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2012 Stories by Jon Solomon

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  Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

  published Feb 07, 2012

  Here's what's hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring the Shins, James Taylor and Explosions in the Sky were announced; In the Whale, Tennis and FaceMan go... More >>

• Grizzly Rose/KYGO nominated for Academy of Country Music awards

  published Feb 06, 2012

  Last week, nominations for the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards were announced, and Denver got a few nods. The 40,000 square-foot Grizzly Rose, which has been the city's premier country bar... More >>

• David Amram: "Playing jazz reminds me all the time of how important every note is, every person is, every situation is"

  published Feb 03, 2012

  David Amram, who will perform at the Neal Cassady birthday tonight at the Mercury Cafe and tomorrow night at Dazzle, shared a close connection with Cassady, Jack Kerouac and other Beats, while also be... More >>

• Global Dub Festival coming to Red Rocks

  published Jan 30, 2012

  British dubstep producer Flux Pavilion (aka Joshua Steele), one of the founders of Circus Records, and his cohort Doctor P headline the Global Dub Festival at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Friday, May 18.... More >>

• Lyle Lovett, Amos Lee, Randy Newman to headline Folks Festival

  published Jan 30, 2012

  Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, Amos Lee, Randy Newman and Kasey Chambers are just a few of the artists who are part of the preliminary line-up of the 22nd Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, which ru... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers add second 1STBANK Center show on April 18

  published Jan 30, 2012

  Anyone who didn't snag tickets for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers show on April 19 at the 1STBANK Center will get another chance as AEG just announced a second show on Wednesday, April 18. Tickets ($49... More >>

• Miranda Lambert coming to 1STBANK Center

  published Jan 30, 2012

  Miranda Lambert, two-time Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year, will be at the 1STBANK Center on Saturday, March 17 in support of her latest effort, Four the Record, which was release... More >>

• Review: The Reverend Horton Heat at the Odgen, 1/28/12

  published Jan 29, 2012

  THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT @ OGDEN THEATRE | 1/28/12 Just in case anyone forgot how long the Reverend Horton Heat has been around, he reminded everyone during the first 45 minutes of his show the Ogd... More >>

• Rockaway Tavern's future no longer up in the air

  published Jan 25, 2012

  Last month, Kris Sieger told us that future of Rockaway Tavern was up in the air, and that he was looking for potential investors and might even be up for selling the place. Looks like Sieger, who ope... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Janet Feder: "Imagine somebody steals a guitar like that, and they're sort of dismayed to open up the case and find out it's a freak."

  published Jan 25, 2012

  While guitarist Janet Feder has made a number of instrumental recordings, she sings on most of the songs on her latest effort, the fittingly titled Songs With Words, slated for release tonight at the ... More >>

• Lola Black

  published January 26, 2012

  Even though Lola Black's lineup includes former members of Blister 66, Snapstick Dynomite and the Eight Bucks Experiment, the band's new... More >>

• Rob Lanphier adds the HandleBar to the Pour Kids group

  published January 26, 2012

  Rob Lanphier split off from B.U.F.F. Brothers, which owns several taverns in the metro area, and started a new company last fall: Pour Kids.... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Bad Weather California premieres new video from Sunkissed

  published Jan 24, 2012

  Since the guys in Bad Weather California each have busy lives and work at different times, it's hard enough for them to find time to get together for an hour to practice, let alone make a music video.... More >>

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  Review: Wilco at the Fillmore, 1/19/12

  published Jan 20, 2012

  WILCO @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 1/19/12 "I'd like to thank the Fillmore for having us back," Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy told a capacity crowd last night. "It's a pretty sweet joint you got here. It's... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Mo's closed for good, and Rex Lounge closes for renovations

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Couple of recent closures to let you know about, one that's more permanent than the other. First up: Mo's, the bar at 1037 Broadway, has gone dark after a two-year-plus run. "It's been a long run an... More >>

• Last call for Music Bar and Gabor's

  published January 19, 2012

  Two legendary bars went dark the first week of 2012. Music Bar, which has been around since the late 1940s and most recently was known... More >>

• Finnders & Youngberg

  published January 19, 2012

  From FY5 tracks "Red Mountain Pass" and "Sing a Lonesome Song," it's clear that Finnders & Youngberg is equally at home with... More >>

• Oak Tavern launches weekly live music series

  published Jan 13, 2012

  Next Friday, January 20, Oak Tavern is launching All Access Fridays, a new weekly live music series in which bands will be filmed for PBS/Free Speech TV's show 303 All Access. The show will focus on u... More >>

• Eric Erhardt

  published January 12, 2012

  Having performed professionally for more than two decades with Ken Peplowski, the Artie Shaw Orchestra, the Stylistics and a number of Broadway... More >>

• Greg Garrison's Improvised Roots Series mixes Denver's best improvisers with national greats

  published January 12, 2012

  As a founding member of the Punch Brothers and bassist for Leftover Salmon for the past decade, Greg Garrison undoubtedly knows his way around... More >>

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  Music Bar, karaoke haven on Tennyson, closed

  published Jan 10, 2012

  Music Bar, a Denver landmark of sorts that opened in 1937, has closed. Jeffery Laws, of Universal Lending Corporation, says the owner of the bar for the past nine years didn't renew the lease. Renowne... More >>

• Chimney Choir

  published January 5, 2012

  On Chimney Choir's debut EP — titled (feather) and graced with a block-print feather graphic on the cover — the trio offered... More >>