A great performance by Lake Street Dive at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, Colorado on Aug. 20, 2017, including (from left) Michael Olson, Rachael Price and Michael Calabrese.
After spending more than 25 years in the newspaper business (including the now-defunct Rocky Mountain News in Denver), Michael Bialas enjoys taking an online approach to his work. A writer, editor, amateur photographer and former college football player, he primarily has covered sports throughout his career. Among the games he enjoys playing now, though, are reviewing and writing about music, movies, TV and other activities that sometimes don't require a ball.
A great performance by Lake Street Dive at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, Colorado on Aug. 20, 2017, including (from left) Michael Olson, Rachael Price and Michael Calabrese.
The Dave Rawlings Machine (including a happy Gillian Welch) perform at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, Colorado on Aug. 20, 2017.
Brittany Haas and Willie Watson of Dave Rawlings Machine perform at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, Colorado on Aug. 20, 2017.
Brittany Haas and Dave Rawlings of Dave Rawlings Machine perform at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, Colorado on Aug. 20, 2017.
The Wailin’ Jennys (from left) Heather Masse, Nicky Mehta and Ruth Moody.
Nicky Mehta was an established singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and already a local favorite in 2001 when she released her first solo album Weather Vane, earning a Canadian Independent Music Award nomination in 2002. Yet Mehta had never received the […]
Ellin Rosenthal really knows how to throw a House Party. Especially when the invited guests are treated to 90 minutes of spirited live music, personal revelations and sneak previews presented by three rising stars known as the Accidentals. The talented […]
It was the final night of the tour and Tift Merritt was tired, end-of-the-dirt road tired. Maybe there was more than a practical reason for the North Carolina-raised singer-songwriter to request having the stage lights turned down after her opening number. Was […]
Shortly after meeting in 2006, singer-songwriters Eleanor Whitmore and Chris Masterson began hitting the road together to begin a series of wild rides, misadventures and fantastic journeys as “pilgrims of the interstate.” On May 19, the husband-and-wife duo currently based […]
Jade Jackson, a sweet, soft-spoken singer-songwriter from a small town near the Central California coast, digs punk rock and traditional country music, possesses a voice that’s both sultry and earthy, was a wallflower at her senior prom and still works in her […]
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