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Furthur adds 3rd night to Red Rocks...

Jan 19, 2011 by Anonymous

Due to the poular demand of the first 2 shows, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh have added a 3rd night to their late summer run at Red Rocks. The third show will now be the tour closer on September 26. Presale tickets for the Sunday show will go on sale Friday with Ticketmaster on sale set for Saturday. Check furthur.net for more...

Nateva Festival streaming live from Maine...

Jan 9, 2011 by Anonymous

IClips Couch Tour continues with live video and audio streaming from the Nateva Festival this weekend. So if you’re not at Red Rocks or Rancho Del Rio seeing some of the best live music the nation has to offer, then turn on your computer and kick back to the live sets of Furthur, moe., The Flaming Lips and more. Click here for the stream. Today’s schedule is as follows (all times are listed on Colorado/Mountain time): 12:15 – Umphrey’s McGee 1:40 – Keller Williams 2:45 – Jakob Dylan & Three Legs 3:50 – Jackie Greene 5:00 – Passion Pit 6:30 – Ghostland Observatory 8:00 – moe. Coincidently, the Grateful Dead played their last shows in Maine, just 3 miles down the road on 7/2 and 7/3 in 1988. These legendary shows were often described...

YMSB playing festivals around the globe...

Jan 2, 2011 by Anonymous

Yonder Mountain String Band will be playing Jam in the Dam in March and Warren Haynes’ Mountain Jam. Other YMSB festival dates will be announced soon. Jam in the Dam is a unique 3-day music Festival bringing US bands and fans to the fabulous Melkweg music hall in Amsterdam, Holland. www.jaminthedam.com Mountain Jam is a 3-day outdoor music festival that takes place the first weekend after Memorial Day (June 4 – 6 2010). It is held at Hunter Mountain in upstate New York....

YAMN ON!

Dec 31, 2010 by Anonymous

By the time this magazine is getting into your hands, the band Yamn will be kicking back after a successful Northwest tour that took them to five states for eight shows in their trusty old schoolbus Lady. Yet they won’t be sitting back for too long as New Years Eve will find Yamn lighting up Summit County for the fourth year in a row. The band, whose roots grew in Breckenridge, has booked, promoted and managed all aspects of their Dec 31 show at the Riverwalk Center in Breckenridge. It is quite an accomplishment that they are the New Year’s Eve headliners again, considering that only four short years ago they were scanning passes at the same Breckenridge Resort. It just goes to show that this band has legs. Yamn consists of Brian Hamilton...

Hit ‘em over the head with: Greensky Bluegrass...

Dec 29, 2010 by Anonymous

There are endless musical possibilities to ponder for your New Years plans. If bluegrass is high on the list, then think about some Greensky. No, I’m not talking about the use of psychedelics while listening to bluegrass music. I am talking about the band Greensky Bluegrass, the quintet that hails from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Where in the world is Kalamazoo you ask? Ok, so hold up your left hand with the palm facing away from you and point to the lower portion of your hand, pinky side. Right around there. If you aren’t from the Midwest or are unfamiliar with how Michiganites (or Wisconsinites for that matter) show where they are from, then none of that made any sense. In such case, just skip over that last part and continue along. Bluegrass is a genre...

Sons of the Addicted

Oct 29, 2010 by Anonymous

Confessions of a Fractal Freak I love a surprise. In the Spring of ’09 I was visiting a friend in Ridgway and he suggested we go see a local band at the Switchback Tavern called Fractalia. It’s not hard to get me to go anywhere there is beer, so I said ‘Sure’. It turned into one of the funnest, funkiest, rockinest throwdowns I’ve ever seen. In my mind’s eye, I can still see this skinny kid with kind of nerdy glasses in a tie-dye shredding his sunburst Les Paul. I was immediately impressed by his guitar chops which unapologetically revolved around flurries of Satriani-style shred technique, in between which he would calmly reach up with a finger to push his glasses back up his nose. It didn’t take the band long to get the...

7908 Songwriter’s Festival

Oct 28, 2010 by Anonymous

High Notes from the First Annual 7908 Aspen Songwriter’s Festival Aspen, Friday, September 17: Abundant sunshine. Saturday, September 18: Lots of sunshine. Sunday, September 19: Bright sunshine, pleasant. It was so ridiculously beautiful in the Roaring Fork that weekend that the local papers ran out of adjectives to describe the flawless fall temperatures. And so, it is a true testament to the abundance of the 7908 The Aspen Songwriter’s Festival, that festival-goers left the perfect weather and plentiful fall colors outdoors to step into the darker, cooler confines of the Wheeler Opera House. Happily, there was plentiful scenery and ever-changing colors across the Wheeler stage, as well. The Aspen Songwriter’s Festival, John Oates’ labor of love and dedication, kicked off Thursday afternoon with some excellent complimentary beer from Aspen Brewing Company, followed by festival...

PRETTY LIGHTS – Article and New EP...

Oct 26, 2010 by Anonymous

Pretty Lights “Spilling over every side and taking up your precious time” Written by: Jenna Stecker He isn’t just another college dropout. 5 years ago Pretty Lights was just Derek Vincent Smith, another student at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Fast forward to today and Smith is half of the musical powerhouse Pretty Lights, tearing up the electronic music circuit and lighting fire under his loyal fans and creating new flame converts by the day. His fusion of Electronica, Down-tempo and Hip Hop alongside his wide berth of samplings from current Rap, classic Funk and old school Soul creates head nodding flow along with danceable beats. The addition of a percussionist during his live shows creates intrigue among electronic music cynics and draws a wider variety of people to him. Film student by...

Jazz Aspen Snowmass Photo Spread...

Oct 26, 2010 by Anonymous

As seen in the pages of Mousike… Jazz Aspen Snowmass Photos by Zach...

Cultivation: The Seeds of Colorado Music...

Oct 26, 2010 by Anonymous

Within each issue of Mousike, you will find profiles on four Colorado based bands that are contributing their original styles to a live music scene that many consider to be the best in the world. Generally, each band included in Cultivation have been around for less than five years but we here at Mousike believe that they have the talent to achieve great success in Colorado and beyond for many years to come. Peace Officer Fort Collins By Jenna Stecker Sugar. The Brain. Senoj Nerol. Wiled Wombat. RaSense. Shaneye. AK. This may sound like a roll call for a Star Wars fan club, however these are names of the members of Front Range Hip Hop act Peace Officer. Correction… they are more than just a hip hop act. Bringing to mind reggae legend Jimmy...