John Prine acknowledged vocal problems early into his set at the Paramount Theatre on Friday and was still able to sing through for a full set.

John Prine returns to Colorado this weekend for a show at Lincoln Center in Fort Collins

The 2012 Telluride Bluegrass Festival will announce its initial artist line-up today, and we have the exclusive news on the bill that already includes Alison Krauss & Union Station, Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers, the Sam Bush Band and Yonder Mountain String Band

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Photos and live review: John Prine commands the Paramount Theatre in Denver

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A unique combination of ambition and generosity drive singer-songwriter Stephen Marcus forward. Sometimes, you have to give back to go forward. Singer-songwriter Stephen Marcus traces the beginnings of his music career back to the Crested Butte Arts Center, and now he wants to repay the favor. In the tradition of great songwriters, Marcus plays simple, honest, folk-inflected music, with careful attention to lyrical details and very little clutter. Songs like “Rotate My Mind” and “If the Phone Ain’t Ringing” recall the road-roughened melodies and world-weary [...]

[insertReverbPhoto id="85456" photo="1"] Yonder Mountain switched up venues from the previous night, but still played an energetic, inventive set at the Fillmore on Wednesday. Photo by Marla Keown. You know it’s a good jam band show when you look around and can’t tell if the blissed out smiles are from chemical concoctions or the ferocity of the music (well, except for that one guy in front of me; that was clearly chemicals). Yonder Mountain String Band played the Fillmore Wednesday night as part of a [...]

[photopress:greg.jpg,full,pp_image] Greg Brown’s literate, thoughtful musings on the season beat mindless, piped-in carols any day. Photo from gregbrown.org. A week before Christmas, Iowa folkie Greg Brown played a concert that, like the holiday, was variously a celebration, humble exercise and occasion for worship. “I’ll start with this poem,” said Brown, taking the stage at the L2 Arts and Culture Center on Saturday alone in wide-brimmed hat, dark sunglasses, and sleeveless shirt. The e.e. cummings poem, “most this amazing day,” set a commanding, reverent tone that [...]