NOLA Jazz & Heritage Fest Line Up Announced
By Alexandra on Jan 15 Filed In ACL, Events, Food & Beverage, Live Music, Sweet Consumers, Vacation 1 Comment
Stevie Wonder at Jazz Fest 2008.
What do you think about the lineup for this year’s NOLA Jazz Festival? The good news is if you missed Pearl Jam at ACL last year, they’re headlining. And if you missed Lionel Richie at any point over the last 30 years you can see him too. Austin’s own Marcia Ball will be performing the first weeekend as well as Simon and Garfunkel, My Morning Jacket and The Black Crowes. (I was able to see The Black Crowes at Rothbury last summer and they’re awesome live.)
The second weekend offers much more for my taste with Richie Havens, Elvis Costello, Band of Horses, Old Crow Medicine Show, Gipsy Kings, the list goes on and on. Click here to see the complete line up.
Let us know if you like the list and if you’ll be making the trip to the birthplace of jazz to see it for yourself.
Festival dates-
Weekend 1: April 23-25
Weekend 2: April 29-May 2
Can’t turn off Gossip!
By Alexandra on Dec 29 Filed In ACL, Celebrities, Live Music, Los Angeles, SXSW Add a Comment
Gossip is Good
Have you heard about Gossip? This band is better than the rumors.
I first heard this Oregon-based group on Sirius radio and immediately downloaded several of their songs from iTunes. They have an awesome dance/ rock sound that blends Blondie, Janis Joplin and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and makes every day better. My favorite song right now is ‘Heavy Cross;’ perfect for singing, running, dancing, you name it. For a great play list, look for them on Pandora.
Looking forward to more Gossip in 2010… and possibly an American tour?
By, Jackie Gilles
During my short time here tea slingin’ as a marketing intern, I’ve learned some important lessons that I feel might be helpful to incoming interns in order to make their lives a little easier at first:
- Make friends with Jermaine. He is the keeper of the candy and often has some hidden away somewhere in his desk. He also knows where everything in the office can be found, EVERYTHING, which is a very helpful tip for a new, clueless intern who doesn’t want to look dumb.
- If you don’t like dogs, get over it. Don’t worry though, it won’t be hard; even the most hard-hearted dog hater can’t resist Bayer’s sweet lovin’. After hanging around with him so much I’m pretty set on getting a Golden Retriever one day.
- Yes, while you might be tempted to drink 4 bottles of Half n Half within a one hour period just because it’s free, don’t do it. You will sugar crash and burn.
- Work at as many events as possible on the weekends. I’ve never been paid to have so much fun before! Events like ACL weekend were really great, but meeting SLT fans was pretty dang fun, too—our fans are the best and love Sweet Leaf like you wouldn’t believe!
- If you’re lucky enough to take your break with April, you’re lucky enough. She’s a fountain of knowledge about random new wave 80’s bands, social media secrets, and tells the craziest stories that will most often blow your mind.
- Driving the Sprinter van is indeed as fun as you would think it is.
- Happy and Danny are your bosses—know that they have your back, especially if you’re wanting to find some Tito’s to make a SLT cocktail.
- The biggest compliment you could possibly receive is Gigi knowing your name instead of being called “hey, intern!”
- And my last little pearl of wisdom: work hard and do your best, but take the time to get to know people around the office. You will have met some fun, talented people, and you definitely won’t forget the semester you spent interning at Sweet Leaf Tea!
In all seriousness, I have loved having the opportunity to work for such an innovative, modern company that definitely knows how to work hard but keep life fun (please recall my post about beer pong in the office my first week). I’ll be sad to leave but I look forward to still being a brand ambassador for SLT as I attempt to find a job after I graduate this weekend. Speaking of which…anybody happen to be looking to hire a French-speaking Advertising student?
And the winner is….
By Alexandra on Dec 3 Filed In ACL, Epiphone Guitar, Events, Live Music, Sweet Contests, Uncategorized 4 Comments
Blog poster seanningham is the winner of the Best Live Music Experience Blog Contest. Congrats!
This autographed Buzzfest '09 guitar rocks!
After reading about his Bjork experience at ACL in ‘07, it sounds like we all missed quite a show. I can imagine her intense vocals brought a knot to his throat. And I agree that Bjork is much more fierce and much more cute than Hannah Montana. Cheers to inspirational female artists and unforgettable live music experiences.
Thanks to everyone who shared their stories. We love good music and we’re glad you do too.
Best Live Music Experience: Bjork
By Guest on Nov 20 Filed In ACL, Austin, Texas, Live Music 4 Comments
You could feel tangible fervor in the crowd before the show started. A young girl standing in front of my wife was asking everyone around her, “Do you like Bee-york?” to which we replied, “Heck yeah, we do!” It was touching to see that the youth has better options for inspirational female musicians than Hannah freakin’ Montana.
The sun went down and Bjork took the stage, barefoot and painted and fierce (and cute), and began to knock out tracks from her entire catalog, one right after the other, ending each song with a demure curtsy and a girlish “Thhhhank you” in her adorable Icelandic accent. This delicate display was nicely juxtaposed next to her amazing and intense vocals on songs like Declare Independence, which had all of the Festival stomping around and waving their freak flags higher, higher.
Accompanying her delicious and complex cacophony that night was a ReacTable, a sort of digital synthesizer turntable thingy that produces amazing sound and a spectacular visual. The swirling lights and noise from this machine displayed on the giant screens did nothing to hamper the show’s affect, believe you me.
We danced and cheered and stood in awe at the perfection of Bjork’s show set against the backdrop of the stunning Austin skyline. I held my wife tightly during Joga, a song that always brings a knot to my throat. It was by far my best concert experience to date.
What about you? Post a blog entry and send it to sltfan@sweetleaftea.com for your chance to win an autographed Sweet Leaf Tea Gibson Epiphone guitar.
by seanningham
