Hot Buttered Rum has announced that they will be recording three 5-song EPs over the next several months, and the band is asking fans for support through a newly launched PledgeMusic Campaign. “This is the first time we’ve asked our circles to support us financially at the outset of a project. We thought a lot about this… Continue reading Hot Buttered Rum Launches PledgeMusic Campaign in support of 3-EP Project
Leave Austin at 4:45 a.m. Having never been up before the sun, I’m only semi-lucid and aware that it is dark outside as we drive to the airport. Land in D.C. at 11 a.m. Get picked up by friends, short reunion on the sidewalk, and then it’s time to put on the Festival Game Face.… Continue reading Firefly Music Festival 2015 | Review
Since 2009, Dubbest has been forging its own path through the heavily forested reggae landscape, expertly infusing roots traditionalism with a refreshing improvisational savvy that calls to mind not only the studio experimentation of pioneering dub producers Osbourne “King Tubby” Ruddock and Lee “Scratch” Perry but also the real-time exploration of jam bands like the Grateful Dead… Continue reading The young guns of Boston reggae, Dubbest, release Light Flashes
In the midst of the “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead”, Grateful Web talks to Roger McNamee of Moonalice. McNamee shares candidly Moonalice music, technology, their philosophy and vehement choice to live and play by their own credo — perhaps similar to that of the Grateful Dead – to thrive – and… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Roger McNamee
Umphrey’s McGee will return to Colorado to ring in the New Year at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver on December 30th, 31st, and January 2nd. On the heels of sold out shows at the Boulder Theater and Red Rocks Amphitheatre, we look forward to rocking the Rockies thrice more, and celebrating this special holiday tradition… Continue reading Umphrey's NYE Pre-Sale Happening Now
Electric Forest is amazing. It inspires plenty to say but I am going to keep it short. This festival is unapologetically immature. Nanny Nanny Boo Boo. This is the festival of the future with freaks, geeks, and oh my! Kids. Or Kidz as we used to call em in my day. They are lude, crude,… Continue reading Electric Forest 2015 | Review and Photos
Firing on all cylinders, the 25th annual High Sierra Music Festival, one of Northern California’s biggest and most cherished summer jubilees, was bursting at the seams with music and merriment over the Fourth of July weekend. Though several “Fare Thee Well” T-shirts could be seen around the meadows and campgrounds at this year’s festival, there… Continue reading High Sierra 25th Anniversary | Review
Think of Robert Plant and Allison Krauss or Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons and you get a good idea of where these two Saskatoon singer-songwriters are coming from. They complement one another beautifully as they perform each other’s music. John Antoniuk comes from the indie/roots side of life and Jen Lane has a bit more country/folk… Continue reading Saskatoon's Jen Lane & John Antoniuk on Tour
Plans have been brewing for months, and now two Colorado-born craftsmen are tuned up and ready for a unique silver anniversary celebration. Rock/bluegrass band Leftover Salmon and Breckenridge Brewery have each enjoyed twenty-five years of success. To commemorate this milestone they have joined forces to release a collaborative beer, packaged with twenty-five live tunes from… Continue reading Breckenridge Brewery and Leftover Salmon kick off 25th Anniversary Celebration at new Littleton Brewery
This may be the hardest event that I have ever put into words. On the 10th anniversary of one of the world’s greatest displays of art, music, education, dance, creativity, and community, I have the honor of being a part of this legendary sold out Sonic Bloom Festival experience. After setting up camp and a… Continue reading Sonic Bloom Festival 2015 | Review/Photos
