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Robby Peoples – Love Don’t Love Me No More

Post Author By Brian Turk
Post Date May 6, 2013
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4 min read

Robby Peoples new EP “Love Don’t Love Me No More” shoots from the hip and hits the mark dead on with a Mississippi swagger, a wink and a smile. Peoples growls his lyrics with an air of truth that could only be achieved by experience. The realities and pains of living low on the hog and high on hard liquor are ingrained in each word, and Peoples sucks you into a world most have never crossed into. The only way someone can make an album like this is if they have been to hell and back, but missed the heat, and retraced their steps.

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Matt Skellenger – The Owls Are Not What They Seem

Post Author By tdwenger
Post Date April 5, 2013
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3 min read

Matt Skellenger, one of Denver’s most talented musicians, has returned with his third album, ‘The Owls Are Not What They Seem.’ He has studied under some of the most influential musicians to ever play the electric bass including Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey and Chuck Rainey and though their influences are clear, Skellenger has honed his own unique and inspired style of playing over the years and this album is just another step on what is sure to be a long and successful career for this talented young man.

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Whitewater Ramble – Roots & Groove

Post Author By Nate Todd
Post Date March 26, 2013
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6 min read

One of the most difficult juggling acts any Jamband has to perform involves the translation of the energy, passion, and improvisation of a live show into a studio album. While most bands try and make a distinction between “studio” and “live,” Whitewater Ramble has done a damn near perfect job of combining the two with their most recent album, Roots & Groove. This latest effort from the Fort Collins quintet captures the “high-octane” feel of their live shows, while at the same time crafting a cohesive and meaningful studio record.

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The Congress – The Loft Tapes

Post Author By Miranda Brooks
Post Date March 13, 2013
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3 min read

Soul music has the wonderful property of evoking memories of musical marks made on the heart and that’s just one of the many reasons why the new EP from The Congress is quickly working its way into heavy rotation on our playlists. Recorded on a reel-to-reel tape machine in an old Masonic Temple in Berthoud, CO, “The Loft Tapes” pays tribute to the band’s influences with a collection of super chilled Soul classics that have a fittingly scratchy and vintage vibe.

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Mountain Standard Time – Sunny EP

Post Author By Nate Todd
Post Date February 6, 2013
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4 min read

There aren’t very many bands that would release a seven track EP for a three-night run but this is Mountain Standard Time, and they are a veritable song machine. After coming off a year long hiatus and sporting a new lineup, MST must have been itching to release some new material for their dedicated fans who seem to have sprung back up from the mountainsides from whence they came in even greater numbers than before…and so comes the band’s new EP, Sunny.

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Ableminds – Faces

Post Author By Jon Cass
Post Date October 18, 2012
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2 min read

Denver’s own Ableminds have been crafting improvised, Funky Electronica since their inception in 2011. After scoring opening spots for Bonobo and Signal Path as well as a set beside David Murphy of STS9 at Sonic Blossom this trio is beginning to craft a unique and sweeping sound which is no easy task in the world of improvised electronic music.

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Widespread Panic – Wood

Post Author By tdwenger
Post Date October 16, 2012
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3 min read

In the midst of their hiatus, Widespread Panic dropped a two disc live album that pulls together material from their four city tour that took place earlier this year…and it’s a real change of pace for the kings of Southern Jam Rock. In the place of thunderous Bass bombs, scorching lead Guitar riffs, and volume knobs turned to eleven, ‘Wood’ showcases their softer side as it chronicles the group’s first ever fully acoustic tour in all it’s glory.

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Scott Sharrard & The Brickyard Band

Post Author By James Dumm
Post Date October 10, 2012
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3 min read

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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The Knew – Man Monster

Post Author By tdwenger
Post Date August 23, 2012
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2 min read

At moments recalling huge “Indie” pop bands like The Killers and The Stokes, while clearly drawing inspiration from giants of the 70’s like The Stones and The Clash, Denver’s The Knew have crafted an album of infectiously gritty guitar laced pop songs that should find their way onto every good jukebox in the country and fuel those late night sing-alongs that gradually fade-in as a hazy memory over a strong cup of coffee on Sunday mornings.

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Hallow Dog – Good Fight

Post Author By James Dumm
Post Date August 21, 2012
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2 min read

Hallow Dog hails from the storied town of Woodstock, New York with a pastoral, acoustic-based Americana sound to match. The distinctive voice of lead vocalist/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist John Holt is at the core of every tune and at first listen, one might draw comparisons to American jam and roots-rock acts like Widespread Panic, Dave Matthews Band, Little Feat and the Grateful Dead. However, sonically speaking, additional elements like plentiful Pedal Steel, Mandolin, Fiddle, and Dobro place the material squarely in the old-time Americana tradition.