Sam Beam, aka Iron & Wine, played to a sold out audience on Saturday night at the Boulder Theater. Touring behind what is arguably one of the best albums of 2011, Kiss Each Other Clean, Beam and his ten member band led listeners on a romantic ride through the old and the new of the… Continue reading Iron & Wine | Boulder Theater | 6/3/2011 | Review
Town Mountain almost rocked the building strait off the mountain side when they played at the Gold Hill Inn last night. Before the show started I spoke to some people at the bar who said they had traveled all the way from Oklahoma that day to catch Town Mountain. This is the quintet’s first national… Continue reading Town Mountain at the Top of the Mountain
Although Orgone has not quite reached the mainstream or even become a household name in the jamband or funk scene, it will not be long until these scenarios happen for the powerful band from California. That is why I looked forward to this show since I first saw them on a tiny stage at last… Continue reading Orgone: The Little Known Funk Powerhouse
The time is finally here. The Disco Biscuits are back in Colorado to start the summer off once again. On Thursday night fans traveled from all over the country to the Ogden Theater in Denver for the first of two shows in the city leading up to Bisco Inferno, a day (or evening) festival at… Continue reading The Disco Biscuits | Ogden Theater | 5/26/11 | Review
It was a pretty quiet night on the hill in Boulder, CO at the Fox Theater, even though it was the beginning of the 1st annual Boulder Blues and Roots Summit Festival. This festival featured early shows at the Boulder Theater with guests like Leon Russell and Sheryl Crow, and concluded with late night shows… Continue reading Blues & Roots: Vieux Farka Toure w/ William Elliott Whitmore
Kenneth Pattengale & Joey Ryan of Milk Carton Kids have great talent and passion behind their soulful guitar picking and melodramatic story telling. Their songs remind you of a cool summer night relaxing under the stars while enjoying the company of your loved one. This duo has struck a chord with their “coming-of-age” bluegrass acoustic… Continue reading Wittingly Humorous & Teary-Eyed Emotions | The Milk Carton Kids
The Kuti family has made some of my favorite music for a long time now, and I am constantly amazed by how many people are unaware of not only Femi’s music, but his legendary father Fela’s music as well. The reason why I have noticed sounds silly, but I named my two kittens Fela and… Continue reading Femi Kuti's Positive Force in Boulder
I think it goes without saying that music, and experiencing a wide variety of it, is an important part of how I rate the quality of my life. There have been a number of artists and bands over the years that have caught my attention and captivation.. In each instance, the music was the beginning… Continue reading Kentucky Lasagne, Social Awareness, and a Master's Clinic on the Cello: Ben Sollee
Brooklyn’s Here We Go Magic led a Denver audience through a dream on Thursday night at the Larimer Lounge. Complete with gentle, spacey, sometimes poppy harmonies coming from seemingly distant sonic corners and joining up with layers of guitars, synth and drums; they achieved a certain density that rivals that of veterans like The Verve… Continue reading Here We Go Magic @ Larimer Lounge | 5/5/11 | Review
Hannah Field and her bongo bangin’ band recently released a fun new concept CD: music to be paired with food. Along with the CD comes a small vegan cookbook. To sample Hannah’s creative project I had some hungry music students over for dinner and jams. I picked a couple of Hannah’s many recipes to prepare,… Continue reading Music for the Soul and Stomach…
