If there was one word that could be used to describe the band Umphrey’s McGee it would have to be “progressive”. Not just in terms of the music they play, but in their approach to how they present their craft. This is a band that over the course of their 16 year career has constantly… Continue reading Umphrey's McGee | Similar Skin | Review
It’s funny how music can change. It’s so malleable; you could hear it in one setting and hate it, vowing to never again let such filth invade your eardrums again. I’m referring to sonic pop by the way. Then, you could hear it at a different time, in a different situation, a different artist and… Continue reading Jiggley Jones | A Mountain, A Struggle, A Tunnel, A Light | Review
Meshing musical styles ranging from Prog to Pop, with wholesome doses of 90’s Alternative & Electronica, Umphprey’s McGee “Similar Skin” (Release Date: June 10. 2014) reinvents the jam ethos uniquely, truly and respectably with sounds that simultaneously sail and soar.Case in point: What other band do you know that, upon a first listen, you can… Continue reading Umphrey's McGee | Similar Skin | New Music Review
It’s easy to know how to categorize an artist like Christina Rubino. Self-described as “a Female Johnny Cash” Alive from the Scrapheap’ is one of the more dark releases I’ve heard this year. It’s not so dark and apocalyptic steeped in the fog of shock mind you, but rather extremely truthful and honest. It’s got… Continue reading Christina Rubino | Alive from the Scrapheap | Review
Striking out on your own as a musician after being part of an ensemble is never easy to do, save for the fortunately marketable front men and Beyoncés of the world. Roosevelt Collier is doing his best, and while picking up steam, has never forgotten where he came from and what made him the musician… Continue reading Roosevelt Collier's Colorado Getdown | Review/Photos
If the spirit of the 60s was still alive, it’s probably not through the music. Nostalgia is what connects most folks to those simpler, but equally perplexing socioeconomic times in American history. On a grand scale, the human-be ins and connectivity that brought the young generation, the baby boomers, growing into adults of the late… Continue reading Stephen Stills | Boulder Theater | 5/17/2014 | Review/Photos
Since I began my professional music writing career over 20 years ago, one thing I have taught myself over that time when it comes to new album reviews is to never pass judgment after only one listen. Yes, there is something to be said about first impressions however one cannot truly digest the music until… Continue reading moe. | No Guts, No Glory | Review
The idea of the super group can be a tricky concept. Powerhouse musicians of their craft all accomplished individually, collaborating together as a new ensemble. Ego, style, and ability can clash. True cooperation is easier to envision than to execute properly. In the jazz world it gets even more complex. Since jazz is inherently less… Continue reading The Ringers | Fox Theater | Boulder, CO | 5/8/2014 | Review
Blending the elements of Blues, Rock, Funk, Jam & Soul, Chicago’s own Nick Moss Band, on this, their 10th album release, bring an electrifying smorgasboard to the table with Time Ain’t Free (Released March 18th 2014 and in stores now).With the addition of Michael Ledbetter (Descedant of Lead Belly) as rhythm guitarist and second lead… Continue reading Nick Moss Band | Time Ain't Free | New Music Review
Never has an LP’s title been more apt—Eccodek‘s sixth and latest, Singing in Tongues, is foreign to the letter. (And no, I couldn’t tell you what tongues we’re talking here.) But that’s precisely the point—the source material for Singing, originally pressed as a loose improvisation by Jah Youssouf of Mali, has since garnered treatment by… Continue reading Eccodek | Singing in Tongues | New Music Review
