Bela Karoli has been in Helmet Room Studio working on the follow-up to band's outstanding debut, Furnished Rooms. Tentatively titled, Digital Sixes, the album will feature members Julie Davis (vocals, bass), Brigid McAuliffe
(accordion, vocals), Carrie Beeder (violin, cello) and James Han
(keyboards), as well as some help from cellist/singer Ian Cooke and possibly Nathaniel Rateliff of Born in the Flood and the Wheel. The band's December 6 show at the Gothic Theatre with Everything Absent or
Dis
If you get out to see live music in Denver, chances are that you've seen James Han perform. The soft-spoken, unassuming keyboardist regularly provides the tinkling shimmer of piano and the haunting murmur of organ for Bela Karoli, the Wheel and Recess, and occasionally appears with other acts as well. His tasteful, tuneful presence always adds beauty and complexity, without ever being flashy or taking focus away from shining stars like Bela Karoli's Julie Davis or the Wheel's Nathaniel Ratelif
After teaming up for a successful three-night run in New York City last year, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood announced an exclusive fourteen-city U.S. tour that stops at the Pepsi Center on Sunday, June 21. They'll each play their own solo hits as well as perform tunes by Blind Faith, an outfit the pair formed in 1969. Elsewhere, Pennywise and Pepper will come to the Fillmore on Friday, April 17, as part of the Jagermeister Music Tour 2009, and the Faint returns to the Ogden Theatre Tuesday, M
Due to illness, tonight's Airborne Toxic Event show at the Bluebird Theater will be postponed until Wednesday, April 15 at the Ogden Theatre. All tickets to the Bluebird show will be honored and refunds are available at point of purchase. Henry Clay People, who were supposed to open the show tonight, will perform a free show tonight at 9 p.m. at the Larimer Lounge as part of Matt Fecher's New Music Mondays. Sarah Levin, Julie Davis of Bela Karoli and Esme Patterson of Paper Bird will be spinnin
Aaron ThackeraySee more photos from Curious Theatre at westword.com/slideshow.Elin Palmer, 12 p.m.Overcoming technical difficulties and an initially cumbersome stage setup (the stage manager had to find room for a drum riser amid the creative and complicated set -- including a desk, a bed and a road -- for Curious Theatre's latest production, 26 Miles), Denver's most luminous Swedish singer-songwriter wowed an early crowd with her unique instrumentation, bilingual vocals and guileless stage
Julie Davis of Bela Karoli (A.H. Goldstein)​Last night, the four-day UMS festival wrapped, and most of our crew made it out for at least part of the fest. And while we rarely agree on anything, we're all pretty much in agreement that Danielle Ate the Sandwich absolutely stole the show with one of the breakout performances of the fest. Other highlights included Boba Fett and the Americans guerilla style marching band performances outside the Skylark and hi-dive on a drizzly Saturday night, whic
​Houses, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Joseph Pope III
Friday, Aug. 7
Meadowlark
Better than: The other performances I've seen from the same three acts.
Houses' schedule has been demanding lately. The group's ambitious goal
for the year -- to release four separate EPs, each bearing the name of a
separate season and each touting a unique sound and structure - has
translated into a seemingly nonstop schedule of writing, recording and
performing. Happily, any toll from the group's ambitious project
