By Jennifer Pund ROLLINSVILLE For a long as Cody Wales can remember, his mom, Mindy, has worked hard to support their family. Now that she has been diagnosed with lung cancer and had to stop working, Cody feels it’s his time to give back. The local drummer has organized the “Thanks for Giving: A Benefit … Continue reading
Win Tickets to Leftover Salmon’s Nov. 27 show on the MMAC Monthly Facebook Page beginning Nov. 7 BOULDER Looking back over the past 25 years of rootsy, string-based music, the impact of Leftover Salmon is impossible to deny. Formed in Boulder at the end of 1989, the Colorado slamgrass pioneers took their form of aggressive … Continue reading
By Jennifer Pund IDAHO SPRINGS KYGT in Clear Creek County, affectionately know as “the Goat,” is “community radio at it’s best,” according to Phyllis Adams, president of the station’s Board of Directors. This year, Clear Creek County’s only broadcast radio station is beginning a new program to raise money for the station featuring a membership … Continue reading
By Jeffrey V. Smith NEDERLAND Making music is a survival technique for Danny Shafer, and always has been. This personal form of healing has helped him withstand a series of life-changing events the past two years while producing a collection of songs more honest and heart-felt than ever. Shafer celebrates this new music and the … Continue reading
By Jeffrey V. Smith NEDERLAND Duane Trucks feels “lucky” to play music for a living. The fortunate ones, however, are audiences that get to experience the gifted drummer on stage. Despite his well-known legacy, the 26-year-old musician has prepared his entire life for the rewards he’s reaping now, and is doing his part to take … Continue reading
Loveland, CO: The 2015 installment of the ARISE Music Festival is set to kick off on August 7-9 at the scenic Sunrise Ranch in Loveland, CO. The three-day camping event will feature headlining performances with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, The Polish Ambassador, Emanicpator Ensemble, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Ozomatli, Trevor Hall, Rising Appalachia … Continue reading
LITTLETON – Plans have been brewing for months, and now two Colorado-born craftsmen are tuned up and ready for a unique silver anniversary celebration. Rock/bluegrass band Leftover Salmon and Breckenridge Brewery have each enjoyed twenty-five years of success. To commemorate this milestone they have joined forces to release a collaborative beer, packaged with twenty-five live … Continue reading
By Jeffrey V. Smith LOVELAND According to founder Paul Bassis, anyone attending ARISE is going to have a “full-body festival experience unlike any other anywhere in Colorado.” The annual ARISE Music Festival returns to Sunrise Ranch in Loveland, Aug. 7-9 to showcase an exciting and diverse music line-up or more than 100 acts, art installations, … Continue reading
By Jeffrey V. Smith FRONT RANGE Col. Bruce Hampton has a way of making musicians better. His surrealist, boundary-breaking approach to music, improvisation and life in general has a magical effect on those that play with the “father of jam bands.” Members of Phish, Widespread Panic, Blues Traveler, R.E.M. and The Grateful Dead, Derek Trucks, … Continue reading
By Jeffrey V. Smith IDAHO SPRINGS Clear Creek RapidGrass is rapidly becoming a significant festival on the Colorado summer circuit. What began as a small, downhome afternoon of acoustic music is growing into a major event attracting bluegrass fans from across the state and beyond. The annual event, now in its sixth year, is still … Continue reading
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