Keller Williams rolled into Chicago a little early for his February 5th 2011 shows. He had to make time to get to the Chicago Children’s Museum, the American Girl Doll mega store, and all the while celebrating his birthday. His work day, if you can call it that, was a rigorous one. At the 2:30… Continue reading Keller & The Kids in Chicago | Park West
I left the Boulder Theater with both ears ringing thoroughly and my head in a satiated state of buzz, and in fact I was bone sober (as far as intoxicants are concerned). “We came here to get loud and be silly,” announced Rhett Miller, front-man for Old 97’s, to a packed house in on Thursday… Continue reading Hit by a Train — the Old 97’s in Boulder
PRAANG walked on stage around eleven o’clock and gave the audience a solid three hours of improvisatory jamming. I was difficult for me to distinguish one song from the next over the hours of endless dance music, but at some point around every ten to twenty minutes I would notice the main musical theme would… Continue reading PRAANG @ Quixote's | 1/22/2011
On January 24th, NYC witnessed its coldest day in six years with high forecasts for the day in low teens. While the city’s wiser residents spent their night coddled in sweaters and blankets, a select few decided to brave their way into Greenwich Village and attend Zinc Bar for a night of blood-tempering jazz and… Continue reading Beat Kaestli & Elizabeth Lohninger @ The Zinc
Steven Quiry’s new release Pretend is fantastic. I come to this conclusion through a long journey of criticism. At first, I see the name. Steven Quiry? What kind of rock star name is that? It’s no David Grey, Gordon Lightfoot, Warren Haynes, Bob Dylan, or Tom Waits. It doesn’t have that smooth panache sound. Steven… Continue reading Steven Quiry | Pretend | Review
My first interaction with a live music concert was in 1984 at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, where I saw the Victory tour as a young kid. I still remember it vividly to this day. My family and I had to park so far away from the stadium because it was so crowded, and we hiked… Continue reading Who’s bad? Michael Jackson comes to Boulder (sort of)
After tearing up Boulder, the Disco Biscuits moved their way a bit South to Denver before their big Mayan Holidaze gig in Mexico. Between their two shows at the Boulder Theater and their side bands shows at the Fox Theater, this state is starting to feel like the Biscuits hometown. After all, they keep hinting… Continue reading Disco Biscuits Mile High at the Ogden Theater
S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT, is the latest release from Akron/Family, the folksy, electronic madmen behind some of the greatest musical endeavors of the last five years. And this latest adventure, as the title might imply, is quite the undertaking. Originally a quartet hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Akron/Family has… Continue reading Akron/Family: S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT
My wife and I are both Deadheads. Neither of us gets out to shows as much as we used to now that we have a family, but a few years ago I bought her a Phil and Friends ticket for Christmas. She got to go to the show while I stayed home and watched the… Continue reading Jackie Greene | Fox Theater | Boulder, CO | 1/13/2011 | Review
I had never attended a live eTown radio show before, and didn’t know whether to expect a “Prairie Home Companion” type experience or a full-blown concert. What I found was the best of both worlds; insightful interviews intermixed with live music and an enthusiastic crowed. Keller Williams and the Keels opened the night shortly after… Continue reading Keller Williams & Marc Broussard | eTown
