The Bay Area artists performing at Outside Lands 2014. Clockwise from top left: Watsky, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, Finish Ticket, Brothers Comatose, Trails & Ways, Tycho, Mikal Cronin and The Tumbleweed Wanderers. Rendering: Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Outside Lands is just one of dozens of summer music festivals that spring…

Nicki Bluhm performs at the 2014 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. I interviewed all but one of the artists with direct local connections to the Bay Area for a story on the Outside Lands Music Festival, which you can read here. The result was a magazine-length-worthy piece,…