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![Relive the Visual Art of Gem and Jam 2017 Here [Festival Recap]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Sunset-Crowd.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
We had the most magical time at Gem and Jam 2017 (check out full review and gallery here). Here is our official recap video courtesy of Zach Tóth / Travelbetic and Kyle Miller / The Saucy Monster featuring some of our favorite visual artists and moments from the weekend. Tribe13 Gallery and The Welch Brothers did a mind […]
![Wanee Music Festival 2017 is just around the corner – Tickets are still available | April 20th – April 22nd in Live Oak, Florida [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wanee1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
From the epic organizers of Purple Hat Productions comes Wanee Music Festival this April 20th – April 22nd. Originally hosted by the Allman Brothers until 2014, this weekend promises to be a beautiful one full of great music, warm smiles and extraordinary vibes. Headlining the stacked roster will be Trey Anastasio Band, Bob Weir, Widespread […]
![The Last Waltz 40 Tour Comes to Texas with Spring Dates [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/16864847_10154449334786448_2070990843394550430_n.jpg?resize=600%2C295&ssl=1)
Live Music Coverage
After a successful set of shows on the road, additional dates have been added for The Last Waltz 40 Tour – and they include four dates in Texas: March 30 in Dallas, March 31 in Houston, April 1 in Austin and April 2 in San Antonio. It has been decades since The Band have taken […]
Festival Coverage
Austin has always been a musical Mecca – playing host to top-shelf artists from every corner of the country on any given weekend – but April of 2017 is going to be absolutely ridiculous. So ridiculous, I have come to think of it as an unofficial music festival: Super Secret Music Festival 2017. Jamtronica giants […]
![Middlelands Bringing a Fest Unlike ALL the Rest to Texas May 5th-7th [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/16992418_1760847447577827_7192643368963736612_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Hear ye! Hear ye! Behold Middlelands: coming forth to Todd Mission, Texas, at the Texas Renaissance Fairgrounds May 5th-7th. Boasting THE sickest electronic lineup of (quite possibly) all time, art galore, performers abounding, tons of camping options including sound camps, amusement rides and more, Middlelands is the prime electronic festival of Texas already (and it has not even […]
Guest Posts
The room is packed, I can hardly squeeze through the crowd. It’s the release party for The Halfways new album In The Interim and the room is buzzing with love. Frontman Daniel Fernandez is on stage with a shimmering light show projected behind him and the crowd is screaming for an encore. Caught off guard […]
![Fool’s Paradise Artist Excursions Announced, Just ONE Month Away Funk Fools [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fools.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
Our favorite funk fools, Lettuce, are throwing their second annual Fool’s Paradise festival at the end of the month in St. Augustine, Florida, and Lettuce tell you just how funkin’ excited for the shenangians that will take place in just 24 days. If this year’s Fool’s is any like last year’s, we are sure in […]
![Head for the Hills Music and Arts Festival to bring amazing gathering to Texas Hill Country for 5th year, March 23-25th, 2017 [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/14691309_685309688301493_6743168105557139361_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
In just a few short weeks, the Texas Music Park in between New Braunfels and San Marcos, Texas, will be buzzing with festival vibes for three sure-to-be beautiful days March 23rd through March 25th, 2017. Spacial Collaborations presents the fifth annual Head for the Hills Music and Arts Festival, a gathering aimed to bridge the gap […]
![Yonder Mountain String Band Wows Austin, Texas with Help From G. Love & Special Sauce [Show Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/yonder-222222.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Jamband
It was a huge night in Austin, Texas, last Friday, February 17th, as Yonder Mountain String Band made their highly anticipated return to the music capital of the world. The string group from Nederland, Colorado, is always a pleasure to watch perform and the energy and talent was thickly palpable as the lively qunitet shredded and sang the […]
![Why Gem and Jam is the Psychedelic Melting Pot of a Fest Everyone Should Attend [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_9569.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
What can I say? Gem and Jam 2017 kicked off festival season for me in ways I never expected and only dreamed of. Last year’s G&J harnessed the same effect and ever since my first trip to the desert oasis, I had been patiently waiting for February to roll around again. Well, the time was […]