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For those planning to travel from Missoula to the first annual Montana Folk Festival next month, organizers have announced that a chartered bus will be available to take you there — and, of course, back again. Here’s the info straight from the source. [Read More...]
If your definition of musicianship demands proficiency on the guitar – or any other instrument that existed prior to about 2005 – then next week’s local concert by Skrillex and a handful of other dance-music producers of his ilk probably won’t turn your crank. But if your mind is open to new definitions of music in this new millennium, then get down to the Wilma on Wednesday to hear one of today’s trickiest electronic-music trailblazers crank up the jams. [Read More...] Advertisement The upcoming Montana Folk Festival, which takes place in Butte July 8-10, has put out a statewide call for volunteers to help run the citywide festival. Here’s the press release I received this morning, for those who might be interested. [Read More...]
No doubt it’s a fine prize for the band, coming with $100,000 in cash and development prize money. But if the contest’s previous winners are any indication, don’t expect this alone to launch Dubtonic Kru into international stardom. I’m assuming you haven’t heard of bands like Kopek, Heavy Mojo, or Boys in a Band either – all past winners of the contest. (Ironically, the title itself may be a misnomer in this case: Dubtonic Kru has been around for at least 15 years.) [Read More...]
Like its wordy and yet unambiguous title, the album at once captures Carlile’s pure, raw talent and the expressive breadth of her musical personality. Mostly comprised of rehashed tunes from her previous two studio albums – 2007’s “The Story” and 2009’s “Give Up the Ghost” – the album also explores some well-traveled territory in covers of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” Alphaville’s “Forever Young,” Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence,” and “Sixty Years On,” the latter written by Carlile’s avowed musical hero, Elton John. [Read More...] Though he is known to many as a reporter for the Missoulian, Jamie Kelly is no stranger to the stage. Having studied jazz piano at the University of Montana, Kelly has played his share of Garden City gigs over the years. But when he sits down behind his keyboard this Saturday night at the Missoula Winery with his jazz group, the Indulge Quartet, Kelly will be playing with a new purpose – and looking ahead to an experience that only a few years ago would have seemed inconceivable to him. [Read More...]
“We don’t want our music to be remembered,” replied the musician (it wasn’t clear from the interview which of the three — Mikul Wing, Louis Kha, or Graham Cody – was speaking). “If it’s being remembered, then we’re dead.” There is nothing remotely dead about Midnight Conspiracy’s throbbing, propulsive grooves. In fact, this is precisely of-the-moment music, the kind that will probably sound old-school before most of its fans are out of school, but which seems perfectly tuned to the times right now. [Read More...] Just received word this morning that Gillian Welch will perform a show at the Wilma Theatre on July 17. Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 10. Here’s the press release for the show. [Read More...]
In a Monday update at Futhur.net which was later verified by staff at the Adams Center, the band – which features former Grateful Dead core members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh – announced the concert date, with presale tickets available immediately to fan-club members by mail and online at furthur.frontgatetickets.com. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 10, at 10 a.m. via Griztix outlets including Griztix.com, the Adams Center Box Office, and by phone at 888-MONTANA. Tickets are $49 via the presale, and $47.50 plus fees to the general public. Floor seating is general admission; all other seats are reserved. Sometimes, the cosmos seem to be telling us something. Such must have been the case this morning. A coworker had left a television on in the office, which is visible just past my computer monitor. When I sat down to sort through the morning email, the TV was tuned to Rachael Ray’s show. [...] |
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At the end of electronic musician 
You’re excused if you’ve never heard of the “Best New Band in the World.” That sobriquet, bequeathed upon the Jamaican reggae/dub/fusion band 
Singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile may best be known for her naked voice and driving, no-nonsense guitar-playing. But the 30-year-old native of rural Washington says she has always imagined her music cloaked on the exquisite raiment of a full orchestra. Last year, Carlile realized that dream with the release of her first full-length live album, “Brandi Carlile Live at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony.”
In a recent interview with the members of Chicago electronic music trio Midnight Conspiracy, amidst 
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