After five years of writing and some one-off performances, Jeff Austin (Yonder Mountain String Band) and Brendan Bayliss (Umphrey’s McGee) have finally released an album under their group moniker 30DB titled One Man Show. And the wait was worth it. With an excellent supporting cast in tow, these two jam veterans have created a unique project with… Continue reading 30db | One Man Show | Review
The Avett Brothers played a pair of sold out shows at the Boulder Theater this week, and they brought fellow North Carolina country rockers Truth and Salvage Co. with them. The Tuesday show, on the 20th day of the 4th month, was a happy little accident for our fair city, who likes to get extremely… Continue reading Truth and Salvage Co. open sold-out shows for Avett Bros.
In 1939, at the age of 13, a precocious and aspiring trumpet player in a high school band was criticized mid-song for playing with too much vibrato. The band teacher had stopped the song short to deliver a message to the trumpeter that he would never forget: He told the boy that he had to… Continue reading Lotus | Boulder Theater | 4/16/2010 | Review
The release of Boredom Springs Anew from Apoc comes just as the flowers bloom. This hip hop act cannot seem to stay put to any single location. Apoc releases tendrils to each place he blooms; he is more like a vine than any flower or houseplant. When I first met we were both observing the… Continue reading Apoc | Boredom Springs Anew | Review
Martin Sexton will be playing with the Ryan Montbleau band, his band, for a string of dates beginning today, 4/15/10 until Bonnaroo Music Festival June 10th down in Manchester, TN. After Bonnaroo, he’ll be joining forces with the Dave Matthews Band until he winds down his tour at the end of summer. What can you… Continue reading Around the world with Martin Sexton…
“Boulder, CO, Fox Theatre. Giant Panda at 9. JBB at 10. TK at 11:30. Bring your dancing attire, dr.” Not the most clear posting on Twitter, perhaps, but for fans of Toubab Krewe–the “TK” in the tweet–the message was rather plain. Thursday’s show was going to be one with jams so moving, you had better… Continue reading Africa in the Americas Through a Southern Band
The Giving Tree Band came through Colorado on their way to the SXSW Festival down in Austin. On the Tuesday afternoon in March that they came through Boulder they played an early set at the Draft House and then another set over at the Topo Ranch Organic Cotton Clothing Store. In support of their new… Continue reading The Giving Tree Band | Draft House | Boulder, CO
About 6 years ago I had a weekly ritual, a tradition, a privilege, a party I attended. Every Wednesday night I would head on down to Halsted St. in Chicago and pack myself into Griffin’s Public House to see Cornmeal for free. It is hard to imagine seeing them for free these days. In 2006,… Continue reading Cornmeal | Live in Chicago, Vol. 1 | Review
It was another jam-packed night outside the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. You would have thought you were seeing Furthur on New Year’s Eve 2009 all over again. It was just about impossible to get into line outside the arena as there were so many people walking up and down the cordons with… Continue reading Live At The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Phil Lesh's Birthday
The physical requirement of playing live music leaves little room for musicians to keep performing past a certain age. Although a handful of timeless artists such as Buddy Guy, BB King, The Rolling Stones, and Paul McCartney have been able to defy the limits of time, it goes to say that most careers decline past middle… Continue reading Maceo Parker | Cervantes | Denver, CO | 3/12/2010 | Review
