Solid Sound
The Best, The Mess & The Rest: Solid Sound Festival
Solid Sound Festival returned to the Berkshires for the biennial festival which saw fans literally of all ages making a trek to MASS MoCA to see Jeff Tweedy and company celebrate the release of their latest release, Cruel Country. We enlisted a Berkshires resident to document the show and his back still hurts from standing for seven hours straight each day and he now understands why so many people brought camping chairs to the main stage. Live and learn. The Best Wilco – Wilco kicked of their Friday night set with Jeff Tweedy warning, “We aren’t going to talk a lot tonight” and added that this would probably be the only time they would be playing these songs together in reference to the band’s nearly flawless rendition of their brand new 21-track double album, Cruel Country. While the...
Wilco Reveal 2022 Solid Sound Festival Lineup
Wilco revealed the lineup for their Solid Sound festival this morning. The event will take place over the weekend of May 27-29 at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, Massachusetts. In addition to Jeff Tweedy and company, Japanese Breakfast, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, John Hodgman’s Comedy Cabaret, the Sun Ra Arkestra, among many more will head the Berkshires for the show. Tweedy will enlist a group of friends for a special set as well. Passes for the 3-day weekend are nearly sold out. Of course, and it is their festival, Wilco is also set for multiple headlining sets alongside the individual band members’ own various independent projects. Solid Sound will host sounds from all over—rock, jazz, indie, hip hop—and the venue/museum’s own expansive galleries will surro...
