Tag: red rocks

The Decemberists @ Red Rocks

Tim Wenger | June 1, 2015

All photos by Ray Tollison

SPOON @ Red Rocks

Tim Wenger | June 1, 2015

All photos by Ray Tollison

by Norman Provizer On June 8, the band Big Head Todd and the Monsters returns to Red Rocks Amphitheater for the seventeenth time. Over its long run, Big Head Todd went from a local group begging for gigs to one with a very high national profile playing major venues. In this sense, along with bands […]

Stephen Melton Goes Solo

Tim Wenger | May 1, 2015

by Ryan Edwards I’ve met hundreds of local musicians and I can honestly say that I remember every experience and wouldn’t trade any of those memories for the world. Around five years ago I was driving with an old college friend of mine and listening to a mix CD that he had. Yes, a time […]

Hozier & Asgeir at Ogden

Tim Wenger | February 23, 2015

photos and review by Jenn Cohen On tour to support his self-titled super album featuring the Grammy-nominated mega-hit, “Take me to Church,” Hozier flawlessly serenaded a 17-song set to a full-capacity crowd at the Ogden on Wednesday. Hozier’s humble demeanor is a far cry from his impressive 6’5” height, neither of which hindered him from […]

Colorado Music Hall of Fame Welcomes New Class of Inductees

Tim Wenger | February 1, 2015

by Chris Daniels The Colorado music scene is booming like never before. Young artists like the Lumineers, the Fray, Flobots, and One Republic are breaking out with major mega-hits, plus artists like Pretty Lights, Elephant Revival, Tennis, Paper Bird, Shel, and Nathaniel Rateliff (and about 20 others I’m neglecting to mention) are making Colorado one […]

CMB Readers Answer: What Was the Best Live, Local Show You Saw in 2014?

Tim Wenger | December 2, 2014

We polled readers to get thoughts on their favorite local shows of the year. Here are the unfiltered responses we received. – Barrel House String Band at Black Rose Acoustic Society! – Roger Clyne and Jim Dalton at Soiled Dove. – Bear Antler @ Hi Dive, Other Black @ Herman’s Hideaway, AdrienneO @ Soiled Dove – Scarlight at the gothic […]

Denver Online High School student Walker Masuda Following Musical Path Through Adolescence

Tim Wenger | November 1, 2014

by Tim Wenger It takes a certain charm, on top of an unusual amount of talent, to create a young phenom. The kind that everyone from neighbors to schoolteachers to random faces in the crowd can’t help but open their heart to. Such seems to be the case with Walker Masuda. With light brown shoulder […]