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Eric Low Talks Fox Street’s New Album & Gives A Music History Lesson To Aspiring 10 And 7 Year Old Writers

Estimated read time 11 min read

Fox Street boasts a big, soulful Rock n’ Roll sound laced with three-part harmonies, screaming guitars, soulful sax, and a devastatingly funky rhythm section. Eric Low met up with brother and sister duo Rowan (age 10) and Felix (age 7 ¾) Hillhouse to discuss how the band got it’s name, their new album dropping August 1st, and which musicians have influenced him the most.

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LoHi Music Festival Brings Kyle Hollingsworth, The New Mastersounds, Toubab Krewe & More To Denver This Weekend!

Estimated read time 6 min read

The Third Annual LoHi Music Festival is set for this Saturday, June 15th, outside Highland Tap & Burger at 32nd and Vallejo St in Denver, with some late-night music moving over to Cervantes’. With two stages, and eight solid hours of foot-stompin’, groovin’ & pickin’ tunes, Denver music-lovers should be prepared for for the best of what Denver’s music scene has to offer.

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Marco Benevento – January 19th – Quixote’s True Blue

Estimated read time 7 min read

Imagine you are sitting at a poker table in an old west saloon. Marco Benevento is playing piano. Eyes around the table twitch, the all-night girls beckon from the balconies, hands slide uneasily over six shooters under the table. When someone is caught cheating the table is upended, poker chips and whiskey fly through the air, Benevento’s thunderous riff comes in signaling the hero to run for his horse tethered outside and ride through the desert. Get ready for a wild ride!

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Megafaun Combines A Host Of Influences For A Rich Folk Sound

Estimated read time 3 min read

Six years ago, the band DeYarmond Edison called it quits. They had moved from Eau Claire, Wisc., to Raleigh, N.C. together a few years earlier; but that strong southern sun must have cast a different light on the paths in front of them. The group’s vocalist and guitarist, Justin Vernon, headed back to the woods of Wisconsin, while brothers Phil and Brad Cook decided to keep pickin’ in the pines along with drummer Joe Westerlund. The Tar Heel trio declared themselves Megafaun, while Justin Vernon went on to form Bon Iver.

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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey – February 25th & 26th – Dazzle Jazz

Estimated read time 4 min read

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey has been a force in the Jazz scene for over ten years now. The have had the opportunity to play some of the biggest Jazz festivals around the world and legends of genre regularly sit in with them. This time around, JFJO was touring in support of their latest album, Race Riot Suite. Composed and arranged by Lap Steel Guitarist, Chris Combs, Race Riot Suite boasts an extraordinary horn section as it musically tells the story of the 1921 race riots that ravaged the bands home city of Tulsa, Oklahoma.