Having established himself as an in-demand drummer in both jazz and rock circles by working with everyone from Wayne Shorter and Bill Frisell to Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan, Brian Blade is also a strong leader in his own right — namely, with his Fellowship Band. From a self-titled Blue…
Darrell Hammond says that regardless of their status — and after fourteen years on Saturday Night Live, his rep is strong — comics like to play a handful of comedy clubs around the country. Comedy Works, at 1226 15th Street in Larimer Square, is definitely one of them. In fact,…
It was a fairly slow month for bar and club openings, but August did bring in a few new bars and clubs, including the the Three Lions, a soccer pub that opened in the former Bank Bar & Grill at 2239 East Colfax Avenue. As far as closings go, LoDo…
Last year, the Black Crowes announced last year they were going on an indefinite hiatus. Evidently, this meant the brothers are merely taking a break from the band but not music in general. The Black Crowes frontman is bringing his Chris Robinson Brotherhood to the Boulder Theater on Sunday, October…
After two years in the works, Celebrity Lanes, the 50,000 square-foot family entertainment venue that’s something of an homage to Celebrity Sports Center, opened last weekend at 15755 East Arapahoe Road in Centennial. The facility sports 32 bowling lanes as well as two, four-lane VIP Suites with Avalanche and Denver…
After two years in the works, Celebrity Lanes, the 50,000 square-foot family entertainment venue that’s something of an homage to the legendary Celebrity Sports Center, opened last weekend in Centennial. The facility sports 32 bowling lanes as well as two, four-lane VIP Suites with Avalanche and Denver Nuggets themes, the…
Now in its second year, Casselman’s Bar & Venue has proven to be a strong venue addition to the Ballpark Neighborhood, especially with its sound and light upgrades. Prompted by an overwhelming demand from promoters, the spot applied for and just got approved for an Underage Patron License by the…
Lupe Fiasco has his LASERS trained on Denver. On Friday, October 7, the Chicago-born MC will return to the Mile High City for a show at the Fillmore Auditorium in support of his latest effort, LASERS (an acronym for “Love Always Shines Everytime: Remember to Smile”), with Tinie Tempah and…
Free Radt co-founder Jeremy Barber has a background in bluegrass, classical and jazz, while singer Katz Romero has jazz roots, and their combined influences make for some intriguing music on Free Radt’s sophomore effort, Love 101. For the most part, the album is a collection of edgy hard rock mixed…
Denver’s pedal-powered party vehicles just hit the streets a few months ago, but the road’s been a little bumpy. Denver Pedal Bar was the first sixteen-person bike to start wheeling and dealing, but the company has already changed its name to Denver Patio Ride. “Pedal Pub attorneys wrote them letters…
This past February, Tony LoVerde and his girlfriend, Megan Fong, were waiting at a stoplight when out of nowhere, a car traveling at about fifty to sixty miles per hour slammed into the back of their vehicle. LoVerde says the other driver never even slowed down. Fong suffered a severe…
The last time Return to Forever (due at the Parmount Theatre tomorrow night) played in the Mile High City in 2008, we overhead one guy marveling at how the show was on how par with a spiritual experience for him. It was certainly one of the more electrifying jazz fusion…
The Climax Lounge (2217 Welton Street), which got its start four decades ago as an after-hours joint, has a colorful past. In the ’90s, as the Raven, it hosted punk-rock acts; the Fray and M. Ward have played there. But over the past few years, the Climax hasn’t seen a…
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE at RED ROCKS | 8.23.11″There will be a couple of times during this set when yours truly will be sucking wind,” Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard proclaimed early in his band’s set. “Because as you know, this show is taking place on top of…
Audio Voyeur, the Dirty Lookers’ debut, is a raucous, revved-up ride straight out of the garage. The band’s main strength lies in frontwoman Pammy Puente; at times she channels the screaming angst of Courtney Love, at others she sounds like a more punk version of Patti Smith. A further testament…
Just over a month ago, Death Cab for Cutie (due tomorrow night at Red Rocks with Frightened Rabbit) was slated to close out the Ottawa Bluesfest when a freak storm hit and sent the stage crashing to the ground, destroying a lot of the band’s equipment, which was stored under…
Jon Forget, the general manager of the British Bulldog, and Mark Berzins, owner of the Little Pub Company, which comprises nineteen joints in and around Denver, including the Bulldog, just opened Three Lions in the former Bank Bar & Grill at 2239 East Colfax Avenue. Three Lions is billing itself…
As assistant professor of music and the director of the guitar program at the University of Colorado Denver, Paul Musso definitely has some outstanding chops, which is more than evident on his latest effort, Tonescapes. For the most part, the seven-song album is a collection of mostly relaxed yet swinging…
The Pioneer Inn has made a lot of history — and music — since it opened in Nederland four decades ago. During the heyday of the Caribou Ranch, a recording studio that ran from the early ’70s until it was damaged by fire in 1985, musicians in Colorado for recording…
Although gypsy-jazz guitar pioneer Django Reinhardt died in 1953, there’s been a steady stream of players inspired by him over the past few decades. One such player is Robin Nolan, who’s been hailed as one of the world’s leading guitarists in the Reinhardt tradition, in addition to being a favorite…
Not too long after opening in June of 2010, Wild Ivories dueling piano bar hit a few sour notes when Tim Kirkland, one of the club’s partners, discovered that Caz Bzdek, the club’s founder, was running up a bunch of bills with construction, marketing, advertising and vendors. As a result,…
Chicago-based singer-songwriter Andrew Bird (performing tonight at the Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities and tomorrow evening at Chautauqua Auditorium) says that since he’s been writing music there’s always a healthy conflict between brevity and indulgence. On one hand, Bird knows all about crafting short, near perfect pop songs, but…
