Music Tastes Good has announced the mega-addition of Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and performer Janelle Monáe as main support on the lineup for day 2, on Sunday, September 30. Known for her groundbreaking sound and daring style, Monáe joins previously announced acts New Order, James Blake, Broken Social Scene, The Black Angels, Joey Bada$$, Santigold, Princess Nokia, Lizzo, Parquet […]

    Ruido Fest returns to Chicago’s Addams- Meddill Park for its fourth consecutive year! This 3 day celebration of Latin music and culture will take place in downtown Chicago on June 22nd, 23rd and 24th   The three day festival, known for blurring international borders and reaching US Latino + Latin American and music […]

Here is round 2 of my festival coverage from LouFest in St. Louis and Pilgrimage Festival in Franklin, Tennessee.  This is Halfstack Magazine’s annual Giving Issue where I also contributed articles on two businesses that have created a successful model of giving on top of creating innovative product.  Happy reading!

  For the record, I went into 2017 with an intention to try something different and step out of my comfort zone to attend events outside of Chicago.  Not that I never traveled, but it was normally meant as a work thing or a family thing.  It was absolutely never a thing where I sacrificed […]