Email Author Jon Solomon

2007 Stories by Jon Solomon

• Eric McFadden Trio

  published May 17, 2007

  The Eric McFadden Trio could just be the Band of Gypsys for the new millennium, a fact not lost on McFadden, who not only borrowed a few tricks... More >>

• This Just In...

  published May 10, 2007

  New Belgium Brewing company, those fine folks up in Fort Collins who make Fat Tire Amber Ale and other Belgian-inspired beers, have opened a new... More >>

• YACHT

  published May 10, 2007

  Jona Bechtolt is the David Blaine of laptop pop. No, really. Dude is a card-carrying member of the Society of American Magicians. A bona fide... More >>

• Drive-By Truckers

  published May 10, 2007

  In the span of about two weeks, Patterson Hood got divorced, had his car stolen and watched the band he started with Mike Cooley, Adam's House... More >>

• This Just In...

  published May 3, 2007

  I know this librarian who once met Tom Waits. She told me one of his favorite books was Really the Blues, which then, of course, quickly... More >>

• Kristeen Young

  published May 3, 2007

  You gotta hand it to a gal who calls her record Breasticles. Not entirely sure what she was shooting for there, but we're guessing it's... More >>

• Soulive

  published May 3, 2007

  Personally, I just can't stand doing the same thing all the time," says Soulive drummer Alan Evans. "And all of us feel the same way. I think a... More >>

• This Just In...

  published April 26, 2007

  One of the things that truly sucks about going to a concert, especially on Colfax, is trying to find parking. Hell, you spend half the show just... More >>

• Joel Harrison's End Time Quintet

  published April 26, 2007

  On Harbor, Joel Harrison's latest effort, it's evident that the guitarist's compositional scope reaches as wide as his technical prowess.... More >>

• Books on Tape

  published April 26, 2007

  Paul de Jong and Nick Zammuto formed the Books in 2000, shortly after being introduced by a friend. The two were drawn together by their mutual... More >>

• This Just In...

  published April 19, 2007

  It's funny how the most trivial things can get a guy pumped up. For a dude who spends a lot of time in dives, a Thursday night in a country bar... More >>

• Ari Hoenig Punk Bop Trio

  published April 19, 2007

  Ari Hoenig may be an explosive, heavy-handed madman on a drum kit, but he's equally at home swinging lightly on a ballad or plunging into the... More >>

• Billy Martin & John Medeski

  published April 12, 2007

  Billy Martin & John Medeski, Mago (Amulet). These guys have been meaning to make a duet record since they first jammed nearly twenty... More >>

• Greyboy's Anatomy

  published April 12, 2007

  The Greyboy Allstars first came together in 1993 for the release of DJ Greyboy's Freestylin'. Greyboy (aka Andreas Stevens) wanted to have... More >>

• This Just In...

  published April 5, 2007

  If Skip Reeves had his way, Denver would be one city under a groove. The self-proclaimed Funktologist is pumping the funk back into the Mile High... More >>

• Menomena

  published April 5, 2007

  Menomena's music is supposedly synthetic in origin. The Portland trio reportedly composes many of its songs on looping software created by one of... More >>

• John Scofield

  published April 5, 2007

  John Scofield's never been one to settle in any particular musical style. While he always comes back to bop in one way or another, the chameleonic... More >>

• This Just In...

  published March 22, 2007

  There's a good chance the Lord of Word is on his way to becoming the Lord of Dance. And, no, we're not talking some Riverdance bullshit. You see,... More >>

• The Thermals

  published March 22, 2007

  The cover art of the Thermals' latest, The Body, the Blood, the Machine, demands a close look. The intriguing collage features Jesus with a... More >>

• JJ Grey & MOFRO

  published March 22, 2007

  Country Ghetto, JJ Grey & MOFRO's latest effort, is like a musical postcard from the South. On the front is a collage of pictures -- Otis... More >>

• This Just In...

  published March 15, 2007

  All right, dig it: It's a Saturday night. I'm at Club Boca (1521 Marion Street) for Disintegration, the club's weekly goth night. As I walk... More >>

• The White Barons

  published March 15, 2007

  A Russ Meyer girl on steroids, platinum blond and inked from head to toe, Miss Eva von Slut is a whole lotta woman. In a corset, she's got enough... More >>

• Pasquini's

  published March 8, 2007

  Josh Polk knows a thing or two about punk. As the drummer in Whiskey Kiss, he's well acquainted with the notion that it takes little more than... More >>

• Kurt Elling

  published March 8, 2007

  Evidently, seven is Kurt Elling's lucky number. The jazz singer has seven Grammy nominations under his belt and has earned nods from Downbeat as... More >>

• Ralph Alessi

  published March 8, 2007

  Ralph Alessi's latest effort, Look, is his most accessible work to date. A bit of a departure for the trumpeter, the album -- which also features... More >>