Brandi Carlile was born on June 1st, 1981 in Ravensdale, Washington, a rural town southeast of Seattle. She is self-taught on guitar, piano, and vocals and began singing country songs on stage when she was eight years old. Carlile began writing songs and playing guitar at age fifteen. After dropping out of high school to… Continue reading Brandi Carlile | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | 9/9/22
The time honored tradition of bands playing after Phish was alive and well in Denver, Colorado, as not one, but two bands kept the party going upon the conclusion of the Dick’s Sporting Good Stadium event at both Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom and Cervantes Other Side last Friday night. The larger room hosted a Prince Tribute… Continue reading Purple Party: A Tribute To Prince and Dogs in a Pile | Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom | 9/2/2022
Goth music fans descended on the majestic YouTube Theater for a rare performance by electronic music pioneers Soft Cell. Along with a handful of other experimental pioneers in the genre, like Gary Numan and Depeche Mode, Soft Cell helped create the music that would become the soundtrack of the 1980’s new wave dance music genre.… Continue reading Soft Cell | YouTube Theater | 8/24/22
Tuesday, Roger Waters brought his This Is Not A Drill tour to the Mile High City and gave the 19,000 in attendance just what they were looking for: two sets of amazing music, eye candy, epiphanies, and floating farm animals. Covering material that spanned his career, including deep cuts from Pink Floyd and solo material,… Continue reading Roger Waters | Ball Arena | 9/6/22
For many, Labor Day weekend always means a three-day weekend for the hard working, but for the jamband community, it always means Phish is going to blow minds and melt faces just outside the Mile High City. Although this staple has been reenacted now eleven times since 2011, this year got a little something extra:… Continue reading Phish | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | 9/1/22
Rising Appalachia has certainly put their mark on Appalachian Folk Music. They have curated these traditional folk roots with other musical cultures that span the globe. Their ambitious creativity, exceptional musical craftsmanship, and highly independent personalities has yielded them world wide appeal and massive respect in the music industry. They march to the beat of… Continue reading Rising Appalachia + Big Richard | New Belgium Brewing | 9/1/22
One of the last surviving members of the Triumvirate of American Funk Godfathers, George Clinton, brought an army of Funk-inspired musicians to the new YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California. Along with James Brown and Sly Stone, the 82-year-old Clinton is considered one of the founders of the Funk music genre. The concert was the final… Continue reading George Clinton Leads Monumental Jam at the new YouTube Theater in Hollywood Park
Monday night, Chris and Rich Robinson brought their southern rock and roll swagger back to Red Rocks Amphitheatre for the third time in a year. Playing exactly to the date of the opening two-night stand at Red Rocks last year on the Shake Your Money Maker 30th Anniversary Tour, the band once again gave it… Continue reading The Black Crowes | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | 8/29/22
Dead Floyd is an important part of today’s musical landscape. They are a one-of-a-kind band much like their predecessors the Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd. Dead Floyd recreates the music and magic of these two magnificent bands by combining them together in one wild musical adventure of historic, adventurous mind-bending joy. They present an explosive… Continue reading Dead Floyd | The Mishawaka | 8/26/22
“No matter where you’re from, all that you can do, is live in love; that’s enough,” Susan Tedeschi sang on August 23 in “Take Me As I Am,” a heartwarming ballad from the Tedeschi-Trucks Band’s new “I Am the Moon” four-album (and associated movies) bundle. Their exhilarating show at the venerable 3,800-or-so-capacity Sacramento Memorial Auditorium… Continue reading Tedeschi Trucks Band + Los Lobos | Memorial Auditorium | 8/23/22
