Listen Up Denver!

In case you aren’t already aware, SoulFax Sessions are a weekly FREE music night at Park House on Thursdays and on April 25th, we featured Tori Pater, Jonathan Meadows and Mark Levi of The Congress and Dan Schwindt of Kyle Hollingsworth Band and The Motet. Everybody in Denver knows the weekend starts on Thursday, and Listen Up Denver! and Park House are providing Denver the perfect excuse to sweat, sin, shimmy and shake their way into the weekend!

Andy Palmer has worn many hats and walked many roads as he followed the paths that have provided him with deep subject matter for the poetic lyrics on his second full length album ‘Hazard of the Die.’ Although a guitar has always remained by his side, Palmer spent years with other pursuits in the forefront. Whether he was guiding a raft down a river, steering a courtroom as a public defender, or navigating the inner workings of the mind while, Palmer’s experiences are invaluable when it comes to his songwriting.

It’s been decades since the Southern California sun first breathed life into the Americana-laced rock of acts like The Byrds, The Eagles, Poco, and Jackson Brown in the late ’60s and ’70s. While there has been resurgence of that sound in recent years, one L.A. band has emerged head and shoulders above the rest to carry on the legacy that McGuinn, Henley, Frey, Brown and others helped to define. That band is Dawes.

Larimer Lounge was swarming with people for Daughter’s sold-out Monday night show last week. A younger crowd sporting flannels and peasant dresses, many with “X’s” marked on their hands, filled in around the small stage creating an exciting and intimate ambiance. Elana Tonra’s voice was just as hauntingly beautiful as it is on the record. What you hear is what you get, only with much more emotion. Overall, Daughter’s performance was poignant, evocative, and simply beautiful.