way out of their comfort zone and avoided folksy bands that could be considered contemporaries

 

like

 

a day of ambient and noise and then wilco's set

 

 

maybe Nels can get his local friend Byron Coley to co-curate the noise part.

[park]

There's a good deal of lobbying on MOCA's Facebook page:

 

 

MOCA Facebook

 

There's a comment from MOCA; they say the lineup will be announced later in the season, so we may have a while to wait but they also say there will be bands other than Wilco and their side projects.