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SoCo Music Experience: Altamont, N.Y.

By Teri Wildey on 10:01 AM on September 16, 2008

Justice was served Saturday night as the dance duo from France headlined the final SoCo Music Experience tour stop in Altamont, N.Y. The two men from Paris performed crowd favorite and contagious hit single, “D.A.N.C.E.,” toward the end of the set, sending fans home satisfied....  read more

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SoCo Music Experience: Madison, Wis.

By Ryan Matteson on 10:38 AM on September 9, 2008

[Above: The Roots] Arriving at Willow Island in Madison, Wis. in the early afternoon, you could already smell the good times brewing. The crowd began to swell in size as the student body found its way to the festival grounds after the Badger football game that ended a few hours earlier. Madison is the epitome of a small-market music community that benefits from such outdoor extravagances, which, thanks to Southern Comfort and nice weather, make for one great day of live music....  read more

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SoCo Music Experience: San Diego

By Joe Crosby on 1:43 PM on August 25, 2008

With multi-day musical bonanzas like Bonnaroo, Coachella, Bumbershoot and godfather/standard-bearer South by Southwest using massive budgets and marquee status to lure the bands of their choosing and, subsequently, hordes of music fans, single-day city festivals heavy on local acts are often seen as also-rans in the eyes of aural addicts. But the SoCo Music Experience's latest stop in San Diego, Calif., proves that's not always true....  read more

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SoCo Music Experience: Denver

By Heather Browne on 9:53 AM on June 30, 2008

[Above: headliners Gnarls Barkley]Under the July sunshine, the SoCo Music Experience took over an open-air lot outside Coors Field in Denver on Saturday. The free festival drew thousands of Denverites for sunshine, interactive games, booths, and, of course, the free music....  read more

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SoCo Music Experience: Atlanta

By Paste News on 5:44 PM on May 19, 2008

The Southern Comfort Music Experience (SCMX) is making its way around the country and Paste is on board to provide a firsthand account of the goings on. Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta served as the kick-off venue for this year’s SCMX series.  Other cities include: Denver, Colo., San Diego, Calif., Madison, Wis., Saratoga Springs, N.Y. and Tempe, Ariz.First up for the afternoon was an interesting collective introduced as the ‘best rock band out of Boston” called Bang Camaro. Bringing back the glory days of Dokken and Winger, the band featured a chorus of seven singers and had a unique...  read more

Found in: Blogs, Festivus, Local:Atlanta