Solid Sound Broadens Summer Outlook

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Solid Sound has announced a typically diverse lineup for its June 26-28 music and arts festival at MASS MoCA in North Adams. In addition to two nights with host band Wilco (plus its side projects), Solid Sound vies to lure young indie-rock fans with Parquet Courts (SPIN magazine’s 2014 Band of the Year), Mac DeMarco and Real Estate, expand its jazz pedigree with sax veteran Charles Lloyd’s quartet and guitarist Bill Frisell, and solidify its folk/roots audience with Taj Mahal, the Richard Thompson Trio, NRBQ, the Felice Brothers and enchanting newcomer Jessica Pratt. Eclectic pop group Cibo Matto will join in, while Shabazz Palaces add experimental hip-hop. And as a most promising wild-card booking, 68-year-old Nigerian pioneer King Sunny Ade & his African Beats should get the grounds jumping with their hypnotic big-band juju grooves.

No word yet on whether Wilco will resurrect its all-covers request night from 2013. John Hodgman will return to anchor a comedy revue, this time with Tig Notaro, Paul F. Tompkins and The Daily Show’s Jessica Williams, and storytelling troupe the Story Pirates and Vermont’s Circus Smirkus should entertain the kids. Solid Sound takes over the main field, courtyards and auditorium of MASS MoCA every two years, with festival-goers free to roam the Berkshires contemporary art museum’s sprawling galleries. More information on the lineup and tickets can be found here at its website.


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