Monterey Pop Festival

D.A. Pennebaker, director of Bob Dylan’s Dont Look Back, dead at 94

Oscar-winning filmmaker also helmed David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Monterey Pop, and Depeche Mode’s 101.

by Alex Young

on August 03, 2019, 5:09pm

How Janis Joplin and Otis Redding Conquered Monterey Pop Festival

Revisiting the festival that launched these two legends into a new stratosphere of stardom.

by Wren Graves

on June 18, 2017, 12:30pm

Monterey International Pop Festival returns for 50th anniversary event

Regina Spektor, Father John Misty, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, and Norah Jones will appear alongside some of the festival’s original acts.

by Alex Young

on April 17, 2017, 1:00pm

How Joanna Newsom Turned Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing” into a Harp Masterpiece

A decade later, the harp virtuoso’s cover amplifies serenity in a time of chaos.

by Nina Corcoran

on November 19, 2016, 9:00am