Author: Dave Gil De Rubio
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Blues artist Samantha Fish set for live show in Springs
By Dave Gil de RubioLast Word Features When Samantha Fish was a music-crazy tween, experiencing music was best done in the confines of her bedroom. So, when her father took her to see Sheryl Crow, she went kicking and screaming. “I was like, ‘I don’t want to see someone play music live. I can just…
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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will bring high-energy musical performance to Colorado Springs this week
By Dave Gil de RubioLast Word Features There was a time in the early 1990s when Southern California was ground zero for a neo-swing movement steeped in the sounds of jazz, jump blues and boogie-woogie. With young Gen-Xers dancing the Charleston in fedoras, flared skirts and zoot suits, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy provided the soundtrack…
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Longtime band Little Feat rolls into Colorado Springs for The Last Farewell Tour
By Dave Gil de RubioLast Word Features Coming off of the pandemic, Little Feat has returned to action with a pair of new members — guitarist Scott Sharrard and drummer Tony Leone. Personnel changes are nothing new to the band’s fans or the band’s keyboardist, Bill Payne. He views such changes as the price of…
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ZZ Top bringing decades of hits to Colorado Springs
By Dave Gil de RubioLast Word Features Billy Gibbons celebrated his 76th birthday this past December. And while most of his contemporaries of that vintage are kicking back and enjoying retirement, the ZZ Top founding member is racing through 2026. The year opened with Gibbons flying solo with help from his band, The BFG’s. Now, with…
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Longtime band Los Lobos coming to Colorado Springs for show at Phil Long Music Hall
By Dave Gil de RubioLast Word Features Founded in 1973 by high school classmates David Hidalgo and Louie Perez, Los Lobos has carved out quite a niche for itself as a quintessential American heritage band. For more than 50 years, the quintet has built a legacy with a unique sound that leans heavily into a…
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Musician Nick Lowe, fresh off a new album, coming to Colorado Springs for show
By Dave Gil de RubioLast Word Features The late novelist Pearl S. Buck once said that to find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth. That idea seems to apply to singer/songwriter/musician Nick Lowe, who is riding high with “Indoor Safari,” his first full-length album in 11 years. Lowe will perform Saturday…
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Heart draws on 50-plus years of music for upcoming stop at Broadmoor World Arena
By Dave Gil de RubioLast Word Features In September 1975, Heart’s debut album, “Dreamboat Annie,” was released. Fast forward more than a half century, and Heart has resumed a tour that was interrupted in 2024 when lead singer Ann Wilson was diagnosed with cancer. According to Nancy Wilson, her sister received the necessary treatment, and…
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Heavy metal band Judas Priest still rocking like it’s 1969
Prince once said the key to longevity is to learn every aspect of music you can. It’s certainly a tenet Judas Priest’s Rob Halford has embraced. How else do you explain that this band, which was founded in 1969 in Birmingham, England, is still touring the globe more than 50 years later with no plans…
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Grammy-winning artist to headline Colorado Springs blues event this weekend
When Ruthie Foster opens her mouth, it’s hard to believe the little girl who started out playing guitar in church in Texas was more than content, as she said in a late June interview “to be the person who backed up incredible singers because I was really, really shy.” But 10 studio albums in, Foster…
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band Chicago set for show in Colorado Springs
Averaging 80 to 100 shows each year, Chicago is out supporting the recently released “Chicago at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C. (9/ 16/71),” a four-LP/three-CD set encompassing that historic gig. And while that show occurred 54 years ago, it still resonates for trombone player and founding member James Pankow.…