Liquid Sol

Darrin Robertson and Jim Saccoman are looking at me suspiciously. The two local musicians thought a mutual acquaintance of ours had put me up to this interview, and asked me how I encountered their self-described “recording project” Sha-Pink, which has been creating music locally for more than 30 years. “We’re...

The stage is already up, the tents are in place, and the sound equipment is being hooked up. Yep, the scene at Sportsman's Park next door to the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale is a hectic one at the moment as the organizers of the Liquid Sol Music Festival...

Despite what you may have heard, this weekend's Liquid Sol Music Festival isn't just some alt-rock revival of throwback bands. Yes, more than a few favorites from the '80s (BoDeans, Lovehammers), '90s (Blind Melon, Fuel), and '00s (Buckcherry, Train) are on the lineup of the daylong event on Saturday, March...

Look, your mom deserves to be happy. You get that and I get that. Dad's been gone for a while, and all the kids are starting families of their own, and she's certainly earned the chance to focus on herself for a change. But there's something about Pat, her new...

It's been a quiet year for the Liquid Sol music festival, a "Coachella-like" event announced with some fanfare back in February. At the time, it was scheduled for September 19-21 at Canyon Moon Ranch in Florence, the site of the annual Country Thunder festival. Since then: Nothing. Until Tuesday. The...