Colorado newgrass icons Drew Emmitt and Bill Nershi break away from their well-known respective groups, Leftover Salmon and String Cheese Incident, and return to their roots to form an exciting project that melds original bluegrass standards with progressive jamgrass flavors. With an excellent supporting cast in tow, this album is a must-own for any fan of the string band… Continue reading Emmitt-Nershi Band | New Country Blues | Review
What do you get when a band known for their funky grooves decides to pair up with a soul soldier to recreate the hip-shaking magic of a legendary posse? Pure perfection. A few days shy of Halloween, the Motet, along with guest Gail Muldrow who lent her blistering guitar and vocal skills to Sly and… Continue reading The Motet | Fox Theater | 10/29/09 | Review
Denver is a Broncos town. When they play everything else takes a backseat. With the Broncos playing on Monday night, I did not expect Holiday Shores to draw much of a crowd for their show. Deservedly so, they had a bigger crowd than I anticipated. By the end of the night, they were far more… Continue reading Holiday Shores | Hi-Dive | Denver, CO
T Bird and The Breaks were walking the lady killer beat pre-show Friday (November 6) night. Of the nine members of the band some were prancing the approximately 30 feet by 60 feet downstairs of Stubbs in anticipation, while others were getting loose with mixed drinks, MGD and billiards. The somewhat uneasy mood instantly dissipated… Continue reading T Bird & the Breaks | 10/6/09 | Stubbs | Austin, TX | Review
Live Dead were quite the frequenters of the Starry Plough in the Spring and early parts of the summer of 2009. During a short hiatus away from Berkeley the band toured other parts of California such as South Lake Tahoe, Eureka, and the famous Brookdale Lodge in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It was wonderful to… Continue reading Live Dead | The Starry Plough | 10/10/09
Cornmeal returned to the Canopy Club in Urbana, Illinois for their second straight Halloween performance. This year they brought along special guests The Bridge and Zmick. Zmick kicked off the festivities at 8:30 p.m. on the lobby stage; the quartet came out dressed as The Village People. This was my first live experience with Zmick… Continue reading Cornmeal Halloween Bash | Review
Legendary jazz-funk bassist Meshell Ndegeocello recently brought her band to Boulder Theater in support of her new album, Devil’s Halo – a show totally unlike the one I expected (more on that in a minute). It was a cold and overcast day, which in Boulder tends to seriously cut into ticket sales; but by the… Continue reading Meshell Ndegeocello | Boulder Theater | Review
Any Questions? If you have not been to a David Bazan show, you might be caught a little off guard when he solicits questions from the audience. His show with Say Hi at the Hi-Dive was reminiscent of the times I have seen him in the past. He answered questions, joked around and eliminated any… Continue reading David Bazan & Say Hi | Hi-Dive | Denver
Describe them anyway you want; whether it be glitch, trance, trip-hop, ambient, dub-step, or electronica. The fact remains that the explosive improvisational duo known as EOTO are just plain badass. Multi-instrumentalists and sometimes String Cheese Incident members Jason Hann and Michael Travis continue to explore the universe and conquer galaxies with their house-pounding beats and cosmic… Continue reading EOTO Fire Their Lazers in Denver
Bob Dylan still rocking a place like the Greek Theater in 2009? Anyone who would stated that to be possible in the late sixties would have others thinking it to be very unlikely. By the late sixties Dylan had crashed his motorcycle badly and had turned into a recluse poet, shying away from the claims… Continue reading Bob Dylan | Greek Theatre | 10/11/09 | Review
