New Year’s Eve 2013 was going to be a special night for the Colorado jamband scene before any notes were even played. String Cheese Incident was about to tie a bow on their 20th anniversary as a Boulder band. Yonder Mountain String Band would soon cap off their 15th year as a Nederland quartet. And… Continue reading Yonder Mountain String Band | Boulder Theater | 12/31/2013
Last September a devastating “100 Year Flood” about fifty years overdue devastated parts of Colorado, in particular Boulder County. The historic town of Lyons, a beautiful gateway town to Rocky Mountain National Park and precious wilderness was affected worse than most. The St. Vrain River and other waterways turned the town into a riverbed, destroying… Continue reading Yonder Mountain String Band | Boulder, CO | 12/30/2013 | Review
Wakarusa is pleased to announce the first of three rounds of the 2014 artist lineup. Round one artists include STS9, Umphrey’s McGee, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Lettuce, Dr. Dog, Papadosio, Cherub, BoomBox and more. The 11th annual festival will be held June 5-8, 2014 on majestic Mulberry Mountain near Ozark, Arkansas.”Wakarusa” is a word derived from… Continue reading Wakarusa Announces 2014 Round One Artist Lineup
Colorado’s String Cheese Incident is one of the few touring bands that draws so many loyal followers regardless of how rarely they actually perform. Cheese was touring over a hundred days a year in the early 2000s, as nationally traveled as any, with trips to the Caribbean, Costa Rica, and Mexico sprinkled in. As the… Continue reading The String Cheese Incident | 1st Bank Center | 12/28/2013
Phish returns to Madison Square Garden tonight in New York, NY for their New Year’s Run to close out 2013 and it will be webcast at LivePhish.com. In order to celebrate New Year’s with everyone, the band will offer live webcasts at LivePhish.com of each of the shows on the run (including Phish’s New Year’s… Continue reading Phish New Year's Run Webcast Continues Tonight
If you’re anywhere near Lawrence, KS and have no plans for New Year’s Eve, be sure to check out what will surely be the finest show you’ve seen all year! Wichita’s own, Split Lip Rayfield, will be playing The Bottleneck on December 31. It’s a sold out show so get online or get there early… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Eric Mardis of Split Lip Rayfield
How often is it that you are lucky enough to witness a brand new group of already legendary powerhouse musicians premier before a live audience? Maybe some are more fortunate than I, but last Friday at the Boulder Theatre was a first for me. Boulder audiences were fortunate enough to catch the premier performance of… Continue reading Hardworking Americans | Boulder Theatre | 12/20/2013 | Review
When bands do five-night runs, the first night is usually expected to be, more or less, the warm-up night. Yonder Mountain String Band had no such things in mind as they laid down a blistering show to a packed Boulder Theater on Friday night that set the bar pretty high for the remaining four nights.… Continue reading YMSB, Roosevelt Collier Start Boulder Theater Shows in Style
Baltimore funk outfit Pigeons Playing Ping Pong announced initial 2014 tour dates today, spanning 11 states around the East Coast and Midwest. The tour includes stops at AURA Music Festival in Live Oak, FL as well as a two-night stand in Times Square.Known for their high-energy live shows, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong is making a… Continue reading Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Announce 2014 Winter Tour
San Francisco’s Tea Leaf Green is celebrating the New Year with 2 special performances at Cervantes Other Side Dec 30th and 31st. After a year in which the band released a new studio album and toured the country from coast-to-coast, Tea Leaf Green will head to Denver to close out 2013 and usher in the… Continue reading Tea Leaf Green New Years in Denver