Better Together: Greeley’s Downtown Armory Re-Opens as a Bold Creative Collective
By Briana Harris “Something old, something new,” is an apt phrase to describe the experience of exploring the Downtown Armory. Located on 8th Avenue in Downtown Greeley, the newly re-opened space is packed with the character of a 100-year-old building mixed with the vision of its new entrepreneurial occupants. The vintage stained glass windows lead […]
Jon Muq’s Extraordinary Musical Journey
By Briana Harris Few artists have had a journey to their debut album quite like Jon Muq. A lifetime of chasing sound has led Muq from his home country of Uganda, to a debut record on Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound label, and tour dates alongside Mavis Staples, Billy Joel, and Norah Jones. It’s the […]
Ben Chapman – Living the Dream as Country’s Next Rising Star
By Briana Harris Alt country artist Ben Chapman has built a world where music seems to be woven into every part of his life. We hop on the phone to chat in a sliver of time between professional and personal commitments, two days before his wedding to fianceé and fellow rising country star Meg McRee. […]
Find Your New Favorite Band at FoCoMX
By Briana Harris April in Fort Collins brings one of Northern Colorado’s most beloved music traditions: thousands of music fans flowing in and out of Old Town venues, musicians hugging on the street as they hustle to a set, and unexpected shows happening from 11am to 1am. It’s FoCoMX: the Fort Collins Music Experiment. Headed […]
Southern Avenue – Family Album Review
By Briana Harris For Memphis-based blues and soul band Southern Avenue, family is a value interwoven into the band’s past, present, and future together. On the band’s 4th studio album, Family, they proudly own their collective narrative and their powerful sound rooted in the musical life they have built together. The band features Tierinii Jackson […]
Eva Rose King – After Tale
By Briana Harris On After Tale, singer-songwriter Eva Rose King acts as a masterful narrator recalling and reclaiming her own story of loss, loneliness, and connection. It’s a quiet yet powerful listen that’s perfect for your own introspection, and a great companion album for a long walk in the woods. King worked in tandem with […]
Musician and Surfer Donavon Frankenreiter Embraces the Waves
By Briana Harris Donavon Frankenreiter is no stranger to the ebb and flow of the music industry. The veteran singer and guitarist’s latest album Get Outta Your Mind was released in September 2024, which coincided with the twenty-year anniversary of his debut self-titled release in 2004. Over the past two decades, he’s toured the globe, […]
Everyone Should Start a Band
“Everyone should start a band.
You’ll begin by gathering some friends to meet in a dingy classroom and start practice on a drum set with busted heads and an amp with crunchy outputs.
You’ll be bad at first. Or maybe not terrible, but awkward and too loud. But it will be fun to make noise and write songs that aren’t so serious, and maybe a few that are. You’ll laugh harder than you have in years. You’ll leave practice looking forward to the next one.
You’ll play a show …”