Tag: music
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Pikes Pick: MJ Lenderman’s new album a quiet masterpiece
The end-of-year lists have spoken: MJ Lenderman’s new album is one of 2024’s best. With “Manning Fireworks,” the singer-songwriter does what great ones do: He finds the profound in the mundane. — Seth Boster, The Gazette
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Boot Barn Hall to get new name, partners after 5-year run
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After a five-year run, Boot Barn has gotten the boot at a live music venue and event center on Colorado Springs’ north side. Boot Barn Hall at Bourbon Brothers, named for the Western apparel retailer, is being rebranded as the Phil Long Music Hall at…
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Boot Barn Hall to get new name, partners after 5-year run
After a five-year run, Boot Barn has gotten the boot at a live music venue and event center on Colorado Springs’ north side. Boot Barn Hall at Bourbon Brothers, named for the Western apparel retailer, is being rebranded as the Phil Long Music Hall at Bourbon Brothers under a new naming rights deal announced Wednesday…
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra set to bring unique holiday rock opera to Colorado Springs
Trans-Siberian Orchestra is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its rock opera “The Lost Christmas Eve” this holiday season on a tour that’s now sold 20 million tickets and, in doing so, surpassed more than $20 million in charity donations. Those numbers — 20 million tickets sold in 20 years — would seem to be impossible…
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Pikes Pick: Don’t miss this singer-songwriter coming to Colorado Springs
With his guitar and storytelling, Jeffrey Martin forces you to sit and think. Oskar Blues’ cozy basement seems the perfect place (118 N. Tejon St.). Martin is scheduled for Nov. 9; tickets $25 at jeffreymartinmusic.com — Seth Boster, The Gazette
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New noise mitigation steps being considered at Ford Amphitheater
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade said Friday the city is continuing to work with the owner of the new Ford Amphitheater, who outlined additional noise-mitigation efforts being explored to address concerns of nearby residents — some of whom have complained bitterly about noise from the outdoor venue’s concerts since it opened in August. The mayor’s office…
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Pikes Pick: The wait ends for new Bon Iver music
I’ve waited five years for a new album from Bon Iver. It’s fitting the wait ends in the fall, a reflective time of year for music that puts you in a reflective state of mind. Welcome, “SABLE.” — Seth Boster, The Gazette
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Christian music star Zach Williams bringing popular act to Colorado Springs
With his latest release, “A Hundred Highways,” Zach Williams feels he has made the kind of album he’s always wanted to have in his catalog. “I wanted this record to sound as true to my roots and as true to the music that I grew up on as anything I’ve put out,” Williams said in…
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Kansas, in its 50th year as a band, to perform this week in Colorado Springs
Fifty years have seen the band Kansas travel a winding path that has included periods of major success, lulls in the band’s popularity, the arrivals and departures of multiple band members, a long span of time where Kansas didn’t make new music and, most recently, a return to making new albums. Through it all, guitarist…
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Grammy Award-winning group Los Lobos set to perform in Colorado Springs
Heading into 2020, Los Lobos had signed a new deal with New West Records, which meant it was time to go to work on a new album. “Normally, we take two months or so off out of the touring schedule to focus on the record,” saxophonist/keyboardist Steve Berlin said in a phone interview. “The writers…