Inaugural Everything Fab Four Fest debuts this fall celebrating “Rubber Soul”
When the idea for a new Beatles-themed podcast was born five years ago we were in the midst of a worldwide pandemic As people adapted and collectively moved into more online and virtual spaces a podcast boom was practically inevitable My business partner Kenneth Womack who would come to host Everything Fab Four had already been writing about popular music for Salon for several years And as the civilization pivoted so did we In September of Salon along with Womack s media company Wonderwall produced the first episode of Everything Fab Four pitched as a new podcast featuring fun and intelligent stories about the Beatles enduring cultural influence Our debut guest was Toto guitarist Steve Lukather a longtime member of Ringo Starr s All-Starr Band and the first in what would end up being a long line of Ringo s All-Starrs on the show whose resource and wealth of stories set the tone for what was to come Related The genius of the Beatles Rubber Soul Since then we ve hosted in-depth conversations about the Beatles find them all here or wherever you get your podcasts with musicians artists actors and icons of multiple generations and genres Everything Fab Four has been nominated for Best Music Podcast three times in the Annual Podcast Awards And as the world has gotten back to more in-person events over the past five years the time has come to take our show s framework the district we ve built and our recipe for success into the next space The inaugural Everything Fab Four Fest will be a weekend of curated music and media centered around the th anniversary of the Beatles Rubber Soul album taking place November - at the historic Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel in Asbury Park NJ The event will feature particular conversations with key guests including a panel on psychedelic films with Salon staff values critics and a plethora of live music sets Blac Rabbit whose song Seize the Day has served as our podcast s theme since day one will be performing to open the festival Jamie Bernstein whose interview on Everything Fab Four in was one of our majority of well-received ever will be a special guest And other festival headliners Max Weinberg Jake Clemons and Nellie McKay will be guests on this season our seventh of the podcast As the Fab Four s multiverse continues to expand so does ours In a few tactics we ve come full circle in others we ve only just begun But that s a song by another band We re here to celebrate the Beatles and we hope you will enjoy the show Tickets for Everything Fab Four Fest are now available to purchase on Eventbrite For more information please visit the festival s website Listen to episodes of Everything Fab Four Peter Wolf on warming up to The Beatles his musical roots and his memoir Waiting on the Moon Beatles songs are imprinted on Paul Reiser s life Comedian reflects on why music moves him majority Yoko hugged me Rosanna Arquette recalls how the Beatles were a big part of her growing up The post Inaugural Everything Fab Four Fest debuts this fall celebrating Rubber Soul appeared first on Salon com
