Welcome to a whole new year! If the January line up is any indication, 2012 is sure to be jam-packed and fun-filled with exciting events in the Denver cultural scene. I’ve checked in with my sources, made notes in my calendar and I’m ready to...
Two down, one to go, so GO BIG. Telluride goes for broke on New Years Eve with special dinners at restaurants around town and in Mountain Village. And here's the really good news: it's quite possible to have your cake and rock it too. You might...
"On The Road Again." Still. One of the best American blues-rock/boogie-rock band from the flower child era of the 1960s still generates plenty of heat. Canned Heat is scheduled to perform with the Fabulous Thunderbirds on New Year's Eve at the historic Sheridan Opera House. Doors...
Justin Townes Earle, the clear-voiced son of Steve Earle, was last in town in February, performing at the historic Sheridan Opera House, the headliner on bill with "special guest" Joe Pug. The evening was a sold-out success and both Joe and Justin were invited to...
Flashback to May 2011. Brian Eyster, marketing director, Planet Bluegrass, urged Telluride Inside…. and Out to interview a newbie in the line-up of the 38th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Apparently his boss, festival director Craig Ferguson, was over the moon about a young singer/songwriter. And...
When Grammy Award-winning solo pianist George Winston first came to town in 1998, the idea was not simply to entertain in his grand style, but also to help Angel Baskets Food Bank. A lucky 13 years later, it's more of the same: Winston's upcoming concert...
Westword's "Best Bluegrass" band in Colorado 2010 & 2011 Planet Bluegrass outdid itself this year. With a megawatt line-up that included Mumford & Sons, Punch Brothers, Robert Plant, Bela Fleck, and Joe Pug, plus Darrell Scott & Friends for a glorious Gospel set, the 38th annual...
For all you trivia buffs, here's one. Or two. Thomas Edison once invented an electric golf ball to enable night play. And, Richard Nixon played golf alone every Wednesday at 10 a.m. wearing a business suit and tie. That image in itself is rib tickler, but...
It's unlikely you know the name of the songwriter (it's Felix Bernard) or the lyricist (he was Richard B. Smith), but their 1934 joint venture produced a song that became a holiday evergreen: "Winter Wonderland." In Bernard and Smith's fictive landscape, sleigh bells rang, snow...
The first "Local Libations" program, a collaboration between The New Community Coalition and Telluride's Steaming Bean, takes place December 15, 2011 at 5:30 PM at the Bean. The "semi-regular" series will provide opportunities to gather, learn and discuss topics of the day. This first event...
