Murjani Rawls

For someone who has taken frequent trips to the Coachella mecca of Indio, California, it was great to see that the makers of the festival were pushing east. Apparently, they also brought the weather with them as the heat neared ...

First off, I’d like to thank the rain boots and three pairs of black jeans that got me through Riot Fest Chicago. They truly are trophies. I had never experienced a Riot Fest up to this point, but was aware ...

I had skipped last year’s Made In America after attending the previous two years. Chalk it up to taking a break, even old age (I’m not old at all), but I couldn’t resist sitting out another year. Here, we have ...

Festival Snobs writer/photographer Murjani Rawls recently caught up with Jake Zimmerman, founder of Today’s Mixtape Festival which takes place in Long Island, NY. By the time Zimmerman was 17, he was booking bands like Title Fight and Transit to play ...

I feel like I’ve been doing this same dance like clockwork, albeit a bit older. I have not fallen into the that “what is this music” conundrum – I’m comfortably in the middle where I can appreciate the old and ...

While some of my fellow Festival Snobs were soaking up the heat and living like vampires on the farm of Bonnaroo, I checked out Northside Festival in Brooklyn, NY. Northside is not your typical festival in the sense that you ...