After Toad the Wet Sprocket (due at the Ogden Theatre on Saturday, November 22) started 25 years ago, the guys in the band eventually became reluctant rock stars, partly thanks to 1991’s Fear, which included the singles “Walk on the Water” and “All I Want.” But front man Glen Phillips…
Goosetown Tavern has a new owner: Chris Swank, who has a long history in Denver music. He’s taking over the bar from the Wynkoop Brewing Company, and he did a “low-key remodel,” adding a stage and sound system installed by Event Production Services in the back room where local bands…
JJ Grey, Anders Osborne, Marc Broussard and Luther Dickinson are currently touring as Southern Soul Assembly — but Dickinson notes that the emphasis should be on the “soul” rather than the “Southern” part of the name. The reason, he explains, is because everyone in the group draws from their wide-ranging…
The Colorado Music Hall of Fame is hosting an induction concert at the Paramount Theatre on Friday, January 9 with performances from original members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Poco and Firefall, as well a tribute to Stephen Stills/Manassas. The evening will feature video tributes, interviews with inductees, celebrity…
When David Fodel helped launch MediaLive two years ago, one of his goals for the performance-, workshop- and talk-filled symposium was to showcase artists who are exploring new forms of live audiovisual work. “These communities, they thread back into themselves,” Fodel explains. “It’s at these kinds of festivals that you…
When David Fodel was invited to help launch MediaLive two years ago, one of his goals for the performance-, workshop- and talk-filled symposium at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art was to showcase artists who are exploring new forms of live audiovisual work. This year’s three-day festival, which runs from…
Nickelback headlines Red Rocks on Monday, July 6 as part of its 61-city 2015 North American tour. The band’ seighth full-length studio disc, No Fixed Address, is due in stores and digitally next Tuesday, November 17. Tickets ($25-$99.50) go on sale on Saturday, November 15 at 10 a.m. Motion City…
As part of the 25th anniversary of his Keepin’ It Country Tour, Alan Jackson headlines Red Rocks on Sunday, May 17 with Jon Pardi and Brandy Clark opening the show. Tickets ($25-$79.50) go on sale on Friday, November 7 at 10 a.m. OK Go, who just released another insanely inventive…
Before Adrian Belew, who’s due at the Boulder Theater on Tuesday, November 4, performed and recorded with King Crimson, David Bowie and the Talking Heads, Nine Inch Nails and a slew of other artists, the adventurous guitarist spent a year working with Frank Zappa. Belew sees that year between 1977…
As part of its tour in support of Outlaw Gentleman & Shady Ladies, Volbeat will be at the 1STBANK Center on Friday, April 24 with Anthrax opening. Pre-sale tickets go live on Wednesday, October 29 while tickets for the general public go on sale on Friday, October 31 at 10…
Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, says the working title for his new book was Fifty Shades of the Twilight Cave Bear Wears Prada. In what became Beautiful You, he lampoons a few tropes from chick-lit and mommy porn. Palahniuk will be reading from the book on Tuesday, October 28…
Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, says the working title for his new book, Beautiful You, was Fifty Shades of the Twilight Cave Bear Wears Prada. In it, he lampoons a few tropes from chick-lit and mommy porn. Sure, there’s a nod to Fifty Shades of Grey in Beautiful You,…
As part of his first ever American arena tour, British singer-songwriter Sam Smith stops at the 1STBANK Center on Monday, January 26. Tickets ($35-$75) go on sale on Friday, October 24 at 10 a.m. A reunited Sleater-Kinney, who just announced its first new album in ten years is due in…
Last summer Yazoo BBQ Company owner Don Hines expanded his 700-square-foot spot at 2150 Broadway, which he opened fourteen years ago, to close to 5,000 square feet, adding to the kitchen and interior dining area, as well as building a patio and rooftop deck. About a month ago, Hines secured…
Decadence returns to the Colorado Convention Center for two-night New Year’s EDM extravaganza on Tuesday, December 30 and Wednesday, December 31 with Bassnectar, Big Gigantic, Armin Van Buuren, Kaskade and more acts to be announced. Two-day general admission passes, which start at $65, and VIP passes, which start at $135,…
About a year after Dan King and his business partners took over the Overlook Hotel in Boulder, bassist Mark Diamond started hosting weekly jazz jams in the back of the hotel’s restaurant, before there was a stage set up. Four months later, King started bringing in local and nationally known…
Since Jean-Philippe Failyau opened his first Park Burger location in Platt Park about five years ago, he’s opened a Park Burger in Highland, Park & Co. in Uptown, and a Park Burger in Hilltop. He’s scheduled to open his biggest location yet next month, at 2601 Walnut Street in the…
Two of the best jazz musicians Denver has ever produced, cornetist Ron Miles and guitarist Bill Frisell, are sitting across from each other at a table in the back corner of Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge’s showroom in mid-September. Last night, they both played here with guitarist Dale Bruning, Frisell’s mentor…
When guitarist Jeff Rady, who’s played with Strange Americans, Casey James Prestwood, Faceman and other local acts, started learning pedal steel, he noticed that a lot of the instructional videos and books out there were very antiquated. He says Winnie Winston’s or Scotty Moore’s books on pedal steel from the…
Neil Diamond, who’s set to release his new album, Melody Road, on October 21, stops at the Pepsi Center on Sunday, May 31 as part of his 2015 North American tour. Tickets for the general public go on sale on Monday, October 13 at www.livenation.com and through the Live Nation…
STS9 headlines the Fillmore Auditorium on New Year’s Eve, and tickets ($75) go on sale on Saturday, October 4 at 10 a.m. Jane’s Addiction will perform Nothing’s Shocking in its entirety and more songs at the Ogden Theatre on Wednesday, November 19. Tickets ($85) go on sale on Saturday, October…
Mark Turner is a dynamic and lucid jazz tenor saxophonist who’s been part of Billy Hart’s Quartet for a decade. He’s also been a member of Fly, the collaborative trio with the skilled bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard. But Turner, who will be at Dazzle on Saturday, September…
