Dan Buckley got the chance to catch up with Kevin Griffin and Michael Whelan, two founders of the Pilgrimage Music Festival! They talk about how the two-day festival is the celebration of the DNA of jazz and New Orleans in Middle Tennessee.
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Kevin and Michael also couldn’t have been more excited about the weather report, (low humidity and no rain!) for the festival this year! They talk about how putting together a festival line up parallels with putting together a setlist for a band or writing a song.
Also! Keep your eye out for Kevin Griffin’s solo album, release date October 4th!
Written by: Molly Lyon