Reviews
Posted on Friday, April 16th, 2010 - 5:31 am
The release of Boredom Springs Anew from Apoc comes just as the flowers bloom. This hip hop act cannot seem to stay put to any single location. Apoc releases tendrils to each place he blooms; he is more like a vine than any flower or houseplant. When I first met we were both observing the...
Posted on Thursday, April 15th, 2010 - 7:10 pm
Martin Sexton will be playing with the Ryan Montbleau band, his band, for a string of dates beginning today, 4/15/10 until Bonnaroo Music Festival June 10th down in Manchester, TN. After Bonnaroo, he’ll be joining forces with the Dave Matthews Band until he winds down his tour at the end of...
Posted on Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 - 3:52 am
"Boulder, CO, Fox Theatre. Giant Panda at 9. JBB at 10. TK at 11:30. Bring your dancing attire, dr." Not the most clear posting on Twitter, perhaps, but for fans of Toubab Krewe--the "TK" in the tweet--the message was rather plain. Thursday's show was going to be one with jams so moving, you had...
Posted on Thursday, April 1st, 2010 - 5:30 am
The Giving Tree Band came through Colorado on their way to the SXSW Festival down in Austin. On the Tuesday afternoon in March that they came through Boulder they played an early set at the Draft House and then another set over at the Topo Ranch Organic Cotton Clothing Store. In...
Posted on Thursday, April 1st, 2010 - 5:10 am
About 6 years ago I had a weekly ritual, a tradition, a privilege, a party I attended. Every Wednesday night I would head on down to Halsted St. in Chicago and pack myself into Griffin’s Public House to see Cornmeal for free. It is hard to imagine seeing them for free these days....
Posted on Thursday, March 25th, 2010 - 5:56 am
It was another jam-packed night outside the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. You would have thought you were seeing Furthur on New Year’s Eve 2009 all over again. It was just about impossible to get into line outside the arena as there were so many people walking up and down the...
Posted on Thursday, March 25th, 2010 - 2:27 am
The physical requirement of playing live music leaves little room for musicians to keep performing past a certain age. Although a handful of timeless artists such as Buddy Guy, BB King, The Rolling Stones, and Paul McCartney have been able to defy the limits of time, it goes to say that...
Posted on Monday, March 22nd, 2010 - 7:58 pm
Born out of the friendly and wooded confines of a Hornings Hideout gathering in 2005, comes a jamband supergroup of sorts called The Contribution. The project fronted by Tim Carbone (fiddle/vocals) of Railroad Earth brings together seasoned veterans Jeff Miller (guitar/vocals) and Phil...
Posted on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 - 6:19 am
It was easy to see that Jake Stockburger of Point Pleasant, NJ was in town to see Mike Gordon at The Jefferson Theatre.. He was wearing his thoughts on his sleeve.
Or more accurately, they were on his shirt. Jake may have been the first or maybe second ticketed person to walk through the doors of...
Posted on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 - 7:08 am
RJD2 isn't that cute little droid acting as one half of a Greek Chorus in the Star Wars saga. But he did, start his set as a robot named 'Commissioner Crotchbuttons'; Complete with welders mask and "the world's first scrotum powered music machine" (a modified MPC sequencer that spins around on his...