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Alex Anderson of Rose Quartz Talks Soul Gods, New Band Members & Embarrassing Moments

Post Author By Phoenix Miller
Post Date May 15, 2015
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This last year has brought about some pretty big changes for Rose Quartz. Since a name change and doubling the size of the band from a duo to a four-piece live outfit, they were invited to tour with St. Lucia and open for some big names on the Indie dance circuit like Cut/Copy. With no time to rest after having just come off their 2015 US spring tour, Alex Anderson sat down with ten year old Phoenix Miller of Denver Writes.

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Amos Lee & The Colorado Symphony – August 1st – Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Post Author By Ty Hyten
Post Date August 6, 2014
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It was a gorgeous summer night at Red Rocks this past Friday and fifty-year-old white women waited in long lines to buy Beringer white wine. And buy it they did. As the night progressed the blouse wearing masses yapped, sipped and sang. The sky changed colors over the sold-out rocks and the crowd found their seats early for another magical collaboration with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.

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Rocky Mountain Folks Festival – August 17th & 18th – Lyons, CO

Post Author By tdwenger
Post Date August 23, 2013
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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!

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Allen Stone – Telluride Blues & Brews “Artist Spotlight” Video

Post Author By listenupdenver
Post Date August 20, 2013
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Listen Up Denver! is proud to be working with the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival as an official media sponsor to produce a series of “Artist Spotlight” videos. The third in this series features Soul artist Allen Stone. He discusses The Blues, Beer, his beginnings as an artist, and serves up a stirring take on a Sam Cooke classic. Stay tuned throughout the summer as Listen Up Denver! gives you a behind the scenes look at the artists playing the 20th Anniversary edition of Telluride Blues & Brews!

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Scott Sharrard & The Brickyard Band

Post Author By James Dumm
Post Date October 10, 2012
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Scott Sharrard is one of an increasingly rare breed of musician in today’s popular music climate. Sharrard’s music follows in the tradition of classic Rhythm and Blues, but his sound and songs are such that it still sounds fresh and vital, like its happening now. While the music is a bit more guitar-oriented, fans of the more recent wave of Rhythm and Blues groups and artists like Raphael Saadiq, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, and Tedeschi Trucks Band would definitely find a lot to enjoy here.

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Al Green – July 23rd – Denver Botanic Gardens

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Post Date July 30, 2012
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Last Monday at the Botanic Gardens, the wine flowed, cured meats and cheeses were consumed by the plateful, and though the threat of rain hung in the air (and even fell out of it from time to time), it didn’t dampen the spirits of the Gardens faithful who had come out in droves to catch the one and only Reverend Al Green and Denver’s own soul sister, Hazel Miller deliver Soul classics in the way that only they can.