FIRST ROUND OF WAKARUSA ARTISTS ANNOUNCED!
The first round of the line up has been dropped. There are mixed feelings across the board, not unlike most festivals. By now, you know what a labor of love and energy Wakarusa is for the people who invest their resources. It isnt easy to keep multiple thousands of people happy all the time. I believe that there is room for every kind of music at festival. I read a funny response to the facebook drop of wakarusa's line-up: 'i don't really care if Nickleback is on the line-up, that's just one show i won't be at.' and, no, Nickleback did Not make the line-up, but the poster has a point. If Waka brings 20 bands i dont feel like watching, then that is more chance for me to see the remaining 180 bands!!! With five stages, multiple sets from various artists, and the inevitable all-festival jams that spontaneously breakout over camp, there is plenty of music worth hearing, and i am sure, some things that will not be as important to you.
Some of these bands are ones i have been following for awhile. Pretty Lights, Railroad Earth, Keller Williams, and Infamous Stringdusters are must haves for my wakatinery. I have spent the past weekend researching the bands i know little about. Boy! I cant wait to join Balkan Beat Box, Soja, Dumptruck Butterlips, Paper Diamond, and Orgone. All kinds of great music.
I found this great playlist posted by Waka Winter Classic. It contains a sampling of all the artists confirmed to the festival. Personal highlights off this album: the always heavy-hitting sick bass from Pretty Lights, the eclectic world rhythms of Balkan Beat Box, also in the same category but with different offerings: Beats Antique; the real honest roots jam that is Railroad, political reggae act Soja, the smooth, insightful voice and lyrics of Jason Isbell, the always fun and funny Keller Williams doing Freeker by the Speaker, a fan favorite.... just pick any spot on the playlist; an artist or sound that sounds interesting to you. With only two tracks per artist you can get a small idea of their offerings and perhaps seek out more work from those artists you really connect with.
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