Our first
day at Audiofeed began with a tour of the fairgrounds. The Festival was
definitely bigger than 2014. There were a few new performance tents in the main
area of the grounds, and one large tent was set up in the “outskirts,” all by
itself on the other side of the grandwtands.
We later learned that this was the screamo heavy metal tent.
We started
our festival by setting up in the Radon Lounge, which was more often than not
the singer-songwriter stage. And we saw the first two acts of the day, Aracely
and Maron.
Aracely is a
bilingual performer, and most of the songs we heard from her were in Spanish.
She played Audiofeed last year, but this was the first time we had seen her perform.
She had a very pleasant vibe, and I enjoyed her set. She has an album out on Grrr Records, the label associated with the Jesus People USA community.
Maron Gaffron was a regular at Cornerstone. I saw her in 2007, my first time at that fest. I was
immediately impressed and bought her album “Uptown.” Along with many of the
Cornerstone / Grrr artists, she made the move to being an Audiofeed regular. She
plays piano and guitar, which is a good thing because her guitar stopped
working during her set, and she ended with three piano-only songs. What I like
about her is that she has “down to earth” lyrics, giving her songs a “lived-in”
feel. I also like that she hangs out at
the fest for its duration, often joining other performers as a backup singer.
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