-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press with a larger spread of photos on September 8, 2016 and online HERE. The fifth annual Floyd Yoga Jam officially opened Friday with a large circle gathering woven together with a rainbow of colored yarn. Conceived by local artists and dancers, Lore Deighan, Leia Jones and Katie […]
Can you guess what it is? Keep watching. Oooh Ahhhhh Bam Slam The video will give you your answer. / Our World Tuesday
The fifth annual Floyd Yogajam got fired up yesterday, and there are two more days for spiritful jamming to yoga, music and more to come. The first evening reached a crescendo for me when Mighty Joshua and his Zion #5 family took to the stage in the high reggae fashion. By the end of the […]
1. “It used to be that artists never took credit for their own work. There was this thing literally called “the muse.” Every once it a while it comes to visit you and it’s not up to you. At some point in history we got rid of that idea and starting taking credit. Some people […]
I’m pretty sure I heard Bruce Hornsby keeping time by repeating “Pokemon Go” a few times during his Main Stage Sunday performance that closed this year’s Floydfest. He played with the Grateful Dead for a couple of years before Jerry died, and I’m happy to say I saw some of those shows. I also had […]
Saturday was family time! Virginia is for Lovers and so is Floydfest. I learned that Floyd Countian Joey Kaylor, pictured here with his family, made the giant Dreamweavin’ dreamcatchers displayed center stage. Check them out above and HERE. Their stickers say, ‘Listened to a Mom Today.’ My friend Lotus on the rocks with a friend, […]
It was my first time seeing Shakey Graves, on a recommendation from my son Josh. He played without his band, sitting on a red suitcase that had a foot drum fitted in it and told stories of growing up and how he got his band name. It was inspired by a tripped out guy that […]
It’s actually Floydfest #15 but is being called 16 to match the year, because this year’s theme is Dreamweavin’ and it’s a Floydfest leap year, wrinkle in time. After going to every single Floydfest since the beginning, when I first arrive each year I don’t know how old I am or what year it is […]
It was my first time at the Phoenix, the music venue club that holds Battle of the Bands contests for Floydfest’s fan-voted On the Rise band competition. It was a breath of fresh air to feel transported back into the 60s, where I saw bands like Led Zepplin before they were famous in an old […]
– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press with a larger spread of photos on August 13, 2015. Whether it’s performance art, live music, theater or visual art, Floydfest has always been a canvas for creativity. Everything from the costumes worn to landscaped pools and gardens, and to the vending of fine art […]
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Grace Potter fired up the crowd singing Fire on the Mountain and Burning Down the House late Saturday night. While she was doing that (and singing Rod Stewart’s Do You Think I’m Sexy disco style HERE), the giant wooden Phoenix in the main field was getting ready to be lit-up in a ritual performance of letting go […]
It’s a five day festival. You’d think that would be enough, but there’s so much happening, sometimes simultaneously, that I just have to trust that I’ll be in the right place at the right time. I like to be surprised, but I also check out the music ahead of time and pick a few bands […]
A “Where’s Waldo” sea of heads bobbed for Keller Williams, the one man jam band whose quirky lyrics sometimes reminds me of Prine. Watch them bob here. I learned to film a video clip with one hand while drinking a beer in the other while watching The Midatlantics play. They really worked hard for their […]
It’s year 14 and the theme is Fire on the Mountain. One of the first things I noticed on my walk through the main field was this giant wooden phoenix. It’s scheduled to be set on fire after headliner Grace Potter plays Saturday night and after festival-goers write what they want to let go of […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on July 16, 2015 Every Saturday night through the months of April and May regional bands competed at the Phoenix, a new music venue in Roanoke owned by Floydfest founders Kris Hodges and Erika Johnson. The fan-voted Battle of the Bands was designed to foster the regional […]
– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on April 30, 2015 with the title From Party to Festival. A new generation of festival promoters, musicians and musical-minded friends are bringing homegrown music from the backyards, living rooms and front porches of Floyd County to the open countryside for a three day music festival […]
– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on August 7, 2014 Floydfest’s first fashion show, Style Revolution, was a showcase of organic fashion and handcrafted designs provided by artisans from the festival’s Vendor Village. The dramatic presentation – held under the Global Village’s futuristic-styled tent Friday and Saturday night – was themed around […]
