Tag: music
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Army vet builds Nashville alternative for Mountain West country artists
Colorado singer-songwriter and guitar slinger Michael Swett may live in Colorado Springs, but his roots run deep in the South. Born and raised in North Carolina, he soaked in the country-infused southern rock sounds of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blackfoot and Marshall Tucker. After years playing hard rock and metal, Swett returned to his musical roots when…
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Colorado Springs-area brew festivals offer many reasons to rejoice
Colorado Springs-area beer lovers will have much to rejoice about this weekend as two brew festivals will offer a wide variety of beverages from dozens of local breweries and wineries. On Friday, the Dead Man’s Brewfest returns to Colorado Springs for its seventh straight year. The event, held at Weidner Field, promises hand-selected beers, wines…
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Pikes Pick: Bluegrass music fest coming to Colorado Springs’ west side
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Bikes, beer and bluegrass. Sound good? Head over to Buffalo Grass, the festival set for Oct. 3-5 at Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort on Colorado Springs’ west side. Tickets starting at $40 at bicycleresort.com/buffalograss. — Seth…
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The Dip set to open for The Red Clay Strays at Ford Amphitheater
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When the members of The Dip started recording in their Seattle studio nearly a decade ago, they had no idea that they would go on to earn rave reviews, play large festivals and score the No. 1 spot on Billboard magazine’s R&B Album chart. Along…
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band Chicago set for show in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Averaging 80 to 100 shows each year, Chicago is out supporting the recently released “Chicago at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C. (9/ 16/71),” a four-LP/three-CD set encompassing that historic gig. And while that show occurred 54 years ago, it…
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Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame celebrates local talent at annual awards festival
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jeff Goodwin told the owner of Dirty Dogs Roadhouse in Golden that he had a band — before he actually had a band. “I played a solo set, and the owner there asked me a…
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Reggae-rock band Slightly Stoopid set for show at Ford Amphitheater
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When guitarists/singers Miles Doughty and Kyle McDonald started Slightly Stoopid in 1994, they were out front of a second generation of bands that wanted to build on the reggae-rock sound that was starting to take hold thanks to the success of groups such as Sublime,…
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Pikes Pick: Swing over to Jazz in the Garden in downtown Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A perfect way to end the week: with jazz on green, tranquil grounds overlooked by a historic church tower in downtown Colorado Springs. This Friday, Aug. 8 and Aug. 22 are next in the Jazz…
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Dirty Heads promises to play the hits in Colorado Springs show this weekend
Dustin “Duddy B” Bushnell learned a TikTok lesson awhile back when the Dirty Heads’ 2017 song “Vacation” became a viral sensation. The guitarist/co-lead vocalist for the California reggae-influenced alt rock band thought nothing of it when he learned that a TikTok influencer had revived the #VacationTransition” that got the song its first exposure on the…
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Country stars Brandy Clark, Mary Chapin Carpenter set to play at Pikes Peak Center Thursday
Brandy Clark long has been a lauded pen among Nashville’s ink well, landing hits with chart toppers such as Kacey Musgraves and Miranda Lambert (among others) while also handily stepping out front with her own records woven from classic country music clarity and contemporary heart-on-the-sleeve fearlessness. On her self-titled fourth album, Clark is as powerful…