Review by William Simpson
The 2010 version of the BamaJam Music Festival was a booming success !  With  main stage headliners, Dierks Bentley, Hank Williams, Jr, and Kenny Chesney performing for a  record crowd, plus the $10 million  (plus) brought into the economy of this rural south Alabama community, Ronnie Gilley and team have done it [...]

Review and Photos by Erick Lopez
As the second annual Cruefest rolled into Denver, Colo. seven hours of mayhem ensued. Given that the main stage featured five very different bands, I was not entirely sure what to expect.
Opening the show was Charm City Devils from Baltimore, Md. The first band to be signed by Nikki Sixx’s [...]

Live performance photos by William Simpson.

Story by Jennifer Chance
Photos by William Simpson
 
Oklahoma in July is pretty much hot, humid and downright stifling. What would entice thousands of people to congregate in the middle of a dusty field in Pryor, Okla., during the dog days of summer? Rock and Roll at its finest, of course. The third annual Rocklahoma festival was [...]

Live performance photos by Erick Lopez.

Live performance photos by William Simpson.

Story by Lori Simpson
Photos by William Simpson
 
Capitol Records Nashville artists, Little Big Town sponsored the 3rd annual Ride for a Cure on Sunday, June 14, 2009. The event benefits the T.J. Martell Foundation which supports leukemia , cancer, and AIDS research at six of the top hospitals in the United States.
            Registration began at [...]

Story by Lori Simpson
Photos by William Simpson
 
If you missed the 2009 BamaJam Music & Arts Festival, you missed a great festival! For three days solid, there was music everywhere you turned, plus 600 fun-filled acres with everything, from a variety of great food, drinks, and merchandise to a terrific area for the kids to play, [...]

Story by Lori Simpson
Photos by William Simpson
 
The first weekend in May, rain, rock, rap, and the blues…must be the Beale Street Music Festival. I traveled to Memphis for the last day of the festival hoping the weather would clear up. That did not happened but I did get to experience some great music. Despite the [...]

Story and Photos: William Simpson

When you think of 80’s rock, what comes to mind? Hair? Not anymore. Power ballads? Not really. Rocklahoma? Oh Yeah! The second annual Rocklahoma Festival took place July 9-13, 2008in Pryor, Oklahoma and it did not disappoint. It was rainy off and on and the field was muddy but the [...]