Denver’s all vocal hip-hop group Urban Method, who made it to the final three on NBC’s The Sing-Off, and Boulder-based all vocal rock band FACE, who was on the show in 2009, team up for a night of a cappella at the Paramount on Saturday, February 25. Tickets ($15/$25) are…
Last July, Austin-based singer-songwriter Darden Smith gathered a team of other professional musicians to lead a songwriting retreat for nine servicemen and women. Songs written during the retreat were performed at the Faces of Freedom concert on September 11 at the World Arena in Colorado Springs. As a follow-up to…
A few years ago, Slim Cessna made CDs of old cassette recordings and sold them to help make ends meet. Now he’s offering those two volumes of rare recordings again, but as download only. Some of the cuts date back to the ’80s, some include his brother Whiff, some were…
Over the last decade, the space that was once Regas Christou’s Deadbeat Club at 4040 East Evans Avenue has changed names and concepts a number of times. The same folks who owned the club as it changed its name from Skin to Posh Ultra Lounge and then to Club Next,…
Although James Cooley, who releases albums under the Mesita moniker, doesn’t really play shows, he’s written a few hundred songs, some of which ended up on his latest effort, the outstanding Here’s to Nowhere. Cooley is currently working a new album, The Coyote, which he says “will have a lot…
Memphis-based alt-country act Lucero is hitting the road in February in support of Women & Work, the band’s forthcoming album, slated for release next spring on ATO, and will stop at the Bluebird Theater for a two-night stand on Friday, March 30, and Saturday, March 31. Tickets ($25) go on…
After 35 years with Warner Bros., Van Halen signed a deal with Interscope last month, and rumors spread that the band — with David Lee Roth back on board — had a new album nearly in the can and a tour in the works. Now one of those rumors can…
The Westword office is closed until Tuesday, December 27, and the blogs will be taking a break until then (although we’ll post some party/concert slide shows over the weekend). If you’re looking for fun over the holidays, our online calendar lists hundreds of entertaining options around town. And if you’re…
Going strong for nearly four decades, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival just announced that Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, John Prine, Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Leftover Salmon, Bela Fleck & the Marcus Roberts Trio, Punch Brothers, Peter Rowan and the Del McCoury Band are among the preliminary…
After selling out stadiums and arenas in South America and Europe over the past few months, Lenny Kravitz will kick off his first American tour in five years in January. That tour includes a stop at the Buell Theatre on Friday, February 10. Kravitz, who has been making appearances on…
An extensive user of Auto-Tune, T-Pain helped bring the pitch correction software to the masses with his iPhone app, I Am T-Pain. He doesn’t skimp on the Auto-Tone on his latest effort, Revolver, which was released on RCA earlier this month. In support of the disc, T-Pain stops at the…
Michael Olsen, who also owns Wicked Garden (1403 Larimer Street), opened Cherry (231 Milwaukee Street) to the public last weekend in the former space that was once home to Bar Luxe, the Milwaukee Grill and the Bay Wolf. The new dance club, which offers bottle service and has a private…
Nearly a year ago, Railroad Earth played a late-afternoon acoustic set at the Ogden Theatre for 75 fans, who each made a contribution to BECA (Bilingual Education for Central America). To mark the anniversary of the show, the band is releasing a live recording of the set on Monday, December…
Singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco will visit the Boulder Theater on Friday, March 3, in support of ¿Which Side Are You On?, her first studio album in more than three years. The disc, which features Ivan & Cyril Neville, Anaïs Mitchell and Pete Seeger, hits stores on January 17 on her own…
Goodness gracious! Next year is already shaping up to be one of the most anticipated concert seasons in recent memory. Here’s another absolutely killer show to add to your growing itinerary. We’ve just learned that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are kicking off their tour at the 1STBANK Center on…
Crazy how much difference a year can make. This past March, Foster the People was a little-known quantity in the music world making its first trek to Denver for an intimate show at the Walnut Room for a roomful of dialed-in music fans. After returning to the Mile High City…
3OH!3 pulled out three unreleased cuts from its vaults, and the electro-pop duo is releasing a song a week this month on iTunes, starting today with “Bang Bang”, which Nathaniel Motte told Rolling Stone was originally commissioned by Ball Aerospace in Boulder as the only song to keep scientists awake…
Foreigner’s Acoustique show, originally scheduled for Tuesday, January 17, has been canceled. No word on why the plug was pulled on the show, but refunds are available at point of purchase, and all TicketHorse credit card purchases will be automatically refunded, with no action required by the customer…
Fresh off their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (along with Guns N’ Roses, the Beastie Boys and the Small Faces, among others), the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be making their way to the Pepsi Center on Sunday, March 4. Tickets for this show, which is…
Icelantic’s Winter on the Rocks 2012: Okay, so scratch Z-Trip and Yelawolf from the bill (turns out, that was just a rumor), but keep Atmosphere and Grieves and add Common, Budo and Get Cryphy to the first ever wintertime concert at Red Rocks, which is slated for January 27, 2012…
When Greg Baumhauer, Ben Kronberg and former Westword scribe Adam Cayton-Holland, otherwise known as Wrist Deep Productions, started their open-mike comedy night on Tuesdays at the Squire Lounge (1800 East Colfax Avenue) in 2004, Baumhauer thought it would last three months. Instead, it lasted for seven and a half years…
Although the Facebook page for Rockaway Tavern (2036 Broadway) says the venue’s last show was at the end of November, owner Kris Sieger insists that the venue isn’t closed (he says his former soundman had administrative control over the Facebook page). Sieger, who opened the bar in July 2010 with…
