“We’ve got a jukebox here, and we’re just kind of keeping it more of a neighborhood bar,” says David Senger, the owner of 3014, which last year took over the space at 3014 East Colfax Avenue previously occupied by Senger’s on the Fax. He recently laid off the guys who’d…
The Naughty Prince had a nice run as “Denver’s premiere dart bar” at 7950 East Mississippi Avenue before it finally closed at the end of last year. Now Mugsy’s Bar has opened in about 1,800 of the 4,500 square feet (three strip-mall units) of space that the Naughty Prince occupied…
A decade after starting the Jayhawks with Gary Louris, Mark Olson left the band in 1995, the same year Tomorrow the Green Grass was released, to look after his then-wife Victoria Williams, after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. While the Jayhawks continued to tour without him until the band…
Toby Keith’s favorite thing on the menu of the chain of restaurants named after his hit song? The fried baloney sandwich. While in town yesterday for the official grand opening of Northfield Stapleton’s Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill, the ninth and largest of the locations that actually…
Country superstar Toby Keith says he used to play in Colorado quite a bit, including five-night stints at the Grizzly Rose, and so it made sense to open his ninth and largest Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill in Denver. Keith stopped by his 22,000 square-foot Northfield Stapleton…
Having just won a Grammy for Album of the Year for The Suburbs, the Arcade Fire kicks off its North American tour at the 1STBANK Center on Saturday, April 9, a week before the Montreal-based band headlines Coachella. Local Natives opens the show. General-admission tickets ($40) go on sale this…
PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake, released last week on Vagrant, took the top spot at Twist & Shout and claimed the sixth spot at Albums on the Hill for the week ending February 20. The Drive-By Truckers, meanwhile, debuted at number one at Albums with their latest effort Go-Go Boots,…
From the way the first cut, “Cherry on Top,” opens, it’s pretty clear that Tantric Picasso’s Life’s a Bitch and Then You Die So Why Not Laugh Until You Cry is going to be a bizarre journey. Layers of indecipherable voices over a swinging beat and walking bass line soon…
After releasing more than a dozen albums with smaller ensembles, saxophonist Fred Hess released his first big-band recording, Hold On, in 2009. While Hold On represented Hess’s love for the big bands of the 1950s, it also had some forward-thinking moments. Hess and company push the envelope even further with…
While this year’s line-up for the the 8th Annual Five Points Jazz Festival is still being solidified and won’t be announced until April, we do know legendary trombonist Curtis Fuller will headlines this year’s fest, which is Saturday, May 21 at venues along Welton Street in historic Five Points. Fuller,…
Queens of the Stone Age, who will re-release an expanded and remastered edition of its self-titled debut, visits the Ogden Theatre on Friday, April 8, as part of short tour that only includes fourteen North American dates. On this tour, Josh Homme and company will be playing the entire first…
The Decemberists latest effort, The King is Dead, continues to hold on the top spot at Twist & Shout, while Gregg Allman’s Low Country Blues, released last month on Rounder, came in first at Albums on the Hill for the week ending February 13. Akron/Family’s new album, meanwhile, S/T II:…
By the time Brazil native Carmen Sandim was seventeen, she had already won national competitions in both Brazilian jazz and classical piano. After graduating from the Berklee College of Music, she went on to win several awards for the compositional work she did for television and radio. So it’s no…
Salmineo Martin — or Big Sal, as he’s known in the professional wrestling community — built a strong reputation with Juggalo Championship Wrestling and Primo’s Hardcore Wrestling; he even went on tour with the Insane Clown Posse. But while he still spends time in the ring, he’s now grappling with…
Known as Big Sal in the professional wrestling community, Salmineo Martin built a pretty good reputation with Juggalo Championship Wrestling and Primo’s Hardcore Wrestling. He even went on tour with the Insane Clown Posse…
With DeVotchka’s forthcoming album, 100 Lovers, the Denver quartet has released possibly it’s finest album to date. Frontman Nick Urata says they spent about a year making the album in Tuscon, and let the songs cook a bit longer and ferment than on previous efforts, which might explain why the…
London-based singer Adele, touring North America this May in support of her forthcoming sophomore release, 21, which hits stores February 22, is slated to stop by the Ogden Theatre on Saturday, May 28. Tickets ($27.50-$30) go on sale this Saturday, February 12 at 10 a.m…
The Decemberists’ latest effort, The King is Dead, moved back up to claim the top spot at Twist & Shout, while moving in the opposite direction at Albums on the Hill to the seventh slot for the week ending February 6. Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday held on to the number…
John-Alex Mason doesn’t sound at all like a 35-year-old skinny, blond-haired dude. His deep and booming vocal delivery sounds like it’s coming from someone twice his age and weight. The Manitou Springs-based Mason reaches back into Delta music from the likes of Charlie Patton and Skip James, but puts a…
Two joints have joined the jazz scene in Boulder, already supported by Johnny’s Cigar Bar (1801 13th Street), the St Julien Hotel and the Hotel Boulderado. Cuvée opened in December in the former Blending Cellar spot at 946 Pearl Street; owner Ralph Reutimann renovated the space, creating a wine bar…
After a seven-year run at 2401 Blake Street, last June the Blake Street Tavern moved a block south to the former Club 303/Polly Esther’s space at 2301 Blake. The new space was massive, and owner Chris Fuselier hinted at the time that he might open a dance club in the…
Country superstars George Strait and Reba McEntire have sold close to 125 million records. combined. In his career, which spans more than three decades, Strait has had more number-one singles than Elvis, and his latest effort, Twang, debuted at the number-one slot on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. Reba, meanwhile,…
