Tim van Schmidt | new scene
I am much more impressed with Samantha Fish now.
I noticed Fish on the Greeley Blues Jam in 2017 and was impressed along with his laborious rock and blues guitar enjoying and cozy swagger onstage.
Fish is scheduled for regional dates in January, together with a present on the Aggie Theater on January 22, and I am positively planning to go.
To organize, I ordered a duplicate of Fish’s newest album launch, “Sooner,” and was shocked. His music continues to be laborious rock and bluesy alright, however now with a fair heavier sound in addition to a decidedly pop pressure.
Fish’s new music is dynamic and aggressive, past the blues.
Okay, so perhaps somebody instructed Fish to show up the horny stuff, and that is fairly evident in “Sooner,” however she additionally turned up the shock stage. A few of this has to do together with her collaboration with producer Martin Kierszenbaum (Girl Gaga, Sting). Drummer Josh Freese (Weapons N’ Roses, 9 Inch Nails, The Replacements) additionally has a hand in it.
However most of all, I feel this has to do with Fish’s relentless creativity: he nonetheless has locations to go along with his music, and “Sooner” is usually a groundbreaking piece of labor.
No matter, I am excited to see this fascinating artist reside. See z2ent.com/aggie-theater for extra info.
Grand Funk: It was 1971 and the primary live performance I went to after shifting to LA was Grand Funk Railroad, my heroes on the time.
I used to be listening to their “Nearer to House” album continuous and was in awe of the image of the band enjoying at Madison Sq. Backyard on the double “Dwell Album”.
Grand Funk was the brand new energy trio on the time. However they weren’t rock royalty like, say, Cream. As a substitute, they had been sweaty younger males who simply turned up the quantity and went full throttle. That present in Los Angeles was all the pieces a younger rock fan may have wished for: loud, fuzzy guitar, highly effective percussion, and epic jams.
There have been many kilometers between then and now. Unique guitarist and frontman Mark Farner left the group in 1976, however some type of Grand Funk nonetheless exists, nonetheless anchored by unique drummer Don Brewer and bassist Mel Schacher, and so they’re coming to the Union Colony Civic Middle in Greeley on January 13. Go to ucstars.com for info.
Lincoln Middle: It is 2023 and it is time to return to Lincoln Middle. I’ve a fist filled with tickets to approaching reveals.
First, there is a present by mandolin ace Sam Bush, generally known as the creator of “new grass” music. Bush will likely be joined at Lincoln Middle on January 29 by one other mandolin ace, Mike Marshall, in addition to bassist Edgar Meyer and violinist George Meyer.
That is only the start of my New Yr at Lincoln Middle. I’ve tickets to see Grammy Award profitable jazz bassist Christian McBride’s New Jawn on February 24th.
I am going to additionally see the Nagash Ensemble, enjoying progressive music based mostly on Armenian folklore, on March 5 at CSU UCA’s Organ Recital Corridor. Add BalletX on March 28 and the kids’s manufacturing, “Ajijaak on Turtle Island,” on April 29.
That is numerous nice leisure on my calendar, however it’s not all Lincoln Middle has to supply in 2023, by far. See the complete Lincoln Middle schedule at lctix.com
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