Just looking at them, the five members making up the current line up of 1970’s band Head East may look like a bunch of older guys with long hair and guitars. Get them plugged in and playing though, and they give a performance just as impressive and rocking as ever before. The audience collected at… Continue reading Good Time on Stage Shows Head East Slowing Down No Time Fast
It may have been a weeknight, but I saw that as no reason to stay in. Anytime of any day or night is a good time for rock and roll, but last Thursday was a particularly noteworthy occasion. One of the most exciting guitarists around was in town at the Fox Theatre, and I wasn’t… Continue reading North Mississippi Allstars & Hill Country Revue: A Family Affair at the Fox
Marco Benevento is smiling. Do you know why? Is it the thought of his infant daughter? Perhaps the continual climb upward he has made in his career since bursting onto the scene in the late 90’s? Or maybe it’s the culmination of his most recent musical phase, the release of Me Not Me, which gave… Continue reading Marco Benevento | Me Not Me | Review
An historic transition is underway in the music industry. The digital age is causing the rapidly occurring obsolescence of solid-state media – records, CDs, and the like – right before our eyes. It’s sink or swim time for the recording industry and artists alike: either get on board and innovate your marketing for the 21st… Continue reading Umphrey's McGee Unleash the Fury at the Boulder Theater
After a month of 25 and 35 below temperatures, North Dakota was treated to a tropical warm up of monstrous musical proportions. Last weekend, the Hub Entertainment Complex hosted an all day indoor festival on two stages: The intimate Cadillac Ranch stage and the bigger, more open Venue stage. Starting at 4 pm, eleven egional… Continue reading Old Man Winter Blues & Brew Fest Heats Up the Frozen North
They started in a Jamaican town originally established to house refugees of an earthquake. Today they are the most influential reggae act of the 21st century, responsible for shaking up the scene with their conscious-raising sound. The Wailers held a rocksteady rager at the Fox Theater on Saturday, where the island spirit was fully felt… Continue reading The Wailers | Fox Theater | 1/10/2009
As the thermometer’s mercury spends more of its time below freezing than above, I have a warm spot inside as, in my imagination, I concoct endless paths that Phish may take on their summer tour following the recently announced dates in June. Perhaps all the rumors of the phearsome phorsome headlining Bonnaroo Inc. are just… Continue reading Mike Gordon | The Higher Ground | 12/30/2008
Most tribute bands fall short of capturing the true essence of their musical pioneer predecessors. Rocky Mountain Grateful Dead Revue, a cosmic conglomerate of members of Shakedown Street and Dark Star Orchestra’s Rob Eaton, reform the very art of imitation. They weave an intricate, improvisational aural tapestry that diehard Dead fans wholeheartedly wrap themselves in.… Continue reading The Rocky Mountain Grateful Dead Revue
Picture this: it’s the night before the New Year and throngs of revelers in all stages of anticipation are moving on downtown Boulder. Some of us are eager to put the shit behind us and start anew, others of us are ready to step it up a notch and make the next year even better,… Continue reading New Years Eve: Zeppelin Reborn as Rose Hill Drive
With one of the biggest food and family holidays only a few days behind us, and the always-rowdy student population on hiatus until early January, Downtown Boulder was a quiet place to be on December 28. The scene was atypical, and I felt out of place as one of only about three people on the… Continue reading Turbine Rumbles in the Red Fish
