Fresh Bumbershoot

09.11.2008 Adorn Jewelry Blogs About Strange Fruit

Head over to Adorn Jewelry for a fan’s take on Strange Fruit, with pictures and video even!

Discuss this.

08.13.2008 Evan's Guide To Bumbershoot: Saturday

Bumbershoot has a new scheduling system, where BumberFans can sign in, browse the Festival schedule, and pick and choose artists to make their own personalized schedule online. I was playing with it, and it’s so nifty, I decided to try plotting out my own schedule (instead of wingin’ it like I have before). This week, I’ll be bringing you each day of my Bumbershoot schedule, starting with Saturday. This is where I’ll be (if I’m not too busy working during the Festival):

Continue reading Evan's Guide To Bumbershoot: Saturday

Discuss this with 2 other BumberFans.

07.17.2008 Strange Fruit Makes an Impact

Australia’s Strange Fruit is making an impression on it’s North American tour. The performance group just finished up in Chicago, delighting the audience there. Read the full story at suntimes.com.

Strange Fruit will be at all three days of this years Bumbershoot, performing on the International Fountain Lawn for you to “Swoon!” over.

Discuss this.

06.19.2008 They Ain't From These Parts: Bumbershoot's International Flavor

Foreign countries can be scary places. They have languages that I don’t know how to speak, their writing can use letters that all look like the pound sign to me (#), and sometimes they eat things like lutefisk or alligator or enchiritos. But I’ll be damned if some countries don’t keep putting out awesome bands, one after the other. And this year’s Bumbershoot has some of the best bands the world has to offer. Lucky for you, my dear reader, you have me to guide you through the international milieu and help you discover these superb foreign artists.

Continue reading They Ain't From These Parts: Bumbershoot's International Flavor

Discuss this.