It’s challenging to find something genuine in live music nowadays.
In a time of uniform radio hits, static stadium tours, and a sea of iPhone lights, Green River Festival in Western Massachusetts is doing something most music festivals seem to forget: encouraging festivalgoers to savor their surroundings.
Many big names on the festival circuit, like The Governor’s Ball Music Festival, Lollapalooza, and Bonnaroo, always feature star-studded lineups, and as a result, festivalgoers of the Gen Z variety will arm themselves with snacks and sometimes diapers to sprint to the barricade after doors open, waiting for the headliner…