Okay, don’t really do that. But plenty of fans will at least be yelping with joy that Michael Franti will be returning to the Wilma with his band, Spearhead, for another two-date engagement at the end of August. Here are the details from the show’s promoter: [Read More...]
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Advertisement I received word this morning that mish-mash artist Girl Talk has changed the date of his upcoming Missoula date at the Wilma Theatre. The concert is now scheduled for May 29 — a day earlier than previously announced. Tickets purchased for May 30 will still be honored, there’s no need to exchange them. No word from the promoter as to whether they’ll offer refunds to anyone who can’t make it on the new date; but their contact info is below in the press release announcing the new date: Wilco never sleeps. The one-time alt-country act, which transformed into one of the most surprising trailblazers of the early 21st century, is back on the road — and coming back to Missoula this summer for a date at the Big Sky Brewing Company. Here’s the press release I received today from the promoter: [Read More...]
On Thursday, the Missoula Osprey announced that legendary comedian Steve Martin will bring his band, the Steep Canyon Rangers, to Missoula’s Ogren Park at Allegiance Field for a concert on July 20. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 30, at 10 a.m. Best-known for his acting roles in such comedies as “The Jerk,” “Father of the Bride,” and “Roxanne,” Martin has seen his lifelong love for the banjo blossom into a late career. His band’s 2009 album, “The Crow: New Songs for the Five String Banjo,” won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. The record featured guest performances by such stars as Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Earl Scruggs, and Tim O’Brien. [Read More...] Night after night, in the shadowy light of the Badlander bar, Aaron Bolton’s relaxed smile beamed from behind the sound board. He was in his element, there in the bar that he bought with a trio of friends in 2007 and helped transform into a cornerstone of Missoula’s nightlife scene. On Monday, Bolton’s friends in the music community struggled to cope with the news that his body had been pulled from the icy waters of Seattle’s Elliot Bay early that morning. “He was simply the nicest person I ever knew,” said Justin Lawrence, owner of Hellhouse Sound and the regular sound-man at the Palace Lounge, a music venue in the basement of the complex of bars at the corner of Ryman and Broadway. “(He) never had a cross word to say about anyone or anything.” Details of Bolton’s death remain sketchy. According to Seattle Police spokesman Jeff Kappel, police fielded a report at approximately 6 a.m. Monday of a body floating in Elliot Bay, near Pier 57 in downtown Seattle. Bolton’s body was fished out of the water by firemen around 7 a.m. Kappel said that no cause of death had been determined, and would not confirm Bolton’s identity. [Read More...]
Looking at the mastheads of the rags and blogs that have weighed in on the band’s sophomore album, “Where the Messengers Meet,” one would assume MSHVB is a new darling of the indie music world. Pitchfork weighed in, as did Paste, Spin, and the Onion A.V. Club. Not bad for a five-piece band signed to Dead Oceans, a small Indiana-based label. Or is it? [Read More...]
Perhaps not surprisingly, a handful of local saxophonists responded negatively to the column – one in private email; two in a joint letter to the editor of the Missoulian. As is customary for matters covered in the paper, I’ll let that back-and-forth stand on its own, with one minor clarification: I’m right and they’re wrong. Kidding! But I do think the conversation reflects two broader points that are near and dear to my heart. And if you’ll hear me out, I promise a fun little treat at the end! [Read More...] Every true music-lover has an indefensible pet-peeve, and this is probably my biggest one: There isn’t a song in the world so beautiful that it can’t be ruined by a little saxophone. Oh, I’ve heard the squawk-back: The sax is the most expressive of the woodwind instruments, the closest mechanical approximation of the singing voice, yada yada. I suppose I could name a couple of sax-soaked tunes that don’t annoy the crap out of me (Coleman Hawkins’ “April in Paris” springs to mind). But I can name ten times as many songs that might have been bearable if the reedman had only called in sick. (I’m apparently not the only one who feels this way.) It is for that reason that I find a certain double-negative allure to Rob Verdi’s upcoming concert at the Ronan Performing Arts Center, next Thursday, Jan. 18. Titled “Saxophobia,” the concert figures either to be my worst nightmare or best proof of bias. [Read More...] I received a rather baffling press release recently, about a show coming up next week at the Badlander. Witness the one-sentence pitch:
Okay, forget that band names are singular rather than plural, thus demanding is rather than are. And let’s try not to get caught up in whether that list includes two professions or three (is “stop severe bleeding” a job?). Here is the thing that really gets me: Is this band so musically uninteresting that their main appeal is the stuff they do when they’re not on stage? Hardly, it turns out. [Read More...] |
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The Father of the Bride is now the leader of the band, and he is coming to Missoula this summer.
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