Laura Goldhamer

Last Night...BDRMPPL, State Bird, The Tanukis, Mad Happy

Over the Weekend...Pee Pee, Paper Bird & New Denver Orchestra @ Mercury Cafe

Living Room Series Starts Tonight and Rock the Mike: The Freeman Benefit on Saturday

Paper Bird, the Autumn Film, Laura Goldhamer, Chuck Potashner & Rob Drabkin at the Oriental Theater

Paper Bird, The Autumn Film, Laura Goldhamer, Chuck Potashner, Rob DrabkinWednesday, November 26, 2008Oriental TheatreBetter than: The typical Thanksgiving birdThanksgiving Eve (that's a thing, right?) is always a good night to get out and have a little fun, unless maybe you're the one stuck cooking ... More >>

Rearview: The Week in Review (11/24/08-11/28/08)

Here's a guide to all the great content you might have missed this week while you were eating turkey, drinking heavily, watching football or the Sarah Palin video where the guy is slaughtering turkeys behind her. Just so happens that guy's half brother sings for Yerkish.

The Westword.com blog shortcut, February 17 edition

Photo by Claudia Lopez. It's that time again -- just like clockwork. Today in Backbeat Online: • The jukebox effect. • Former Break Mechanics MC, P.A.A.S., to step off the stage for good? • Whygee capitalizes on CMJ Chart placement. • Flier of the week: Laura Goldhamer at the Oriental Thea ... More >>

Week in Review: 2/16/09 - 2/20/09

All right, so we've reached the end of another work week in the Mile High City. While we can no longer brag about having the best selling band in the country, from what we can tell, Denver music is still on the minds and in the ears of at least a few prominent folks in what's left of the industry. T ... More >>

Brooks Center Arts Tea House Closing?

Photo by Eryc Eyl (click to enlarge)BDRMPPL performing at Brooks Center Arts: Underground Tea HouseI was very sad to hear that we might be losing last year's Best of Denver winner for Best Non-Conventional Venue. Laura Goldhamer, hyper-creative mastermind behind the diverse programming that happens ... More >>

The Pit and the Pendulum

Photo by Eryc Eyl (click to enlarge)BDRMPPL performing at Brooks Center Arts: Underground Tea HouseI was very sad to hear that we might be losing last year's Best of Denver winner for Best Non-Conventional Venue. Laura Goldhamer, hyper-creative mastermind behind the diverse programming that happens ... More >>

Westword Music Showcase 2007

Saturday, June 16

Over the weekend: Akron/Family at the Bluebird

​Akron/Family, Laura Goldhamer, Achille Lauro, Fellow Citizens Friday, Aug. 1, 2009 Bluebird Theater Better than: Attending an energetic, long-form tribal jam in the woods. Akron/Family had no problem translating their musical dynamic to a live setting. The group's extended, hook-based don't requ ... More >>

Zebra Junction closes up shop this evening

DanielK​After four albums, extensive touring and a decade together, Zebra Junction, who just took home honors at this year's Westword Music Showcase awards, will be playing its last show tonight in Golden at Parfet Park. Although the members intend to continue to collaborate and record music with ... More >>

Kenny Be's 2008 DNC Dream Days: One Year Later

Remember those five dreamy days last August when the 2008 Democratic National Convention made every Denver moment seem like magic? It's all such a daze. My, how things have changed.... ​ 2008 DNC Dream Daze: With 15,000 members of the media in town, journalists could be seen standing every te ... More >>

Different Stripes

Remember those five dreamy days last August when the 2008 Democratic National Convention made every Denver moment seem like magic? It's all such a daze. My, how things have changed.... ​ 2008 DNC Dream Daze: With 15,000 members of the media in town, journalists could be seen standing every te ... More >>

Join the hipster gypsy folk for live music and more at the Boulder Draft House

Remember those five dreamy days last August when the 2008 Democratic National Convention made every Denver moment seem like magic? It's all such a daze. My, how things have changed.... ​ 2008 DNC Dream Daze: With 15,000 members of the media in town, journalists could be seen standing every te ... More >>

’Tis the Season

Remember those five dreamy days last August when the 2008 Democratic National Convention made every Denver moment seem like magic? It's all such a daze. My, how things have changed.... ​ 2008 DNC Dream Daze: With 15,000 members of the media in town, journalists could be seen standing every te ... More >>

Back in the 'Hood

Remember those five dreamy days last August when the 2008 Democratic National Convention made every Denver moment seem like magic? It's all such a daze. My, how things have changed.... ​ 2008 DNC Dream Daze: With 15,000 members of the media in town, journalists could be seen standing every te ... More >>

This Just In: Rose Hill Drive to open for Jane's Addiction, second Nick Jonas show added

​After Boulder's Rose Hill Drive played Led Zeppelin II in its entirety at the Boulder Theater last New Year's Eve, the band took a year-long hiatus. The band members made quite a few announcements saying they needed some time off to re-focus. Even so, there was some speculation that the act had b ... More >>

Over the (long) weekend: Paper Bird, These United States, Dovekins at the hi-dive

A.H. GoldsteinPaper Bird​ Paper Bird, These United States, Dovekins Thursday, December 31, 2009 hi-dive Better than: Going to a New Year's concert that didn't feature kazoos and Jefferson Airplane covers. It was easy to overlook the elements of chaos that marked Paper Bird's New Year's set a ... More >>

This Just In: Black Eyed Peas, Ray Davies, Twiztid shows announced

​Quite a few shows announced this week that will be going on sale this weekend: The Black Eyed Peas, who just added another trio of Grammys to the three they already have, bring their E.N.D. World Tour to the Pepsi Center on Saturday, March 27. Ludacris and LMFAO open the show. Tickets for the tou ... More >>

Celebrate Artopia and Westword's newest MasterMinds

​Quite a few shows announced this week that will be going on sale this weekend: The Black Eyed Peas, who just added another trio of Grammys to the three they already have, bring their E.N.D. World Tour to the Pepsi Center on Saturday, March 27. Ludacris and LMFAO open the show. Tickets for the tou ... More >>

Patrick Dethlefs

Stays the Same
Long Spoon

Ladies' Night

Stays the Same
Long Spoon

Denver Does Denver at Meadowlark over the weekend

Eric GruneisenOblio's Arrow does Los Dos and the New American Ramblers at Denver Does Denver​ DENVER DOES DENVER 08.28.10 | Meadowlark view full slide show This second installment of Denver Does Denver took place on Saturday night at the Meadowlark, both upstairs and downstairs, as well in t ... More >>

Paper Bird at the Oriental, 12/31/10

A.H. Goldstein​ PAPER BIRD Dovekins • Pee Pee 12.31.10 | Oriental Theatre The New Year's Eve traditions on display at the Oriental Theater went beyond the noisemakers and the balloons. For the second year in a row, Paper Bird shared the bill with the Dovekins to ring in the New Year. The y ... More >>

Shenandoah Davis returns to Colorado for a trio of shows in Fort Collins, Boulder and Denver

​After graduating high school in Boulder and obtaining a bachelor's degree in music from UNC in Greeley, where she honed her piano and vocal skills, songwriter Shenandoah Davis moved to Seattle. That was nearly four years ago, and she's done anything but sit still since.

Shenandoah Davis at the Mercury, 01/08/11

Lance Stack​ SHENANDOAH DAVIS With Pee-Pee, Laura Goldhamer and Princess Music 01.08.11 | Mercury Cafe The Mercury Café was looking sexy on Saturday night. Candle-lit tables topped with roses, a swooping network of lights above, fine wines, hearty beers and delicious food, all coming togeth ... More >>

Westword welcomes its seventh class of MasterMinds

Lance Stack​ SHENANDOAH DAVIS With Pee-Pee, Laura Goldhamer and Princess Music 01.08.11 | Mercury Cafe The Mercury Café was looking sexy on Saturday night. Candle-lit tables topped with roses, a swooping network of lights above, fine wines, hearty beers and delicious food, all coming togeth ... More >>

Tonight: Sprout Down benefits organic urban farming

​When Meg Caley realized how much public land in Denver was going unused, she chose to take action. Along with James Hale and Chad Hagedorn, Caley helped found Sprout City Farms to use these empty spaces for something productive. "We thought, why don't we just put farms on that land and grow f ... More >>

Marshall LaCount of Dark Dark Dark on its aesthetic and the symbolism of water

Photo by Tod SeelieDark Dark Dark is wet wet wet​Although it's often referred to as a "chamber folk" band, Dark Dark Dark (due tonight at The Walnut Room and tomorrow, April 16, at Odd Fellows Hall in Boulder as part of Communikey) from Minneapolis is a horse of a different color. Yes, its sev ... More >>

Tonight: Dovekins at the Oriental

​Dovekins (due tonight at the Oriental tonight with Brethren Fast) is a hard band to pin down. The group employs bluegrass instrumentation, gospel-style singing and a little bit of psychedelic folk rock to create its own unique sound. Each member's contribution is key to making the group work ... More >>

2011 Westword Music Showcase: Backbeat scribes' travelogues

Every year, we enlist our Backbeat writers to host various stages at the Westword Music Showcase, and in addition to their emcee obligations, we ask them to pull double duty and write up the acts that appear on their individual stages. Click through to read travelogues from Thorin Klosowski, Ru John ... More >>

Patrick Dethlefs Daytrotter session released

Daytrotter​Moving to Colorado from Washington state just a few years ago, singer-songwriter Patrick Dethlefs has already nestled in with some good company -- Laura Goldhamer and the women of Paper Bird, to be exact. (Goldhamer was behind the recording of his 2010 debut, Stays the Same, while P ... More >>

Dovekins

(A)Live
Self-released