As the son of highly acclaimed and politically savvy British folk singer Roy, it is not surprising that Nick Harper champions a very unique musical approach, that is in many ways, indefinable. As a boy, Nick was influenced by his dad’s friends – Dave Gilmour, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant – and played guitar with the Magic Band at the age of ten. Nick still has a penchant for Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Zappa. He exerts a keen – and...  Read More »

The first “festival” I ever went to was Live Aid in 1985. The show raised $286 million for Ethiopian famine, while putting superstar artists on the stage including Black Sabbath, The Pretenders, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger and Led Zeppelin (with, odd as it may sound, Phil Collins playing drums). As someone who came of age under the shadow of Woodstock and all that ’60s potential of music being a force for social good, I thought it would be...  Read More »

Katherine DePaul is the Managing Director of the grass roots artist-driven label, Wildflower Records.Katherine also manages the legendary Folk-Rock icon Judy Collins as well as other artists.>Based in New York and founded by Judy Collins and...  Read More »

Jared Witt is an avid outdoors’ man trapped in a lawyer’s body. Although he spends most days helping people with their legal affairs, he spends his free time outside. Jared met his future wife, Christine, while climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, and they honeymooned...  Read More »

My journey began almost seven years ago when, at the age of sixteen, I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. I didn’t know what it meant to have cancer or to be on chemo but I knew everything was about to change. In the four months that followed, I discovered that with...  Read More »

Matt is the second of eight children (six boys, two girls, yes he was raised Catholic, yes from the same parents) and grew up in the land of cheese, beer, and the Packers…”Wiscaansin.” He moved from his home state in 2004 and after a one-year stint in Nashville, he has called Denver...  Read More »

My life has been defined by the lives and loss of two of the most important men in my life, my dad, Duane and brother, Kevin. My dad, who loved music, began the soundtrack of my life at...  Read More »

I might be one of the trekkers for Mt Fuji Rocks with the shortest commute to get there, I live in Bangkok, Thailand. I am an American born in Washington DC but I have been living and...  Read More »