Tag: Patty Griffin
Joan Baez – July 10th – Denver Botanic Gardens
A long line of silver haired patrons holding mini lawn chairs filed all the way around the corner and down Ninth Avenue last Thursday for folk legend Joan Baez. The singer-songwriter was in good spirits, full of energy and easily appearing ten years younger than seventy-three. She played an hour and half set consisting primarily of covers of her contemporaries leaving fans satisfied but slightly disappointed by the very tiny amount of her own work that she played.
Rocky Mountain Folks Festival – August 17th & 18th – Lyons, CO
This year’s Rocky Mountain Folks Festival featured marquee names like John Butler Trio, Patty Griffin and John Prine but it was the lesser known acts like Seryn, Foy Vance, Nathaniel Rateliff and Charles Bradley that really wow’d the faithful crowd. Word on the street months before the festival was that the organizers and staff of Planet Bluegrass were more excited by the acts this year than they had been at any time in recent memory, and they just may have been right on!
Planet Bluegrass Announces Preliminary Lineup For The 23rd Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
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Robert Plant & Band of Joy – April 27th – The Fillmore Auditorium
Robert Plant and Band of Joy put on a respectable show at The Fillmore last night and while it was great to hear Plant’s voice in fine form, they could have left some of the Zeppelin covers at home. The band’s takes on Low’s “Monkey” and “Silver Rider” were highlights, as was Darrell Scott’s cover of “Satisfied Mind” and a great version of Plant’s own “In The Mood.”