The Parish is completely empty when I arrive. Austinites haven’t adjusted to the near-freezing temperatures yet, so it’s not surprising that rosy-cheeked audience members only start trickling in during the opening act. After I buy a whiskey on the rocks, the only respectable drink order for this winter weather, I take a look around. I’ve… Continue reading Infamous Stringdusters | The Parish | Austin | 12/10/13 | Review
On a severely glistening snowy night in Boulder, George Winston‘s statement on the Boulder Theater‘s website stated, “The show must go on!” I was pleased to read that because on what better night could one hear George Winston alone on stage playing music from his albums December or Linus & Lucy – The Music of… Continue reading George Winston's Solo Piano Concert – The Winter Show
Colorado favorites and jam band veterans Michael Travis and Jason Hann spearheaded their second headlining performance at Denver’s nationally renowned Fillmore Auditorium on Saturday night, bringing their Cirque De Bass along with them. To me, the ability to play the Fillmore and Red Rocks adds up to 2/3rds of the Colorado Triple Crown when it… Continue reading EOTO | Fillmore Auditorium | Denver, CO | 12/7/2013 | Review
Genuine charisma is what sets Chris and Oliver Wood Brothers Band apart from other contemporary rock bands. Their own brand of Americana, fused by two different musical paths bound together, has evolved from a genre-bending project into a highly popular full time band. Before the groups’ inception in 2004, many were less familiar with guitarist… Continue reading The Wood Brothers | Fox Theater | Boulder, CO | 12/6/13 | Review
One of the greatest qualities of Colorado’s Cajun Slamgrass legends Leftover Salmon is their ability to evolve with sincere versatility. Founding members Vince Herman and Drew Emmitt have taken the band to higher creative peaks, with new material (the fantastic Aquatic Hitchhiker release) and welcoming great musicians in that really understand how to play their… Continue reading Leftover Salmon | Boulder Theater | 11/30/2013
On Monday night in New Orleans, the House of Blues was graced with the presence of one of the next generation’s blues guitar heroes, Gary Clark Jr. Clark, who spent his years learning guitar in Austin, Texas, was preceded onstage by fellow Texans the Moeller Brothers, both bands lending a similar southern blues rock sound… Continue reading Gary Clark Jr. brings the blues to the House of Blues
Musicians that decide to go the solo route, all by their looooooooooooooonesome, are deserving of respect just for the sake of displaying the confidence it takes to share their creativity and talents to make good things happen. Solo acts have to deal with huge expectations ranging from thousands of folks in a big venue looking… Continue reading Michael McFarland | A Failed Breakup | Review
Certain casual fans of the Creole Rock Granddaddy Jamband Little Feat may be under the false impression that the band’s true color died along with founding guitarist, singer, de-facto bandleader Lowell George in 1979. After all, the band’s Dixie Chicken (1973), Feats Don’t Fail Me Now (1975), and Time Loves A Hero (1977) albums were… Continue reading Paul Barrere & Fred Tackett | Cervantes Other Side | Review
Some things never change. It’s already out that Mazzy Star‘s Seasons of Your Day—their first album in some seventeen-odd years—is a lark’s call back to ’82 and the Paisley Underground, boasting the same beautiful shoegaze melodies behind She Hangs Brightly and So Tonight That I Might See that so endeared singer Hope Sandoval, guitarist David… Continue reading Mazzy Star | Paradise Rock Club | Boston, MA | 11/19/13 | Review
BIG Something sounds like Incubus and 311 had a baby and played moe. for the kid on repeat the whole time he was chilling in the womb—interesting offspring, to say the least.The six-piece is definitely a touring band at heart, and you catch the vibe early on that their self-titled player is a pretty accurate… Continue reading BIG Something | BIG Something | New Music Review
