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Margo Price – February 21st – Bluebird Theater

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Margo Price has earned her place as one of the most buzzworthy independent country music stars to emerge in the last few years. Late last year, she released her second record on Jack White’s Third Man Records, has played just about every TV show you can imagine, and has been universally praised, often by places that tend to overlook Country Music. Her current tour includes three nights at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium and The Bluebird here in Denver.

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Denver Writes Talks With Austin Young About His Sound, His Influences, and His Heroes

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Earlier this week we published a feature article on how Listen Up Denver! is teaming up with Denver Writes and Amp The Cause for a series of interviews profiling several of the artists scheduled to perform at the Denver Day of Rock on Saturday, May 23rd. For the first piece in this series, ten year old Clary Reichley got to sit down with local Blues guitarist Austin Young to talk about his sound, his influences, and his heroes.

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First Aid Kit – November 18th – Ogden Theatre

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Sister-led Swedish folk-country band First Aid Kit sold-out the Ogden Theatre last Tuesday in their first ever headlining appearance in Denver. The well-mannered audience was a reflection of the stage – young women in the front and older folks in back. The short, but noteworthy hour and fifteen minute set that followed was a melding of aging influences and gorgeous young voices.

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Noah Gundersen – October 19th – Bluebird Theater

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A line of flannel clad college-aged kids stretched down the sidewalk in front of the Bluebird last Sunday night for Indie-Folk artist Noah Gundersen. The line didn’t end up being indicative of a sold-out show though, and there was room to traverse the venue without spilling your drink. The young audience was respectful and some of the most affecting moments of the night were supported by the dead silence in the room as Noah Gundersen expertly tapped into the emotions of every person in the room.

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Pokey LaFarge with Shovels & Rope – September 18th – eTown Hall

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Last week a pair of up and coming Americana acts, Pokey LaFarge and his band The South City Three, and Shovels & Rope, joined forces in eTown to deliver an evening of fantastic music in the new eTown Hall. While the venue is still a work in progress, both groups were tight as they ran through swinging originals in their own sets and a great cover of Chuck Berry’s “30 Days” to wrap up the night together. eTown was the place to be last Tuesday!

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Pokey LaFarge Talks Jack White, Boardwalk Empire, and More

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Pokey LaFarge and his band, the South City Three, have the distinctive ability to take a listener’s ear by surprise and turn them into an instant fan. Nobody is doing Roots music quite like they are, and people have been taking notice. In the past two years Pokey and the boys have appeared on stages big and small across the country and Listen Up Denver! recently had the opportunity to sit down with the man behind some of the most unique and exciting Americana music out there today.

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Jack White – August 8th – Red Rocks Amphitheatre

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The internets were buzzing last week when Rock & Roll Bluesman Jack White was rumored to be playing a secret show somewhere in Denver. The word finally came down and Facebook exploded giving fans only 15 minutes to get over to a service station somewhere on West Colfax for the impromptu performance. While only a few hundred folks made it out to that show, Red Rocks was packed on Wednesday evening when the pale skinned and heavy hearted Bluesman took the stage with an all female backing band.

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A Big Break At SxSW May Have Changed Everything For The Ben Miller Band

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For The Ben Miller Band 2011 was filled with both heartache and hope. In May, a devastating tornado hit their hometown of Joplin, MO. The Ben Miller Band was on the road at the time but returned quickly to find Joplin obliterated. Listen Up Denver! got to catch up with Ben Miller, and although he recounted some of the devastation, what we mostly talked about was all the good that happened last year.