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...] Every year for the past half-decade, the River City Roots Festival has welcomed a parade of nationally recognized musical headline acts for two days of free outdoor street concerts. This weekend, it’s time to feast on the Leftovers. Leftover Salmon, that is. Fans of the band – and they are many in this area – already know what’s coming. For those who don’t, Roots Fest itself has offered some tantalizing morsels in recent years. [Read More...] Got word today that heavy-rock band 10 Years will perform a show at the Wilma Theatre in Missoula on Sunday, Oct. 2. Here’s the press release from teh source, complete with the world’s longest and arguably most indulgent band press release. Rawk on!… [Read More...]
Yet in most parts of the country, the band never quite rose above serving as support-act for a diverse array of artists, from the Grateful Dead to Dolly Parton. Then, the band broke up, and for another decade never played together again. In the fast-moving music industry, Mission Mountain’s homey bluegrass- and country-flavored sound largely faded from relevance in the age of New Wave. Founding members Rob Quist and Terry Robinson formed the Montana Band and built their own regional following, until Robinson was killed in a plane crash in 1987. In 1992, the surviving members of the Mission Mountain Wood Band finally reconvened for a gig. Unlike some reunions of previously popular acts these days, the news did not garner mention in the national music press. Yet in Montana, it was like the party had never stopped. Since that first reunion, the band has continued to pull together semi-regular gigs and occasional tours in the summers, always drawing large crowds wherever they play. [Read More...]
In front of the stage curtain, an enormous, white, lower-case ‘r’ lays precariously toppled above the orchestra pit – the scantest fragment of an unformed idea. The orchestra begins to play the opera’s overture – itself a series of fragments of musical ideas – and the curtain rises to reveal more letters: an ‘a’ and an ‘e’ tilted sideways, an ‘o,’ and an ‘m’ laid on its back. As the small but well-drilled orchestra dashes toward the overture’s finale under the baton of conductor Luis Millan, a group of people in peasant-like clothing scurry on stage and rearrange the letters – though still into nothing that resembles a word. Thus the stage is set for a distinctly modern production of one of the most enduringly beloved operas in history, a 225-year-old comedy in which mixed-up words, misinterpretations, and concealment form the very basis of the humor and beauty before aligning themselves into the ultimate meaning of it all. [Read More...] |
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