97.3 KBCO is proud to present the Yonder Mountain String Band’s Colorado Countdown New Year’s Eve Celebration at the Boulder Theater Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 through Saturday, December 31st, 2011. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Wednesday, August 31st for $35.00 General Admission, $65.00 New Year’s Eve and $185.00 for the 5-Day… Continue reading Yonder Mountain String Band's NYE Celebration
Canadian Bob Masse, who has recently been designing posters and t-shirts for LebowskiFest, Playboy’s recent Bunny series and Phil Lesh & Bob Weir’s Furthur, is himself very Lebowski. In fact, he calls himself ‘The Dude’ of the art world. Having designed posters for and been a friend of major artists since the early 60s, before many of them were major… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Artist Bob Masse
The first annual Otis Taylor Trance Blues Jam Festival is a weekend of public workshops and jams for musicians and fans of all levels and ages who wish to join world-renowned guitarist Bob “Steady Rollin’” Margolin, Tony Trischka (International Bluegrass Music Association Banjo Player of the Year), multi-instrumentalist Don Vappie, bassist George Porter, Jr. (Meters),… Continue reading Otis Taylor's Trance Jam Blues Festival | Nov 2011
Just as the day prior, the Tennessee sun decided to give me a rude awakening by cooking me alive in my tent. Sleep is not something that happens very often at a major music festival. Either you are up too late or the morning comes too soon. Thank goodness for pure adrenaline and Kashi granola… Continue reading Bonnaroo 2011 | Part Three
Sporting muddy bare feet and a flowing tie-dyed sundress, a flaxen-haired teen pumped up Sunday’s physically drained crowd by waiving a satellite image of “our home from outer space.” Reminding us that “this is where we live,” the angelic blonde implored us not to “throw your garbage on the ground, because that’s where the animals… Continue reading 2011 Outside Lands Festival Part III
1968. Oakland, California. R & B, funk and soul legends Tower of Power kept reminding us of their roots all throughout their show at the Boulder Theatre on August 7, 2011. A much older crowd populated the Boulder Theater on this evening, another indication of the band’s longevity. Still, the band had a dedicated group… Continue reading Tower of Power: Funkifized at the Boulder Theatre
Bragging of Friday night’s extensive substance abuse while exposing their bare midriffs to the golden, mellow California sunshine, throngs of eager fans poured into Golden Gate Park for a Saturday morning encore. Attendees threw back booze with gusto all throughout the day, padding promoters’ profit margins with $7 glasses of Heineken. Vetiver San Francisco natives… Continue reading 2011 Outside Lands Festival Part II
Past an array of rainbow tinted Victorians, countless psychedelic peddlers, and that iconic Haight-Ashbury intersection, a dusty footpath leads into the thousand acre site of 2011’s Outside Lands music festival: San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Attendees of the extravaganza, which returned to its full three-day incarnation following last year’s brief truncation, were treated to a… Continue reading 2011 Outside Lands Festival Part I
