The show began with opening act The Radical Dads, a trio that rocked Webster Hall with a big sound despite their lack of a bassist. With two guitarists and drummer, Robbie Guertin, who also played the keyboards in headlining act, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Radical Dads achieved a sophisticated sound that drew on… Continue reading Waters & Radical Dads | Webster Hall | New York City
A Rastafarian and a Hasidic Jew walk into a bar… It’s not the setup for a punch line, it’s just another night at a Matisyahu show. Where else can we go to see Yamakas and Dreadlocks in the same place? The fusion of the two cultures is everywhere at a Matisyahu show, and a huge… Continue reading Matisyahu | Boulder Theater | 12/15/2011 | Review | Photos
FACE Vocal Band is a Boulder-based, six-man a cappella group featuring Jayson Throckmorton, Forest Kelly, Mark Megibow, Ben Lunstad, Stephen Ross, and Ryan Driver. All six versatile performers share the spotlight equally and take turns performing lead vocals. The group achieved national fame in 2009 when they were featured on the NBC Show ‘The Sing-Off.’… Continue reading FACE Vocal Band | Boulder Theater | 12/14/11 | Review | Photos
One of the most apparent struggles for the “core four” surviving members of the late Grateful Dead is how to follow up a musical career without going about continuing the music of their previous band. And as we all know, calling Grateful Dead a “band” is simply a misstatement. It was a way of life.… Continue reading Mickey Hart | Fox Theater | Boulder, CO | 12/9/2011
Going to a Trace Bundy show is like going to a family dinner that you actually want to be at. The first time I listened to Trace Bundy’s music was in college. A friend had a copy of his “Adapt” CD and I used to play it when I needed to relax. This was the… Continue reading Trace Bundy | Boulder Theater | 12/10/11
Every Phish fan has their favorite year of the band’s long and storied career, and will argue to the death why they feel that specific year stands as the group’s greatest. For some it’s the feisty year of 1993, or the energetic and explosive 1994 tour, and some will even argue that the tight yet loosely woven shows of… Continue reading Phish: Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 | Review
It had been way to long since I last saw Leftover Salmon play together as a band. I recall the last time, way back in 2004, driving to the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in upstate New York, destined to see the band play as a festival headliner in one of their final gigs before ‘hiatus’.… Continue reading Leftover Salmon Dished Out After Thanksgiving Turkey
Do you know that feeling of wonder and amazement when you return home from a long road trip? The rotating miles still in your head mixed with the relief of stability and security are a sensation hard to translate into words. The hometown Thanksgiving show of Umphrey’s McGee and Cornmeal recreated that feeling for me. … Continue reading Umphrey's McGee & Cornmeal | Aragorn Ballroom | 11/26/11
In a recent interview, Billy Nershi, guitar player, lyricist, and vocalist for Colorado’s String Cheese Incident said this of his band’s musical style: “It’s very hard to describe [our sound] in musical terms because there are so many styles we play on any give night. I guess I think of it as if each night… Continue reading String Cheese Incident Live at the Fabulous Fox Theatre | 11/26/11
With a guy like Stephen Stills, an icon of 60s folk rock and roll, you can’t help but wonder how the passing of time might figure in to a live performance. Decades after his heyday, Stills still came in with his A-game at the Ogden Theater in Denver on Sunday. Perhaps he couldn’t hit all… Continue reading Stephen Stills | Ogden Theatre | 11/13/2011 | Review
