Last Saturday night was a regular jamfest down at the Boulder Theater, and something like a showcase of local mountain bluegrass scene. The evening’s festivities featured the likes of Great American Taxi, the Emmitt Nershi Band, Oakhurst, the Jefferson Hamer, K.C. Groves and Greg Schochet Trio (or SHG, as Vince Herman likes to call them),… Continue reading Livin' it up at the 6th Annual Mark Vann Benefit Concert
After a five year run in a State park outside Lawrence, KS, Wakarusa will move to a new home in northwest Arkansas. Wakarusa will be relocating to Mulberry Mountain outside of Ozark, Arkansas. Dates for this year’s festival will be June 4 – 7. Festival organizer, Brett Mosiman, says “we are extremely excited about this… Continue reading WAKARUSA MUSIC AND CAMPING FESTVAL 2009
Living in Colorado, the chance of an epic snowfall during the winter can be pretty good. One such weather occurrence happened in late 2006 when three straight weekends of blizzards hit Denver and the surrounding Front Range. The city essentially shut down those days, and holiday travels were next to impossible. In the midst of… Continue reading PRAANG Returns to Colorado
After a standout show on 12/29/97, the band gave a loose, funky performance on the second night of their three-night stand at Madison Square Garden. The band came out of the gates smoking on night three of a four-show holiday tour on December 30th with “Sneakin’ Sally Thru The Alley” > “Taste”. The nearly 3.5… Continue reading JEMP RECORDS RELEASES PHISH 12/30/97
On November 13th, I was all set to see the Toubab Krewe play the B.Side Lounge in Boulder. I headed downtown early, hoping to catch the band after sound check. I’d been corresponding back and forth with their tour manager for a few weeks, and after agreeing to review the band’s new album, Live at… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Toubab Krewe
The holiday weekend gave most us a chance to enjoy some needed time off from our daily grinds, as well as fill our homes with friends and tons of the usual Thanksgiving feasts. And what better way to work off the turkey and tators than by dancing to the reggae, rock, and hip-hop sounds laid down… Continue reading Michael Franti & Spearhead Fire Up the Fillmore
It has been my pleasure to watch Minneapolis band Enchanted Ape develop from a gathering of players who got together to have a good time and occasionally write a clever tune to a road-honed band that is producing intelligent songs with tight instrumentation. It is no wonder that they have been repeatedly asked back to Minnesota’s… Continue reading Enchanted Ape Digs Deeper with 'Off the Ground'
