Wilco, who celebrated twenty years together last year, will headline Red Rocks on Tuesday, July 14. Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Steve Gunn opens. General admission and reserved tickets ($45.50-$65) go on sale on Friday, February 6 at 10 a.m. Darius Rucker, who slated to release his fourth studio album in March, brings…
Eck’s Saloon, long a haven for both local and national hard rock acts like Warrant, Quiet Riot, and Skid Row, recently closed. The Lakewood-based music venue and bar, once owned by Mike Bruno (who also used to own Iliff Park Saloon and Bruno’s Saloon) and which changed hands twice over…
Rush headlines the Pepsi Center on Saturday, July 11 as part of its 34-city 40th anniversary tour. Reserved tickets ($46-$126) go on sale on Friday, January 30 at 10 a.m. Also, exclusive Rush ticket packages are available vipnation.com. Ryan Adams’ Red Rocks show on Thursday, June 4is one of many…
Nearly 200 artists recorded recorded at Caribou Ranch, just outside of Nederland, throughout the ’70s and early ’80s. Starting with Joe Walsh’s 1972 debut solo album, Barnstorm, the ranch’s recording studio hosted some huge names in music, including Michael Jackson, the Beach Boys, Chicago, Frank Zappa, Billy Joel, Elton John…
“I’m stunned,” guitarist Bill Frisell said to a crowd of over 900 people. He was standing on the stage in the auditorium of East High School, from which he graduated in 1969. “I can’t believe this is happening. I used to have dreams like this. Really weird dreams too. I…
Stevie Wonder brings his Song of Life Performance tour to the Pepsi Center on Tuesday, March 17. Tickets ($39.50-$149.50) for the show, which is a live adaptation of his Songs in the Key of Life album, go on sale on Friday, January 23 at 10 a.m. The Disco Biscuits return…
The first time Bill Frisell played a jazz tune on guitar in public was at a talent show during his junior year at East High School, in 1967. He wasn’t even the featured performer; the school’s band director, Vincent Tagliavore, asked him to learn Wes Montgomery’s “Bumpin’ on Sunset” to…
Tweedy, which features Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy and his son Spencer, headline the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Saturday, March 28 in support of their debut, Sukierae, which was released last September on Wilco’s dBpm imprint. The first part of the show includes songs from the new album and Tweedy…
More than two decades ago, Chicago native John Burr opened Soundstructure Studios, which comprised ten rehearsal spaces and two apartments, at the corner of 30th and Walnut streets. In 2003, Burr built a building next door that housed fifteen more rehearsal studios, then decided he also wanted to incorporate a…
Infected Mushroom brings its new Animatronica stage production to the Ogden Theatre on Saturday, April 11. General admission tickets($28) go on sale on Friday, January 9 10 a.m. and there are limited number of early bird tickets available this weekend for $20. Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe returns to the Boulder…
Maybe you’ve seen the documentary on Anvil, the Canadian metal band that formed in 1978 and reportedly influenced bands like Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica. The Independent Spirit Award-winning documentary The Story of Anvil helped bring the band out of near obscurity after founding members Steve “Lips” Kudlow and Robb Reiner…
In early 2013, the D Note in Olde Town Arvada celebrated its tenth anniversary with a two-night party. The evening also marked the changing of hands of the restaurant/music venue, as Dave and Mernie Rosenberg bought the space from the DeGraff family. Now, nearly two years after taking over the…
After headlining the 1STBANK Center last month, Canadian EDM duo Adventure Club returns to the area on Friday, May 8 to play Red Rocks. General admission tickets ($39.95) and VIP tickets ($75) went on sale yesterday morning. Dada Life will be at the 1STBANK Center on Friday, March 13 as…
Iggy Azalea brings The Great Escape Tour to the Pepsi Center on Monday, April 27 with Nick Jonas as special guest and Tinashe and DJ Wizz Kidd as support acts. Tickets for the public go on sale on Friday, December 19 at 9 a.m. The Avett Brothers return to Red…
While studying jazz at the University of Northern Colorado, saxophonist Jared Atol and drummer Nick Spreigl, who also plays with Air Dubai, saw a lot students spending a good deal of time practicing and composing. Some would put still more time into recording albums, but then not doing anything with…
Gov’t Mule with guest guitarist John Scofield, who are set to release a new album in January, will be at the Ogden Theatre on Tuesday, February 24 as part of their 2015 winter Sco-Mule tour. Tickets ($43.50/$45) go on sale on Saturday, December 13 at 10 a.m. Joe Russo’s Almost…
When the subterranean club Wicked Garden opened in 2008 it felt like a New Orleans mansion with its darkly baroque decor, but after Corridor 44 owner Brian Siffermann took over the spot he gave it a significant makeover in decor and layout. Tonight, he’s opening it has the Crimson Room:…
After running Suite Two Hundred at 1427 Larimer Street in Larimer Square for six years, Lotus Clubs, which also runs Chloe and View House, has completely remodeled the space and is opening it as Vie tonight, December 5, with DJ Mike Magic and the VIE dancers. While the new club…
Joe Bonner was a brilliant jazz pianist who collaborated with some of the genre’s legends and developed a worldwide reputation for his moving style. He passed away in his sleep on November 20 from heart disease. Bonner moved to Colorado in 1976, when he was 28 years old. By then,…
After releasing Sonic Highways earlier this month and wrapping up the HBO documentary series of the same name that concludes this Friday, Foo Fighters head out on tour next summer and stop at Fiddler’s Green on Monday, August 17. Tickets ($42.50-$75) go on sale on Friday, December 5 at 10…
William Lewis Klug, who went by Willie Lewis, was best known as the founder of Rock-a-Billy Record Co., a Denver-based label that has released nearly forty 45 rpm rockabilly singles since 1982. But Lewis was also a fanatic, a gifted record collector and one of Colorado’s best rockabilly singers. He…
This year’s Global Dub Festival, which features Excision, Zomboy and other acts to be announced, is at Red Rocks on Friday, May 15, and tickets ($39.95) are on sale now. 420 in the Streets, which will be held on Welton Street outside of Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, will features Method Man…
