The final full day of the 2009 Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival finished strong with several of the weekend's largest acts gracing the stages and tents. The main event was a two-plus hour headlining set from 90's alt-rock gods, The Black Crowes, that found a majority of the festival attendees rocking along to their classic hits. They were by no means the only band playing, though, with all four stages constantly rotating sets.

Read about Saturday at the Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival after the jump

I can't make the first day, despite the killer schedule, but I should be in full force for the second day with Of Montreal, Devin The Dude, Buxton, WMMF, Wild Moccasins, Sideshow Tramps and more. See you there?

I can't believe that it's been a whole year since my last trip up to Michigan for the inaugural Rothbury Festival, which garnered rave reviews from everybody in the BOT staff. I'll be rolling solo this year, but am not worried because there are a world of friends to be made at one of the friendliest place in the world. If not, I can always lose myself in the Sherwood Forest to kill a few hours.... I'll be running around taking tons of pictures of as many artists as I can, and hope to capture the festival as best as possible from Toubab Krewe's opening chords on Thursday until Umphrey's McGee says goodbye on Sunday. If you're a vet to Rothbury, you already know, but if this is your first time, welcome to the best festival ever.

Check out the full schedule here, and the map here. If you need any advice about your first trip up to Rothbury, or have any questions to be answered, there's a wealth of information to be had on the Infobury message board. Also, If you're a Rothbury vet, please feel free to leave any helpful advice to the noobs in our comment section below.

I'll be tweeting live from Rothbury, so feel free to follow BOT on Twitter to keep up with the action as it happens.

See ya in Sherwood...

Two of my musical heroes took the stage together two nights ago for a full-on psychedelic version of The Beatles' classic "A Day In The Life." Neil Young closed out his headlining performance at the Hard Rock Calling Festival in London's Hyde Park, which also featured performances by the likes of The Killers, Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band, Dave Matthews Band, Fleet Foxes, Passion Pit and Ben Harper & the Relentless 7. To close out his set, Young performed the first part of "ADITL" by himself, thrashing the breakdown half way through. As soon as the bouncy keys came alive to begin the second distinct part of "ADITL," one of the songs original composers, Sir Paul McCartney, joined Young at the microphone for very playful vocal duet. After Young ripped his strings out during the second breakdown, he again joined McCartney for another duet on marimba to close out the song. Check it out:

It would've been pretty damn cool to be there, but I'm sure if I just happened to be in the UK last weekend, i'd be attending Glastonbury. Good shit, though.

Thursday of Wakarusa served as a nice opening day to our festival season, but it was Friday's acts that I was most excited for. I'd never seen several of the bands playing, so I found myself pretty excited for the entire day ahead of me.

Read all about Friday, June 5th at the Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival after the jump

Only a day after the Voodoo Experience announced their kick-ass line-up, Phish has updated their site with the graphic seen above. Details are sketchy, but the big rumor is that Phish's first festival since 2004's "break up show" Coventry is going to take place at the Polo Fields in Indio, CA – home to both the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals. We shall see what becomes of this in the next few weeks, but for now, my money's still on Voodoo for a healthy weekend of choice Halloween entertainment.

A new venue brought a familiar cast of characters to the 7th annual Wakarusa Music & Camping festival for a four day celebration of music and nature. The incredibly scenic Mulberry Mountain played host to The Black Crowes, Gov't Mule, Yonder Mountain String Band, G. Love & Special Sauce and about 70 other jam, roots, dance and bluegrass acts over the first weekend of June. We were there to take in all of the action, and were more than happy to be back in Ozark, AR for another outstanding weekend of music.

Read all about Thursday, June 4th at the Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival after the jump

The initial line-up for the 2009 Voodoo Experience has officially been released. After a stream of scrambled names started making waves over Twitter, the fine folks behind the Halloween weekend festival have posted the entire roster of acts playing the 2009 edition. Headlining the three day event are classic rockers Kiss, a rejuvenated Eminem, a reunited Jane's Addiction, jam titans Widespread Panic and the confetti-enhanced Flaming Lips. Other acts scheduled to play include French electro-rockers Justice, odd-balls Ween, euro-punks Gogol Bordello, the godfather of funk George Clinton & P Funk Allstars, blues rockers The Black Keys and classic hip-hop MC Q-Tip. Overall, it's a very strong festival that we're extremely excited to attend for a fourth consecutive year.

You can check out the full line-up after the jump

If you're as big of a fan of the Avett Brothers as myself, you're counting down the days until the Rick Rubin-produced LP I and Love and You is released. To tide you over, the Avett's have released the eponymous first single for all to enjoy. You can download "I and Love and You" here, which should help you get by until the full album is released on September 29th.

After a few listens, I'm really digging it, but I have to hear it in sync with the full album to truly appreciate it. The Avett Brothers are hitting the road pretty hard this summer, making stops in (almost) every major market (sorry Houston...) including festival stops at ACL, Forcastle, Outside Lands and Mulberry Mountain Harvest Festival. You can check out a full list of tour dates after the jump.

Michael Jackson passed away today at the age of 50. He'll be fondly remembered for his outstanding achievement in popular music. His undeniable presence over the past four decades has influenced everyone from Paul McCartney to Miley Cyrus, Justin Timberlake to Marilyn Manson. This world is a much less creative place without him in it. RIP Michael Jackson, you'll be missed.