Thanks to the invaluable support of the Instituto Queretano para la Cultura y las Artes (Culture and Arts Institute of Queretaro), the Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro "through the faculties of Political Sciences and Psychology- the municipality of Queretaro, The Municipality of San Juan del Rio, Luna Negra, S.C. and other private institutions, we have set the 2005, 2006 and 2007 editions of the cultural event FestivAlterNativo.
This event has been the stage for nine bands, national and international, representing a diversity of musical styles which have found a niche in the new music/ alternative scene: MARIONETA (Queretaro), MUSTANG (Queretaro), MANTIS ATEA (Morelia-Mexicali-Queretaro), SAENA featuring Jose Luis Fernandez Ledesma & Margarita Botello-(Mexico City), CABEZAS DE CERA (Mexico City), BANDA ELASTICA (Mexico City), COLECTIVO KAOSS (Queretaro), AMAROK (Barcelona) and JORGE CAMPOS KUARTETO (Santiago de Chile- Toronto).
With a firm intention of continuing supporting the contemporary musical scene, both local and international, Luna Negra, S.C. have thought of the Fourth Edition of the FestivAlterNativo, scheduled for June 14th and 15th, 2008.
This year we will have to opportunity to enjoy the following roster of bands:
Saturday, June 14th: SANTOSOTELOS Stick Duo (Mexico) feat. Mauricio Sotelo of Cabezas de Cera and Hugo Santos of Saena-1870 (Mexico) CHRIS CUTLER & HUGH HOPPER Duo (England) BANDA ELASTICA (Mexico)
Sunday, June 15th: SAENA (Mexico) -feat. Jose Luis Fernandez Ledesma & Margarita Botelo CAST (Mexico) AMAROK (Calalonia, Spain)
Reviews and more... I just wanted to post a quick update about a bunch of reviews and stuff that have been posted, or will be posted soon-ish, that may be of some interest to you, Constant Readers.
The following reviews were published on Progscape yesterday:
Caamora She (2 CD release) Caamora She (DVD release)
As soon as they are up, I will be providing links to interviews with the following artists:
Andy Tillison of The Tangent/Parallel or 90 Degrees Roine Stolt of The Flower Kings/formerly Kaipa, The Tangent, Transatlantic
The following artists have interviews coming up:
Gary Lauzon of The Rebel Wheel Jason Blake of Aziola Cry
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Here's what I'm listening to recently:
Asia - Phoenix (Frontiers Music) Alberto Rigoni - Something Different (Lion Music) Nude Black Glass - Nude Black Glass (private release) Fernwood - Almeria(private release) Voluntary Mother Earth - Unacceptable Vegetable (private release)
You'll probably be getting links to reviews over the coming week or so.
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NEARfest is about one month away now, and I suppose it goes without saying that I will be there. I'll be covering the event for a variety of outlets, and you will more than likely be getting all kinds of links to photo galleries, reviews, interviews and so on. I'll look into Blogger's voice post capabilities to see if there's any way I can push voice posts here as a stop gap over the course of the two days, but in the event that I cannot, I do have a personal blog that does allow for voice posting. I may simply post a link to that blog before the festival and ask that people hit that page over the course of the weekend if they were at all interested in a 'blogging as the festival goes' kind of thing.
