I referred to The Coloradas recent release as “an Americana genre masterpiece” and I still stand by that statement to this day. There is something about the simplicity of these recordings that really strikes a chord with me. The songwriting […]
Your 2013 BIG RED Recognition Choices are… This process was cut from the fabric of this music community. Your peers and fans nominated you (the musician) and you put out the word for those same people to cast their opinion […]
Mesi Bondye Thank you God, look how misery has ended for us. Thank you God, look what nature has brought for us. Rain has fallen, corn has grown. All the hungry children are going to eat. Lets do the ibo […]
The world’s first and best-known so-called rock opera also probably ranks among the world’s most frequently reissued albums. First released as a double LP in May 1969, the Who’s Tommy has since reappeared literally dozens of times on assorted deluxe, […]
Though unrelated by blood, three men named King were arguably the most influential blues guitarists of the past sixty years. Such luminaries as Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Carlos Santana all credit the Kings as being major influences on their […]
The Lone Bellow was literally in the middle of a stunning performance at the Bluebird Theater in Denver on the first day of December, gripping an audience in the cramped but energized room with tunes that went from exuberant to […]
I’ve had a long list running since the summer and found it being added it to at least monthly as 2013 has seen some inspiring new music as well as a treasure or two from the vaults of history. Given […]
Last summer Bob Weir arranged a concert at his TRI studies to celebtrae what would have been Jerry Garcia’s 70th birthday. The webcast was reviewed at the time by Jim Moulton (founder of the ND Grateful Dead group). In October […]
It is hard to believe that this coming February it will have been 55 years since the “day the music died” as Don McLean eulogized in “American Pie”. It was on the night of February 2, 1959 that the ill-fated […]
The Davide Recchia Trio never plays it safe. If the creative success of their latest album Perfect Equipose is to be summarized, that is largely the reason. Guitarist/composer Recchia, bassist Yuri Goloubev, and drummer Alberto Girardi walk unafraid, exploring the […]
