Your Guide to Summer Tours: PART TWO!
Keeping a finger on the pulse of our extensive fandom can sometimes be difficult, and things are bound to get overlooked at times. I neglected to mention several other touring bands in the previous Guide, so this week I’m bringing you Your Guide to Summer Tours: Part Two! First, Grace has set up a simple page [...]
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Monday, May 17, 2010
Lots and lots of Wizard Rock bands are hitting the road this summer to bring their music to a conference, house, or library near you. With all the summer tours that have been announced in recent weeks, it can be daunting to try and sift through the deluge of information to try and find something [...]
Continue reading...Come Wrock in DC with Sonorus!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
In a week’s time, the city of Vienna, Virginia will be overrun wizard rockers and fans alike. The city is playing host to Sonorous – Virginia’s first wizard rock festival – organized by Matt Bufford and Grace Kendall. Matt attended the New York City Wizard Rock Festival (NYCWRF) in 2008, loved the format, and decided to [...]
Continue reading...Little Kids (W)Rock!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Many of us made resolutions at the beginning of this year. If your resolutions included helping children in need, then you need to check out Little Kids Rock. As a middle school orchestra teacher myself, this program hits really close to home. I have seen music programs in my district get their budgets cut, and I [...]
Continue reading...Singing In the Shower Never Sounded So Good
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
A recent shipment of this year’s Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club includes an entirely a cappella EP from The Moaning Myrtles titled Bathroom Acoustics. When you are in a band that revolves around a dead character who only pops into the story every so often, it can be difficult to find material to craft [...]
Continue reading...Get on the Bus!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Wrockstock the Third is happening November 6-9, 2009. The primary goal of the event is to “raise funds for the needy as we also raise awareness through music,” while at the same time celebrating the friendships that have been made through a shared love of Harry Potter. This year, it will be housed once again [...]
Continue reading...Wrocking Down Under
Friday, May 15, 2009
On our Earth’s smallest continent there lies a Wizard Rock scene just waiting to be discovered. The Wizard Rock community in Australia might be small, but a few musicians are working hard to change that. The Wizarding World was originally created by Alex to contribute to a compilation to get the Australian Wizard Rock scene more [...]
Continue reading...Rise Up to Help
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Upon learning about families and children affected by natural disasters across the world, Megan, from The Wizard Rockumentary, and Mark, from Marked As His Equal, decided they wanted to help. Megan and Mark created From Beneath These Ashes, a 2-disc Wizard Rock compilation featuring over 30 Wizard Rock bands, and spanning both “light” and [...]
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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