This year marks the first time I have been invited to participate in the Downbeat Magazine Annual Critics Poll (their 73rd!).
I barely consider myself a journalist and certainly not a critic but it was really a hoot to be asked to to this.
Information about the issue with the results can be found here.
Live, on-air interview on the CBC Radio morning program ‘q’. Host Shadrach Kabango spoke with Lawrence Peryer and Carolynn Cecilia about the making of UNBOUND: A ★InstaMiniSeries, which is an interpretation of and inspired by David Bowie’s recent album ★ (pronounced ‘Blackstar’). Lawrence Peryer · CBC Radio q Interview for UNBOUND: A ★InstaMiniSeries TRANSCRIPT: Shadrach…
Music Festivals Hit Harder Times in Crowded Concert Market Anne Steele, Wall Street Journal, September 4, 2022. Fans become choosier and costs rise for promoters due to Covid-19, inflation, labor shortages and supply issues Full piece here
SET 1.0 Will Feel Growing Pains By Jim Kerstetter and Michael Moeller, PC Week, June 1, 1997 The release this week of the SET 1.0 specification will be only the first step in an arduous effort to spur wide use of SET by the end of the year. MasterCard International Inc. and Visa USA Inc., along…
Changing Lanes Panel At Pollstar Live! ‘The Pandemic Ushered In The Era Of The Digital Fan’ by Sarah Pittman on Pollstar.com, June 21, 2021 With COVID-19 restrictions bringing traditional touring to a halt, taking advantage of opportunities and a go-getter, seize-the-day attitude has been the name of the game for music executives that managed to…
Lyte-ing It Up: Q’s With Lyte’s Ant Taylor And Lawrence Peryer by Francisco Rendon on Pollstar.com, April 6, 2020 With the live industry dramatically disrupted, some have adopted anxious or more doom and gloom tones when talking about the business. Ticketing platform Lyte was seeing astronomical growth before the shutdown, matching its total 2018 revenue…
Ticket re-selling well poised as fans return to stands by Roy Train on XLIVE.com, June 3, 2021 As the pandemic slowly dissipates, ticket demands for live events have begun to explode, according to Angeline Chase Priefer, Vice President of Client Services for Lyte, a San Francisco-based reservations technology platform “reimagining ecommerce” for festivals and tours. “We…