Solid Sound Festival (Wilco Fest!)

[Spooks]

Wilco’s Friday night set at Solid Sound will be comprised exclusively of fan-requested songs, including covers. The band will take song submissions in advance and promises to learn 50 of those songs for the festival. Then, during the concert, approximately 20 songs will be selected live, at random, for Wilco to perform during its regular set. The encores will feature more fan-requested songs submitted via Twitter, as well as a live version of “Stump the Band” in which audience members will request songs and attempt to stump Wilco, a variation on the original “Stump the Band” segment featured on The Tonight Show. The Solid Sound version will feature modern-day comedic talent John Hodgman standing in for the late-great Johnny Carson, polling audience members for their best song challenges.

This is the first-ever all-request concert by Wilco. It may also be the last.

Info on how to request songs coming soon.

http://solidsoundfestival.com/wilco-...riday-june-21/

[buddy]

Sounds fun

[santasutt]

Wilco’s Friday night set at Solid Sound will be comprised exclusively of fan-requested songs, including covers. The band will take song submissions in advance and promises to learn 50 of those songs for the festival. Then, during the concert, approximately 20 songs will be selected live, at random, for Wilco to perform during its regular set. The encores will feature more fan-requested songs submitted via Twitter, as well as a live version of “Stump the Band” in which audience members will request songs and attempt to stump Wilco, a variation on the original “Stump the Band” segment featured on The Tonight Show. The Solid Sound version will feature modern-day comedic talent John Hodgman standing in for the late-great Johnny Carson, polling audience members for their best song challenges.

This is the first-ever all-request concert by Wilco. It may also be the last.

Info on how to request songs coming soon.

http://solidsoundfestival.com/wilco-...riday-june-21/

So far we got three votes for Allman Bros "Ramblin Man."

Need some support here.

[MissBellaHell]

Set times are up: http://solidsoundfestival.com/solid-sound-schedule/
In case you are too lazy to click the link:
FRIDAY, JUNE 21

6:30 – 7:30 PM
White Denim (Courtyard C)

7:45 – 8:45 PM
The Relatives (Joe’s Field)

9:15 – 11:15 PM
WILCO (All Request show) (Joe’s Field)

11:30 PM – 12:30 AM
screening of The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller with a live soundtrack by Yo La Tengo (Courtyard C)



SATURDAY, JUNE 22

12:00 – 12:45 PM
Mark Mulcahy (Courtyard C)

12:00 – 3:00 PM
Comedy Cabaret (1st Set) (Hunter Theatre)

12:45 – 1:30 PM
Lucius (Courtyard D)

1:30 – 2:15 PM
Sean Rowe (Courtyard C)

2:15 – 3:00 PM
The Dream Syndicate (Courtyard D)

3:00 – 3:45 PM
Sam Amidon (Courtyard C)

4:00 – 7:00 PM
Comedy Cabaret (2nd Set) (Hunter Center)

4:00 – 5:00 PM
Yo La Tengo (Courtyard D)

5:00 – 6:00 PM
Foxygen (Courtyard C)

6:00 – 7:00 PM
Low (Courtyard D)

7:15 – 8:30 PM
Neko Case (Joe’s Field)

9:00 – 11:30 PM
WILCO (Night 2) (Joe’s Field)



SUNDAY, JUNE 23

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
The Blisters (Courtyard C)

12:15 – 1:00 PM
Mikael Jorgensen, Greg O’Keeffe & Oliver Chapoy (Courtyard D)

1:00 – 2:00 PM
Story Pirates (Courtyard C)

1:00 – 2:00 PM
Nels Cline & Julian Lage (Hunter Center)

2:00 – 3:00 PM
The Autumn Defense (Courtyard D)

3:00 – 4:00 PM
WNYC’s Radiolab w/ live scoring by On Fillmore (Courtyard C)

4:00 – 5:00 PM
Os Mutantes (Joe’s Field)

5:00 – 6:00 PM
Marc Ribot & David Hidalgo (Courtyard D)

6:00 – 7:00 PM
Medeski Martin & Wood w/ Special Guests (Joe’s Field)

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

They have also announced installations and activities:

Continuing the tradition of creating new and exclusive artistic expressions as part of Solid Sound, several Wilco band members will premiere creative endeavors for this year’s festival, taking place June 21-23 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA.

The first, created by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, is a simulated sonic and visual experience of Wilco’s Chicago studio, The Loft. The installation will allow festival attendees a glimpse into the sights and sounds of the band’s personal recording and rehearsal space through visuals and never-before-heard audio samplings.

The second, created by Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche, is called Earth Drums. A hands-on exhibit, Earth Drums will allow people to communicate through a collection of drums situated throughout the MASS MoCA campus.

The third, dubbed Oscillator Fumes, is a series of collaborative synthesizer performances by Wilco keyboardist Mikael Jorgensen and longtime Wilco crewmembers Nathaniel Murphy, Travis Thatcher and Josh Goldsmith. Previous exhibits premiering at past Solid Sound Festivals have included Nels Cline’s Solid Sound Stompbox Station and Glenn Kotche’s InGlenntions.

Another Solid Sound tradition is the festival’s varied and extensive non-musical programming, which this year includes an urban birding walk; live birds of prey; post-concert guided star gazing with noted astronomer and famed solar eclipse-chaser Dr. Jay Pasachoff; an off-site naturalist hike; an axe restoration demonstration by Best Made; an environmental film series including a screening of the new documentary Musicwood; a “make-your-own musical instrument and jam session” for kids plus other kid-friendly crafts; discussions and demonstrations on home brewing, raising backyard chickens, making hot sauce, and more by Storey Publishing

http://solidsoundfestival.com/artist...ies-announced/

[buddy]

New Mark Mulcahy song http://mobile.avclub.com/articles/li...2/?mobile=true, which is excellent. One of the sets i'm most looking forward to.