This Wednesday, July 1st, will mark an important one year point for Fort Collins band Tickle Me Pink. Just short of twelve months ago on this date in 2008, Tickle Me Pink were to celebrate the release of their first album on Indie label Wind-Up Records, but instead found themselves alongside many fans mourning the… Continue reading Tickle Me Pink Infuses Audience with Fixed Liveliness
The day Michael Jackson died was a particularly beautiful one, here in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Blue skies, just enough clouds, and uncharacteristically low humidity greeted the audience along with the stunning natural scenery of the Ginter Botanical Gardens, in Richmond, Virginia. Arriving early to set up audio taping gear, we noted that the pre-show… Continue reading Michael Jackson & Mr. Miyagi: Umphrey's McGee at Ginter Botanical Gardens
On Sunday, the Boulder Theater simmered with genuine blues bravado, the kind that clings to the air with an intoxicating presence. The source of this beautifully hazy down-home sound came in the form of guitarist and vocalist Robert Cray. This velvet-voiced musician has earned the approval and praise of Eric Clapton, Diana Ross and Tina… Continue reading Robert Cray at the Boulder Theater
Going back to my high school days growing up in Iowa, I specifically remember the first time I heard Phish. I was with a group of friends (guys I am still in touch with today) riding around on a hot summer day on our way to what had become almost a daily sand volleyball session. A buddy popped in… Continue reading Phish Close Tour at Alpine Valley
Truly integrating two disparate musical genres into a third doesn’t occur all that often. And when it does, it’s often lopsided in favor of one genre – over another. It’s unbalanced, and noticeably so. But when an organic musical marriage does happen, it can be like dynamite. Happily, such is the case for Asheville, North… Continue reading Toubab Krewe | Brown’s Island | 6/26/2009
On Friday June 12, at around 9:25 I walked into Ashkenaz on San Pablo Ave, in Berkeley, to the sounds of the Dead Guise playing their opening set of acoustic Grateful Dead covers, in a style similar to the Grateful Dead’s early 80’s acoustic albums Reckoning and Dead Set. The members of Dead Guise include… Continue reading Live Dead & Dead Guise Jam Into the Night At Ashkenaz
It sounds like the soundtrack to life’s meaningful pilgrimages and spiritual awakenings. The tripified, glitchy melodic beats that Shpongle produces also could easily be, what I would imagine, fills the brain of artist Alex Grey on a daily basis. On Friday, the Fox appeared like a pre-Burning Man Ritual— where furry boot refugees from the… Continue reading Utterly Shpongled in Boulder
Festival season started early this year. Well, early for Colorado. Last Saturday The Disco Biscuits and a cavalcade of friends and like-minded musicians brought the ruckus to Red Rocks Amphitheater for an all-night non-stop mini-festival of epic proportions. If that sounds like an overstatement, perhaps it is. Although technically not a festival – the word… Continue reading Red Rocks Burns in the Bisco Inferno
Spring is in the air, and its time to get outside. The outdoor music scene is just starting to kick in to high gear. If you’re anything like me, your calendar is filling up fast with festival dates, bar-b-ques, and all manner of fun-in-the-sun distractions. You’ve already called in sick to about half the summer… Continue reading Bisco Inferno to light up the Rocks this weekend!
They weren’t the biggest band back in the late 60’s and 70’s, yet Grand Funk Railroad did meet their prime with top singles such as “We’re an American Band” and “I’m Your Captain/Closer to Home.” Forty years later the band still comes through town on the occasional tour, but as Saturday’s concert at Elitch Gardens… Continue reading Grand Funk Railroad Running Out of Track but Continue to Rock Summer Family Fun
