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November 14, 2008MP3 Freeloader: Mama
Today is Chris Barber's birthday, and to celebrate, he'll be in full-on Velvet Elvis form tonight at the Skylark. Should be a doozy. The Spiv frontman hasn't channeled The King in a while -- tearing his achilles tendon this past January slowed him down a bit. Anyhow, he's back and to commemorate the ... More >>
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January 14, 2009More Class of 2009 picks
In the print edition of this week's paper, I saluted the Class of 2009, artists that I think are worth keeping an eye on in the coming year. After the jump, as promised, here's a few more picks. This list has become something of an annual tradition around here. So if you missed it, here were the act ... More >>
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January 29, 2009Flier of the week: Minor Authority at the Gothic
Considering the frequent hosannas tossed in the direction of old-school, hand-drawn fliers, it should come as no surprise that the flier this week that flipped our wigs was one that we stumbled across from Minor Authority touting a gig at the Gothic this past August. The primitive lettering and penc ... More >>
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January 29, 2009Mama's debut set to drop in March
Photo: Don Cudney Still don't know if Mama will ever perform live, but we've finally gotten a release date for its recorded debut. Bayoutopia, the album containing the songs that we've been raving about endlessly since last November when we first heard the demos, is slated for release on Tuesday, Ma ... More >>
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February 25, 2009Today's Night & Day featured event: Newsflash -- Elvis is alive and kickin' at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret
Okay, it's not the actual born-in-1935, died-in-1977 king-of-rock-and-roll Elvis Presley. Instead, it's the next best thing: Velvet Elvis, aka Chris Barber. And at 8 p.m. every Wednesday night in February, he's lived at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe Street, where he shakes his pelvis ... More >>
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March 24, 2005Best Elvis Impersonator
Okay, it's not the actual born-in-1935, died-in-1977 king-of-rock-and-roll Elvis Presley. Instead, it's the next best thing: Velvet Elvis, aka Chris Barber. And at 8 p.m. every Wednesday night in February, he's lived at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe Street, where he shakes his pelvis ... More >>
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February 5, 2009Burnin' Love
Okay, it's not the actual born-in-1935, died-in-1977 king-of-rock-and-roll Elvis Presley. Instead, it's the next best thing: Velvet Elvis, aka Chris Barber. And at 8 p.m. every Wednesday night in February, he's lived at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe Street, where he shakes his pelvis ... More >>
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December 18, 2008I'll Have a Blue Christmas
Okay, it's not the actual born-in-1935, died-in-1977 king-of-rock-and-roll Elvis Presley. Instead, it's the next best thing: Velvet Elvis, aka Chris Barber. And at 8 p.m. every Wednesday night in February, he's lived at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe Street, where he shakes his pelvis ... More >>
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November 1, 2007Hail to the King
Okay, it's not the actual born-in-1935, died-in-1977 king-of-rock-and-roll Elvis Presley. Instead, it's the next best thing: Velvet Elvis, aka Chris Barber. And at 8 p.m. every Wednesday night in February, he's lived at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe Street, where he shakes his pelvis ... More >>
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May 17, 2007Hot Fun in the Summertime
Readers sound off on the Westword Music Showcase.
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June 23, 2005Westword Music Showcase 2005
Readers sound off on the Westword Music Showcase.
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July 30, 2009Today's Featured Event: Escape to summertime indoors with the Velvet Elvis
Velvet Elvis shakes his pelvis at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret.At one point in his life, Elvis Presley wanted nothing more than to be taken seriously as an actor. And although that never happened for the King, he did create his own genre of film -- although the genre died when he did; you can' ... More >>
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October 15, 2009Freeloader: Brand new tracks from Mama
Although Mama has still (frustratingly) yet to play live with the lineup that recorded the excellent Bayoutopia, the ferocious hard rock act fronted by the inimitable Jeff Leonetti (aka Leonomadic), is reportedly hard at work on a new album. The record, Toxikinesis, takes its name from the superh ... More >>
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November 19, 2009Hearsay bits: Mama signs distribution deal with Steve Vai's Digital Nations imprint and more
Mama mia!: Mama, the outfit led by frontman Jeff Leonetti and Jonny Barber (aka Chris Barber, frontman of Spiv and the Velvet Elvis), has signed a distribution deal with Steve Vai's Digital Nations imprint. The label, an offshoot of Vai's Favored Nations, will handle worldwide distribution of Bay ... More >>
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December 29, 2009More picks from Moovers and Shakers 2009
In this week's issue, as we do every year around this time, we published our annual Moovers and Shakers list and talked about how much the scene is thriving. In a testament to just how much the scene is thriving these days, we didn't have room to print all the write-ups of our favorite local ... More >>
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