Category: A-Sides
Cassie Taylor – Blue
(DMD label, Hypertension Music distribution) by Guy Errickson www.thenakedstage.Net [email protected] The “Daughter of a Blues Man,” Cassie Taylor fully embodies the Blues as only the greats can: Blues ain’t music, it’s Life. She was born with the voice of an Angel, now augmented with the elysian depth, scintillating luminescence and seraphic passions of an entrancing […]
Saints – “Dark Country” [single]
![Saints – “Dark Country” [single]](http://www.coloradomusicbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Saints_500-150x150.jpg "Saints – “Dark Country” [single]")
by Jeanie Straub [email protected] I should preface this review with the confession that I was already a HUGE fan of Saints, and that they are my favorite local band, as well as way up there on my national list. I am a Saints groupie. That said, this new single is absolutely my favorite […]
Kim Jones – Lucky Girl [LP]
![Kim Jones – Lucky Girl [LP]](http://www.coloradomusicbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/kim-jones_500-150x150.jpg "Kim Jones – Lucky Girl [LP]")
by Jeanie Straub [email protected] Singer-songwriter Kim Jones is a very strong singer with a very throaty, deep voice – she has been compared to Joni Mitchell, Melissa Etheridge, Patti Griffin. (My own comparison would be to KT Tunstall and Adele.) The musicians she’s got backing her on Lucky Girl, including Wendy Woo and Melanie […]
Lara Ruggles – Out of an Eggshell [EP]
![Lara Ruggles – Out of an Eggshell [EP]](http://www.coloradomusicbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/LaraRuggles_500-150x150.jpg "Lara Ruggles – Out of an Eggshell [EP]")
by Guy Errickson www.TheNakedStage.Net [email protected] “An incredible lyricist” and expressive singer with both power and beauty, Lara Ruggles as composer is fearless, taking some of her songs into a mostly unexplored, even modern classical, landscape. Lara’s an accomplished Pianist, Guitar player, and Folk Artist to be reckoned with – by cracking open her debut Out […]
Post Paradise – The New Normal [LP]
![Post Paradise – The New Normal [LP]](http://www.coloradomusicbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/post-paradise_500-150x150.jpg "Post Paradise – The New Normal [LP]")
by Jeanie Straub [email protected] Fort Collins usually has a lot to be proud of as it isn’t merely a sub-genre of the Denvermusic scene, but a scene all on its own. Latest to look for is Post Paradise, a cello-inspired Alternative Rock band out of the area that almost stands out precisely because […]
David Michael – Low Bid on a Dream [LP]
![David Michael – Low Bid on a Dream [LP]](http://www.coloradomusicbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/david-Michael_500-150x150.jpg "David Michael – Low Bid on a Dream [LP]")
by Jeanie Straub [email protected] Low Bid on a Dream – a bluesy, jazzy mix of Americana – doesn’t feel like a debut. David Michael is there on the cover with his chocolate lab and his guitar wearing a black T shirt and jeans and black Doc Marten-type boots with a black top hat in […]
The Playground Ensemble – Dreams Go Through Me [LP]
![The Playground Ensemble – Dreams Go Through Me [LP]](http://www.coloradomusicbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/playground_500-150x150.jpg "The Playground Ensemble – Dreams Go Through Me [LP]")
by Jeanie Straub [email protected] The Playground Ensemble is composed of Artists-in-Residence at the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver, who are professional musicians and composers dedicated to Classical music and presenting Classical music as a “living art form.” (The school is quite prestigious and is housed in the Robert and Judi […]
Rob Roper – Misfit [LP]
![Rob Roper – Misfit [LP]](http://www.coloradomusicbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rob-roper500-150x150.jpg "Rob Roper – Misfit [LP]")
by Jeanie Straub [email protected] My basic assessment here it that the music is great – my office partner today called it “relaxing,” and she meant that as a high compliment. The band meshes well and is a talented bunch – rounding out singer-songwriter Rob Roper on acoustic and electric guitar and lead vocals […]
Allout Helter – An Hour Made For Arson [EP]
![Allout Helter – An Hour Made For Arson [EP]](http://www.coloradomusicbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/allout-helter_500-150x150.jpg "Allout Helter – An Hour Made For Arson [EP]")
by Tim Wenger [email protected] Sometimes, shorter is sweeter. Denver Punk/Thrash band Allout Helter is out to prove that it’s not the size that matters with their new EP, An Hour Made For Arson, due out October 20 on Dang!Records. Containing only two songs, the release is a quick shot through Progressive Hard Rock with definitive […]
Houses: Winter (A Return to Spring)
by Steffanie Giesler [email protected] In the fourth installment of the Seasons EP releases, singer Andy Hamilton took every aspect of my loneliest winter and then decided to display it for me on a six-song album, at least that’s what it felt like. In this bluesy, melancholy collection, it kicks off with the delightfully depressing […]
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