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Margo Price – February 21st – Bluebird Theater

Estimated read time 3 min read

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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Sturgill Simpon – November 4th – Paramount Theatre

Estimated read time 4 min read

The Paramount was hopping on Friday night and all walks of life were represented. There were hardcore Country fans, Hipsters riding the buzz, and, of course, legions of Denver music scenesters who know that Sturgill Simpson has finally been awarded his due in the ever fickle world of music. Long before the show started there was a crowd milling around outside the old venue and queued up for drinks in the lobby.

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The String Cheese Incident – Sunday, July 17 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Estimated read time 4 min read

It was a great afternoon for some Cheese on the Rocks. The golden summer sun slanted down from the west with no hint of rain, and a cool breeze swept over the storied amphitheater. The whole of Red Rocks had a backyard barbeque vibe; someone even brought potato salad. Adding to the BBQ vibe, Colorado’s own bluegrass masters Hot Rize came out with SCI for what they dubbed “Hot Cheese Rizing.”

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PICK OF THE WEEK – The Devil Makes Three & Shakey Graves – Red Rocks – Friday, May 27th

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The Devil Makes Three’s sound is garage-y ragtime, punkified blues, old n’ new timey without settling upon a particular era. Joining them is Shakey Graves. With his new record, ‘And the War Came,’ he extends the ground—emotionally and sonically—broken by his 2011 self-released debut album, Roll the Bones. Rounding out this amazing bill is The Wood Brothers so don’t miss this show!

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Building a Bigger Box: The Irreverent Wisdom of James Hunter

Estimated read time 9 min read

In the past decade or so, old school R&B has seen a resurgence in popular culture that seems to have started in the U.K. but has bounced over the pond to America in that timeless game of musical ping pong the two countries play. But James Hunter has been playing R&B for 30 plus years and by his own admission even he was 20 years late to the game. Hunter, however, is pushing the boundaries of R&B by upending the genre’s normal tropes and motifs while still somehow operating within them.

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Telluride Blues & Brews – September 18th-20th – Telluride Town Park

Estimated read time 8 min read

The Listen Up Denver! crew rolled into Telluride with one simple intention: Do not take this for granted. We were in Telluride! Man, it was amazing! The weather was epic, the beer flowed freely and the music, oh the music. The footprints of musicians including Rich Robinson, Sharon Jones, and Otis Taylor dotted the stage throughout the weekend, and while the sun warmed the day, clear and starry skies cooled off the evenings and the dancing lasted till the wee hours of the morning.

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Disco Biscuits Lighting Director Johnny Goode Talks About What He Loves About The Band, Some Tricks He Has Up His Sleeve & More!

Estimated read time 15 min read

Spring is always an amazing time to be in Colorado. Blue skies, the air is warm, sun dresses make their first appearances of the year and, if we are lucky, the Front Range welcomes The Disco Biscuits to Red Rocks for Bisco Inferno. Of course, it wouldn’t be a true Bisco experience without the dazzling lighting design of Johnny R. Goode III and we got to talk to him about his trade.

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Zach Chance of Jamestown Revival Talks Texas, The Wasatch Mountains, and Lifelong Friendships

Estimated read time 12 min read

What happens when lifelong friends decide to hitch their wagons together and go into business? Well, often it ain’t pretty, but in some very rare cases the years of late night conversations, heated arguments and roadtrips prove their worth and the result is something very special. This is the case with Jamestown Revival, a duo that draws inspiration from Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance’s roots in the rural east Texas town of Magnolia.