Around two million people attended the free concert on Copacabana beach

Magic Tuber Stringband is one of the most arresting outfits to emerge from the American folk tradition in the last five years. While they spring from North Carolina’s venerable old-time music tradition, they are experimentalists, deeply engaged in the methods of free jazz improvisation pioneered by Marion Brown and Don Cherry, and the minimalist strategies of postwar composers like Pauline Oliveros and Terry Riley.

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The German artist was performing a live set on the Hallucinarium Stage before a fan launched themselves across the decks

Emily Sprague knows the end is coming. It’s inevitable and always has been, no matter how good or bad things get. The finite isn’t a source of anxiety for the singer/songwriter, but a catalyst for wonder. Jellywish,, the new LP from Florist, serves to promote “how awesome it is that we basically don't exist in the grand scheme of things,” according to Sprague. Rather than being a cause for nihilism, it’s a reason to make the world a better place, to tune into the quiet wonder of the day-to-day, to live authentically.

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Drea Kaplan has been passionate about music for as long as she can remember. What began as a love for singing back in elementary school has evolved into a lifelong obsession with every aspect of music. Evolving into a triple-threat DJ, producer and vocalist, Kaplan is formally reintroducing herself to the world as DREYA V.... Read More ▸

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