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Wilco – September 14th – Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Estimated read time 4 min read

It’s always a treat to catch Wilco anywhere, but Red Rocks (or “Rust Rocks” as Jeff Tweedy said was a little more appropriate) makes it that much more special. With the incomparable Margo Price handling opening duties, this was an incredible night on The Rocks!

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Rocky Mountain Folks Fest – August 17th, 18th, 19th – Planet Bluegrass

Estimated read time 8 min read

As families we all have our traditions and, whether it’s opening presents on Christmas Eve, driving to the cabin every summer, or making pancakes on Sunday morning, these traditions are what define our lives and give us those memories that last a lifetime. For our family, one of those traditions is our annual August pilgrimage to Lyons for the Rocky Mountain Folks Fest. Though it’s been twelve years some thing remain the same; the beer is cold, the music is amazing, and the river water cools the blood in minutes.

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Wilco – July 14th – Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Estimated read time 3 min read

Though the forecasts leading into the night were for thunderstorms and rain for much of the evening, aside from a brief shower early in the night, nothing of significance ever materialized. Instead what the nearly sold-out crowd got was a night of damn near perfect weather as the clouds parted and allowed Jeff Tweedy and Wilco to strut their stuff in front of legions of Denver’s music connoisseurs as they proved that, even after twenty years in the business, they are still absolutely at the top of their game.

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Pops Staples – “Don’t Lose This”

Estimated read time 2 min read

One of the coolest albums of 2015 so far also has one of the coolest stories behind it. Before Roebuck “Pops” Staples, the patriarch of the iconic Staples Singers, passed away in 2000, he gave his daughter Mavis a record which contained “Pops” singing and playing guitar. While in his final days, “Pops” told Mavis to look after the record he recorded, telling Mavis, “Please don’t lose this.”

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Jeff Tweedy – December 5th – Paramount Theatre

Estimated read time 4 min read

Breath rose from shivering bones lined out the front doors of the historic Paramount Theatre last Thursday night. Fans emerged from beneath hats, scarves, and heavy coats as they entered from the zero degree tundra of 16th Street. Thursday night stripped away the guitar magic of Nels Cline and percussive poetry of Glenn Kotche and presented a grand opportunity to hear the songs of one of folk music’s most evolving musicians in the way they were written – just a man and his guitar.

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PICK OF THE WEEK: JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Larimer Lounge – Friday March 22nd

Estimated read time 2 min read

What does post-punk soul look like? Six and a half feet of raw emotion and sweat, with one leather boot planted in gutsy R&B, the other in taut minimalist grind. Snarling at the crowd beneath an afro pompadour, while indulging in a sly wink, singing to you directly, and here to make you dance. What does post-punk soul look like? It looks like JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound.

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Wilco’s Nels Cline Talks “The Art of Almost” and The Band’s Two Night Run At Red Rocks

Estimated read time 12 min read

Listen Up Denver! got to sit down with Cline as the band was in the midst of their spring tour. He had just crawled out of his bunk on a tour bus in southern Alabama and was sipping coffee as he stared out the window at the band’s crew playing football outside. For the most part, Cline is a regular guy, with regular problems and bills to pay just like the rest of us. The difference is, he pays those bills by playing guitar in Wilco.

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Weir, Robinson, Greene Trio – June 2nd – The Boulder Theater

Estimated read time 5 min read

When the Weir Robinson Greene Trio rolled through the front range for three dates that kicked off on Saturday night in Boulder, it was not only a Deadheads dream come true, but also dream come true for fans of The Black Crowes, Chris Robinson, Jackie Greene, and the other projects these three great musicians have been involved in over the years. The three men came together with a shared for Folk, Blues, and the deeply rooted traditions of American music and their setlists proved that as they didn’t repeat a song over the course of six sets of music.

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JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – April 6th – The Larimer Lounge

Estimated read time 6 min read

The Larimer Lounge was the hot spot in town on Friday night because JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound were in town. These guys hail from Chicago and have created unique blend of Soul, R&B, and Post-Punk that is 100% pure adrenaline fueled dance music. If the puddles of sweat, flying hair, and looks of pure ecstatic joy on the faces of everyone in the room are any indicator, their sound strikes a chord with the soul and almost demands you move.