Tag: music
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Local rising musician Mayor Grey headlines at The Black Sheep
It was three years ago at the Wild Goose Meeting House, back when the doors were still open and the downtown coffee shop was still a gathering place for open-mic nights. Onstage, a 21-year-old singer was working his way through an original song. “I see a girl who writes but doesn’t show her face,” Mayor…
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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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Free performances, fierce rockers and Dueling Pianos take the stage this week
FACE VOCAL BAND: Celebrate 25 years of Boulder-based rock as the all-vocal band brings its harmony-driven, beatbox-powered performance to Stargazers Theatre. Known for appearances on NBC’s “The Sing-Off,” the band will deliver an energetic show without using a single instrument at 7 p.m. Friday, 10 S. Parkside Drive, $33-$38; stargazerstheatre.com. UNCLE TIO: Buffalo Lodge Bicycle…
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Noah Kahan calls out Vail Resorts on Denver Great Divide tour stop
Musician Noah Kahan called out corporate ski giant Vail Resorts, Inc. while performing at Coors Field Saturday. Kahan, a Grammy nominee who skyrocketed to notoriety in 2023 after releasing his third studio album “Stick Season,” played two sold-out shows in Denver last weekend amid the North American leg of his Great Divide tour. He cheekily…
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Violinist Lindsey Stirling brings her high-octane tour to Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs
By L. Kent WolgamottLast Word Features When Lindsey Stirling writes an album, she’s not just thinking about what she wants to play on her violin and how she’ll arrange the rest of the music around it. She always keeps in mind how the song could be performed and how that will fit into her highly…
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Tacos, tequila and T.I. headline second annual Tacos and Tequila Festival
Three things that don’t often appear in the same sentence are sharing the spotlight of Colorado Springs’ upcoming festival: tacos, tequila and T.I. If your throwback playlist includes “Right Thurr,” “Tipsy” and “In Those Jeans,” this might be your kind of reunion. And if you’re a fan of tacos and tequila, well then taco ’bout…
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Steve Earle’s blend of rock and country set for show at Phil Long Music Hall in Colorado Springs
By Bill FormanLast Word Features Two weeks before embarking on last year’s “50 years of Songs and Stories” tour, Steve Earle was performing at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry. After finishing a song, country star Vince Gill unexpectedly walked on stage and presented Earle with a Grand Ole Opry 100th anniversary guitar strap. It was a…
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Add Colorado’s Dino Fest, Telluride Jazz Festival, Sabor Denver and more to your weekend plans
TELLURIDE JAZZ FESTIVAL: The festival returns for two days of live music in one of Colorado’s most scenic settings. Since 1977, the festival has combined world-class jazz and contemporary artists with mountain views, drawing music lovers from around the globe. Friday and Saturday at Telluride Town Park, 500 E. Colorado Ave., Telluride, $164.46-$2,578.97; telluridejazz.org. SABOR…