It was another really cold night in Boulder after night one of an amazing five-night run tradition in the band’s hometown venue, the fabulous Boulder Theater. This band has grown so much in the last decade, and they deserve all the success that they achieve. About fifteen years ago, I was searching for a band… Continue reading Yonder Mountain String Band | Boulder Theater | 12/28/2013
The smiles come on strong instantly with the beginning of this album entertaining the possibility of dinner with alien visitors in “The Martians”. It keeps up the pace exclaiming the obvious in “Epic Action” as the alien visitation is unfolding. There is a good sense of musicianship in the composition helping keep the interest piqued… Continue reading Rog & Glenn | Martians | New Music Review
Yonder Mountain String Band graced us again this holiday season with a five night run at Boulder Theater. Each night featured a different master musician as a guest for the entire show, and on the third night, December 29, Jerry Douglas, the dobro virtuoso, was our guest star. The first few songs, I felt as… Continue reading Yonder Mountain String Band | Boulder Theater | 12/29/2013
In 2012 String Cheese Incident threw their first ever New Years Eve Celebration in Colorado. It was a grand event that left Colorado fans hopeful for another hometown showdown. After a heavy festival and summer tour schedule, few fans expected Cheese, who plays more occasionally now than their rigorous touring of the 2000s, to play… Continue reading String Cheese Incident | 1st Bank Center | 12/31/2013 | Review
Rowdy, raucous, and filled to the brim. That’s how Lawrence, KS rings in a new year. Split Lip Rayfield killed it with a sold-out show at The Bottleneck for New Year’s Eve joined by Granny Tweed and The Sunflower Colonels. With plenty of champagne to go around and barely any standing room, navigating this crowd… Continue reading Split Lip Rayfield | The Bottleneck | Lawrence, KS | NYE | Review
The String Cheese Incident celebrated its 20th anniversary as a Boulder band during a three-day New Year’s Eve run at the 1st Bank Center. Out of all the big name jambands that got their start in the ’80s and ’90s, I can say with certitude that SCI has evolved the most from its incipient incarnation.… Continue reading String Cheese Incident | 1st Bank Center | 12/29/2013 | Review
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
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
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
