Dammit Damian is:
*A Concert Promoter in Napa Valley & Sonoma County & MUSIC VENUE VETERAN of 25+ years!
*a Freelance music / pop culture writer
*The Host of Mostly Harmless Podcast
* an enigma wrapped in a riddle, wrapped up in a piece of bacon.
A profile piece about the locals performing at BottleRock and how Green Day blasted off to superstardom from the area. Could any of these locals take it to the next level?
Featuring: Slippery People, Weekend Youth & Oke Junior
This is a short profile piece about Napa’s Right On!!! Records Store and their 2025 plans for Record Store Day.
A Profile Piece on Damian Burford and the concert program he built for the Napa Valley Distillery / Hollywood Room
Don’t Panic Fest won BEST PUNK FESTIVAL in 2017 from the Westword in Denver!
A profile piece from Denver Westword in 2016 about Don’t Panic Fest, an award winning festival Damian produced.
A Q&A with Denver’s 303Magazine.com about Don’t Panic Fest. Interview took place in 2017.
Article for the Napa Valley Register about the North Bay Bands To Watch Concert at Jam Cellars Ballroom. We chat with and cover the three bands playing the concert, and speak of why this concert is important to the Napa Music Community.
Bands Featured include: Mama Said, Weekend Youth & Magenta Ray.
A Short story about learning patience and impulse control as a young adult, and how not having those skills can change your world view forever.
A Profile piece on the bandleader of Shannon and The Clams, Shannon Shaw! The piece is about her hometown roots in Napa and how she takes those pieces with her all over the world.
Late night musings from Facebook about Station Eleven, a limited series on HBO MAX. It was based on the novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel. Also notes about throwing a party for Danielle Deadwyler’s THE PIANO LESSON.
