Along the lines of Woody Guthrie‘s this Land Is Your Land, The Hollows came together from a few regions of the United States. Coming together at Hope College in Michigan, the band’s members have roots from the states of Illinois, New Jersey, Indiana, Michigan, Massachusetts, New York and North Carolina. With the mix of folks… Continue reading The Hollows | Neverending Show | Review
Sweet. Swirly. Pure. If you want to get with any of these words musically, Donna the Buffalo offers these sounds and feelings in each and every song. The band’s new album, Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday, drops 6/18/13 featuring founding members, songwriters and lead vocalists Jeb Puryear and Tara Nevins. Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday offers 14… Continue reading Donna the Buffalo | Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday | Review
I first discovered the Venezuelan dance-pop band Los Amigos Invisibles through their Grammy-winning 2009 album Commercial, which represented a conscious effort to reach out to a wider, more global audience than their previous work had attracted. As I listened through their discography, they quickly became one of my favorite bands. If you like funky, danceable… Continue reading Los Amigos Invisibles | Repeat After Me | Review
Portland’s Fruition stopped into Shine for a memorable night of strings and songs Friday night, boasting a Naropa vibe and an audience clutching craft brews and camaraderie. With a slot at Wakarusa on the near horizon, Fruition brought their northwestern bluegrass to the land locked Front Range and were met with general enthusiasm in what… Continue reading Fruition | Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place | 5/24/13 | Review
Get on the Bus! Pickin’ on the Poudre is the quintessential Mishawaka BOOMshakalaka! Awkward as that may seem to describe the Fort Collins bluegrass quartet Head for the Hills composed of Adam Kinghorn (Guitar), Michael Chappell (Mandolin), Joe Lessard (Fiddle), and Matt Loewen (Bass), it’s appropriate. For nine years, H4TH has blown away Cache la… Continue reading Pickin' On the Poudre | Head For The Hills | Drew Emmitt Trio
Few musical journeys spanned as long and varied as Jorma and Jack’s. As pioneers of the premier San Francisco electric sound with Jefferson Airplane, something else much bigger was meant to spawn and thrive for decades to come. Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady have held the foundations of their lifelong band and partnership Hot Tuna… Continue reading Hot Tuna Acoustic Ft. Steve Kimock | Boulder Theater | Review
When you bring a together a cast of musicians steeped in different backgrounds for the sole purpose of creating on-stage spontaneity, you have an improvisational outfit. The Everyone Orchestra, conducted by ringleader Matt Butler, is exactly that. The difference between your typical jam band and an improvisational outfit is that the latter shows up to… Continue reading Everyone Orchestra | Hodi's Half Note | Fort Collins, CO | Review
What more can one ask for than a night of great musicians and a good mix of country, rock and bluegrass? Probably not much except to have those musicians be the members of Grant Farm… and maybe include a special guest. Well, that was exactly what May, 2 was for those who went to the… Continue reading Grant Farm with Andy Thorn | Fox Theater | Boulder, CO | Review
The music scene in Asheville, NC has been thriving as of late; however, the “word is out” so to say, and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to stand out in the musical hotbed of the Carolinas. The Get Right Band has the entire puzzle pieces needed to do just that, and their new EP Shake demonstrates… Continue reading The Get Right Band | Shake | New Music Review
Studio album purists might have a sound argument when it comes to certain rock acts, but few Deadheads would ever argue that the quality of the Grateful Dead‘s studio work superseded their live recordings. Most of their studio albums we’re muddled down by the likes of Warner Brothers, big time L.A. record executives that wanted… Continue reading Grateful Dead | Dave's Picks Volume 6 | Review
