Author: By BILL FORMAN Last Word Features
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Nashville-based punk band Winona Fighter set to play in Colorado Springs
Winona Fighter has come a long way, most of it by van and trailer, since the days when it was handing out flyers outside a music festival it wasn’t even playing. But as it turned out, the Nashville-based punk band’s old-school, do-it-yourself approach paid off, as it learned how to make the best of whatever…
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Brit Floyd to commemorate 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd album during tour stop in Colorado Springs
Pigs will fly, as the old saying goes, before feuding musicians Roger Waters and David Gilmour reunite to make a new Pink Floyd album. Then again, it’s worth pointing out that pigs HAVE flown — and will continue to do so — as long as Brit Floyd keeps up its nearly 25-year career playing note-by-note…
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The Funeral Portrait coming to Colorado Springs
Based on first impressions, it would be easy to get the wrong idea about The Funeral Portrait. This is, after all, a band that borrowed its name from a 9-minute song by the doom-metal band Opeth. The group also toured last year as the opening act for the heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch…
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Indy band Ax and the Hatchetmen pairs unique band name with unique band sound
Formed in 2018 while attending music school and studying jazz, Ax and the Hatchetmen is the fastest-rising band to emerge from the Chicago indie scene. The group will bring its unique sound to The Black Sheep on Tuesday. The band’s blend of alternative rock, jazz and a touch of blues has been hailed by The…
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Christian singer Michael W. Smith to bring annual Christmas show to Colorado Springs
From Mariah Carey and Mannheim Steamroller to Tower of Power and Trans-Siberian Orchestra, there’s no shortage of musicians going out on Christmas tours to remind us what season this is. But when it comes to putting the holiday’s spiritual origins front and center, few can hold a candle to Michael W. Smith’s 2024 Every Christmas…
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Rock musician Tab Benoit coming to Colorado Springs to promote long-awaited album
It’s the kind of music industry story that dates to the earliest days of regional rock ‘n roll — but with a twist. In the early 1990s, aspiring Cajun roots-rock musician Tab Benoit signed his first music industry contract. Like many of those early artists, Benoit, barely out of his teens, was naive enough to…