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The Milwaukee Irish Fest is the largest Irish music festival outside of The Emerald Isle. Located on scenic lakefront grounds at Henry Maier Festival Park, Irish Fest is a celebration of Irish music, food, and culture – organized entirely by volunteers. The festival has grown significantly since its inception nearly …

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Photo: Mogli Maureal (www.themogli.com) British musical prodigy Jacob Collier’s eagerly awaited Djesse world tour kicked off in April, giving fans the opportunity to see the acclaimed singer-songwriter perform live for the first time since 2019. On the tour, which visits Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australasia throughout 2022, Jacob is …

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Front of House engineer Clint Rowland was looking for a mixer that was both compact and versatile for his tour with Swedish music sensation LÉON. “I wanted to streamline our setup, and avoid the complications of an analog split,” recounted Rowland. The final system included a compact Allen & Heath …

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Mixing sound from the stage is a rite of passage for most bands early in their career, but when you see a band gracing the pages of Rolling Stone magazine and supporting metal giants Slipknot, you’d be forgiven for assuming control of the faders would have been happily relinquished by …

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There are few festivals in the jazz world that have maintained such a fine-tuned balance of honoring the legacy of classic jazz while pushing ahead with the latest innovative genre-bending rosters of artists quite like the Newport Jazz Festival has. Established in 1954, Newport Jazz has hosted a number of …

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The German Cultural Centre Kulturhaus Karlstorbahnhof e.V. has resided on the eastern edge of Heidelberg’s Old Town since 1995 and, in addition to the almost 600-seat concert hall and Klub K nightclub, offers space for the association’s culture cafe, free theatre, Eine-Welt-Zentrum (One World Centre), media forum and communal cinema. …

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Innovative multimedia company ShapeShifter Lab recently turned to a pair of Allen & Heath SQ Series mixers to power a series of high-profile events.   Co-founded by famed bassist Matt Garrison (Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, John McLaughlin, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Saturday Night Live Band, Joni Mitchell, Pino Daniele, etc.) …

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Scandinavian hire companies invest in 112 channels of Allen & Heath’s PRIME preamp technology for demanding classical-crossover tours.   Swedish composer, arranger and conductor Hans Ek has carved out a unique niche in Scandinavian music, operating at the intersection where classical meets jazz, pop, electronica and folk music.     …

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Allen & Heath has announced dLive V1.9, the largest firmware release in the history of their flagship dLive mixing system, drawing on feedback from engineers across the live sound, recording, streaming and installation markets. “With over 45 user-requested features and numerous improvements, dLive V1.9 is by some distance our biggest …

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