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Galactic – March 8th – Fillmore Auditorium

Post Author By Kelly Hueseman
Post Date March 14, 2014
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From start to finish, Robert Randolph & The Family Band and Galactic had each person at The Fillmore on their good foot, dancing the winter blues away to jazz and funk music from New Jersey, New Orleans, and even the 16th Street Mall. If you missed Galactic or Robert Randolph this time around, make sure and get yourself some the next time around. On a mid-winter’s night, you really can’t ask for more of a summertime feeling than what you’ll get at one of these shows.

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Lettuce – June 1st – Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom

Post Author By Emma Polachek
Post Date June 3, 2013
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Saturday night was alive with the sound of Funk thanks to The London Souls and neo-jazz+funk band Lettuce. The intimacy of Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom was home to an invigorating late-night dance party that left everyone feeling especially groovy! With an undeniably electrifying jazz-funk that reeks of classic artists such as Tower of Power, James Brown and Kool & the Gang, Lettuce awed and exhausted us. This band is truly timeless and keeping the funk alive!

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SoulFax Sessions Video – “Get Up Offa That Thing”

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Post Date March 26, 2013
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In case you aren’t already aware, SoulFax Sessions are a weekly FREE music night at Park House on Thursdays and on March 7th we featured Adam Lufkin of Kinetix, Charles Mertens of Ableminds, George Horn of Ableminds and Chris Beck of Honeycomb with fiery sit-ins by many others local musicians including Jordan Linit of Kinetix who is featured in a stellar Bass / Guitar duel with Mertens in this video.

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Listen Up Denver! Live: The New Orleans Suspects “Swampthang”

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Post Date March 5, 2013
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Back in November, Listen Up Denver! was lucky enough to get The New Orleans Suspects to agree to play an exclusive set at Quixote’s True Blue for our video series “Listen Up Denver! Live.” Yesterday we released “36 Cars” and today you can feast your eyes and ears on “Swampthang,” a driving instrumental that features some great soloing. Tonight the boys are up in Frisco to begin a three show high-country run before hitting The Oriental this weekend for a two night stand.

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Listen Up Denver! Live: The New Orleans Suspects “36 Cars”

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Post Date March 4, 2013
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Back in November, Listen Up Denver! was lucky enough to get The New Orleans Suspects to agree to play an exclusive set at Quixote’s True Blue for our video series “Listen Up Denver! Live.” The all-star line-up cranked a couple of stellar tunes and we are going to present one to you today, and one tomorrow, as the band returns to our state for a week-long run of five shows that will see them playing three shows in the high-country before returning to Denver for a two night stand at The Oriental.

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Maceo Parker – February 22nd – Cervantes’ Ballroom

Post Author By Shannon Berner
Post Date March 1, 2013
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Last Friday Maceo Parker schooled a young crowd at Cervantes’ as he funked his way through a 50 year career that has featured stints with everyone from James Brown to Prince. After a blistering set from Colorado-by-way-of-Iowa local boys, Euforquestra, Parker took to the stage in dark sunglasses and grinned from ear to ear as he demonstrated his musical aptitude on sax, vocals, and even jazz flute. Maceo and his band moved the room in and out of Funk, Smooth Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Soul until the clock struck two.

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PICK OF THE WEEK: Maceo Parker – Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom – February 22nd

Post Author By listenupdenver
Post Date February 18, 2013
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Maceo Parker, his name is synonymous with funky music, his pedigree is impeccable, and his band is the tightest little Funk orchestra on earth. Everyone knows by now that Parker has played with each and every leader of funk. He started with James Brown, jumped aboard the Mothership with George Clinton, and stretched out in Bootsy’s Rubber Band. He’s the living, breathing pulse that connects the history of Funk in one golden thread.

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Gramatik Talks Nikola Telsa, Music Piracy, and Amendment 64

Post Author By Conor & Patrick Murphy
Post Date November 16, 2012
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Gramatik is headlining his first show at The Fillmore this Saturday night. With opening acts Talib Kweli and Mux Mool, it’s sure to be a night that lives up to Gramatik’s personal ability to move from one musical genre to the next. His new light design, inspired by infamous physicist Nikola Tesla is sure to be a highlight of this blowout. He was kind enough to take a few minutes away from his busy schedule to talk to Listen Up Denver! about the tour, his musical influences, and about his philosophy of giving away all of his music for free to fans.

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PICK OF THE WEEK: The New Mastersounds – Cervantes’ Masterpiece – November 16th & 17th

Post Author By listenupdenver
Post Date November 12, 2012
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The New Mastersounds are a four-piece band based in Leeds, England, whose modern take on vintage soul-jazz, funk and rock draws influences from Jimmies McGriff, Smith, and Hendrix, as well as their most closely-associated mentors, The Meters. Try to imagine Grant Green and Lou Donaldson having a fight in a Hammond Organ shop while James Brown holds the coats, and you have some idea of what to expect from this band.

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PICK OF THE WEEK: The Soul Rebels Brass Band – September 6th & 7th – The Fox & Cervantes’ Other Side

Post Author By listenupdenver
Post Date September 4, 2012
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The Soul Rebels have built a career around an eclectic live show that harnesses the power of horns and drums in the party-like atmosphere of a dance club. Their weekly show at Uptown New Orleans spot Le Bon Temps Roulé has been known to descend into a sweaty shout-along as the band mixes up songs from its five studio albums with hits by Jay-Z and OutKast. Don’t miss them in Colorado this week!