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![A Gem & Jam To Remember: My highlights of Gem & Jam Music Festival 2020 [Review]](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1514525253161-7a46d19cd819?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80)
Electronic
For over a decade, Gem and Jam Music Festival has become home to countless artists, performers, live painters and attendees from across the country, all bringing with them smiles and memories that weave themselves into G&J’s legacy forever. This world-renowned festival is a must attend for so many reasons. Take a road trip with your […]
![The pure magic of a genius: Pretty Lights’ incredible two-night run at the Gorge Amphitheatre | August 4th & 5th, 2017 [Event Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/gorge1.png?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Pretty Lights is one of those rare artists whose touch turns everything to pure gold. The golden radiance that permeates every sound in his music has an indescribable passion and energy to it that is infectious. What is so unique about Pretty Lights’ shows, besides the otherworldly lights and musicality are the people. There’s something […]
![Phunkberry Music Festival announces talent stacked live artist bill; ONLY TEN DAYS until we are on The Farm [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/17637174_1235622833172681_4635465885636280997_o-1.png?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
Only ten short days until we are basking the warm Arkansas sun, surrounded by the Ozarks and our closest Phunky phamily. Deadhead Productions is taking Phunk to a whole nother level with the the inaugural Phunkberry Music Festival. Taking place the weekend of May 4th-6th at The Farm in Eureka Spring, Arkansas, Phunkberry aims to […]
![Phunkberry Just 30 Days Away; Mmmm, Russ Liquid Added to Final Lineup! [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/17637174_1235622833172681_4635465885636280997_o.png?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
Deadhead Productions is bringing the first of their three annual festivals to The Farm in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, in just THIRTY days. To kick off D.H.P.’s festival season is Phunkberry, taking place May 4th-6th in smack dab in the middle of the breathtaking Ozark Mountains. The “Berry’s” (Phunkberry, Highberry: June 29th-July 2nd and Hillberry: October […]
![Pretty Lights Drops Season Two Premiere of the Episodic Tour, August 4 + 5 [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/17621929_10212669224228316_5816800068640827314_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
As if the peak Summer weekend of August 4 + 5 could be any more filled to the brim with dope sauce, the hailed Pretty Lights just announced Episode 6 of 2016’s continuation of Direct Vincent Smith’s Episodic Tour. The two day gathering has just served up the most deliciously magical and heaven sent gift […]
![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 […]
![Lettuce Festival ‘Fool’s Paradise’ Announces Lineup Ft. Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Manic Science, The Floozies, Oteil Burbridge & More March 31st-April 1st, St. Augustine, Florida [Festival Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/FoolsParadise2017_Web.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
There is no doubt about the fact that Lettuce funk is one of CYM’s favorite groups out there today. Their fresh, funky, uplifting and exploratory spin on one of the most loved genres soothes our souls and brings harmony to the musical universes of our lives. Last year the band partnered with Live for Live […]
![Super Jams of Greatness: Our top moments from Brooklyn Comes Alive in Williamsburg, New York | October 22nd, 2016 [Festival Review + Photo Gallery]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_2281.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
Article by Jackson Rogow, photos by Kyle Miller of Saucy Monster Williamsburg was thrust off orbit and into another solar system last weekend as the combined expression of the musical souls gathered poured forth, uplifting all in attendance. With rare passion and true love for their craft, these musicians connected with one another on a deep […]
![Pretty Lights Live Brings Staggering Weekend of Talent to Northerly Island, Chicago [Event Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pl11.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Pretty Lights Live: An Episodic Festival lit up the First Merit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago this past weekend for two unforgettable nights in the windy city. After a successful run at the Bank of New Hampshire followed by four dates in his home state of Colorado, we couldn’t wait to see what he […]
![[Festival Review + Photo Gallery] A Whole Lotta Gem and A Festful of Jam: Gem and Jam’s 10th anniversary sets the 2016 festival bar to exceptional heights](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/gemandjam.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
A Whole Lotta Gem and A Festful of Jam When I landed in Tucson last Thursday morning, my whole being writhed with anticipation. After being on a week long high from seeing two nights of Lettuce + ProbCause in Portland and Eugene the previous weekend, I was more than ready to hit the desert and leave the Pacific Northwest dreariness for a few days of festival […]