Tag: local bands

After a year-long hiatus, the Friends House Concerts series has come back to life this fall. This weekend will see singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey return to the Upper Skyway-neighborhood house that has held more than 50 concerts during the past eight years. “I like being close to an audience,” Mulvey said. “I play a lot of…

Let’s imagine an alternate universe. Stay with me on this, I’ll make sense in a sec. In this universe, there’s a band called Edith Makes A Paperchain. They released an EP called” Tripping Down The Stairs,” which took off like a rocket thanks to their brilliant use of harmony, solid yet eclectic mix of bluegrass,…

Country musicians Trace Adkins and Martina McBride could be viewed as the odd couple with their Shine All Night Tour. Adkins’ albums offer a mix of funky country rock and softer contemplative tunes. McBride boasts soaring vocals, often with a pop flair, and straight-to-the-heart songs. But the odd mix works, and certainly worked well Thursday…

Jimmy Thackery is slowly making his way through the crowded room in the Crystola Bar and Grill toward the stage in relative anonymity. He can easily be mistaken for somebody’s uncle: amiable, chatting with a few friends, in no hurry to get anywhere. As he gets up on stage and pulls out his beat up…

DENVER – Walking through the cool crisp wet autumn air on Friday night as I was making my way toward the Fillmore auditorium, I couldn’t help but think of the parallel between the weather and the title of the new Black Crowes disc, Before the Frost…Until the Freeze.   It’s hard to put to words,…