The Steamboat Pilot & Today

Local student gives recital as a parting gift to Steamboat

Friday, May 16, 2008

Marilyn Harris has had a theatrical streak for most of her life.

CD review of Billy Bragg and Tapes ’n Tapes

Friday, May 16, 2008

CD review of Billy Bragg, “Mr. Love & Justice,” and Tapes ’n Tapes, “Walk it Off” Read story.

For those about to rock

Teen Battle of the Bands runs the gamut of styles

Friday, May 16, 2008

Going into his fifth year as a judge for the Teen Battle of the Bands, Paulie Anderson is looking forward to hearing what local teenagers have to say right before they go on stage.

Ain’t nothin’ but the blues

Despite his genre, things going well for Too Slim

Friday, May 16, 2008

Tim “Too Slim” Langford’s latest blues-rock record doesn’t hit stores until May 22.

REL-I-ant on world beats

California-bred musician takes cues from Paul Simon

Friday, May 9, 2008

Dub musician Matthew Relis knows he’s not the first person to think of using West African rhythms in pop music.

CD review of Does It Offend You, Yeah?

Friday, May 9, 2008

The guys in Does It Offend You, Yeah? — a quartet of electro-rockers from Reading, England — are kind of full of themselves.

And that works for them.

There’s no place like home

Middle School theater production builds love for arts in Steamboat

Friday, May 9, 2008

In the Steamboat Springs Middle School cafetorium Tuesday, Rusty deLucia was busy organizing chaos.

Gone too long

Bill McKay sticks to rock with his own band

Friday, May 2, 2008

After logging years with Leftover Salmon and The Derek Trucks Band, Colorado music mainstay, keyboardist and vocalist Bill McKay is getting to know himself. More specifically, he’s getting back to playing music he’s written, touring with the four-piece Bill McKay Band.

Orchestral objectives

Violinist has her goals set high — once she finishes high school

Friday, May 2, 2008

For some classical works, an ambitious young violinist can just tell — from the first time she hears it, she has to play that piece.

CD reviews for Colin Meloy and The Raconteurs

Friday, May 2, 2008

CD reviews for Colin Meloy, “Colin Meloy Sings Live!”, and The Raconteurs, “Consolers of the Lonely.” Read story.

Source list: Danny Shafer

What makes him sound like he does, and why

Friday, April 25, 2008

A regular shoulder season fixture at Old Town Pub, songwriter Danny Shafer knows how to relate to the average person.

Groovin’ up slowly

Smooth Money Gesture works varied styles on jam circuit

Friday, April 25, 2008

A while back, the four members of Smooth Money Gesture wanted to step up their touring schedule and play more shows more frequently.

Rock, roll and soul power

Harmonious Junk does its own thing, with lessons from Brown

Friday, April 18, 2008

Damon Wood is well aware that to ask something like, “So, what’s the difference between playing bars in Colorado and touring with James Brown in Europe?” is to ask something extraordinarily stupid.

‘He’s all about the joy’

Congolese dance/drum teacher Titos Sompa embraces life with his art

Friday, April 18, 2008

No one — at least not anyone in Steamboat — knows how old Congolese dancer and drummer Titos Sompa is.

Teaching technique

DKO Jazz Sextet focuses on style, thought behind music

Friday, April 18, 2008

While members of the Darren Kramer Organization Jazz Sextet set up for their own rehearsal after an afternoon clinic at Steamboat Springs High School on Tuesday, members of the SSHS Jazz Ensemble nervously thanked Kramer for his time.