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Rose Hedberg

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CommunityLifting the World to the Highest Vibration: Mike Love At ARISE Music FestivalHailing from the island of Oahu, Hawaii Mike Love was a powerful force at the ARISE music festival this weekend.Rose Hedberg · Aug 10, 2015

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FeaturesIt’s Just Who We Are: The Burroughs Unveil Their Live Album Sweaty Greeley Soul“Everything from the groove that you’re in, to the words that you say, to the melodies you sing is suppose to come from right here,” Johnny Burroughs says using both open faced…Rose Hedberg · Jul 28, 2015

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CommunityThe All-American Musical That Honors Our All-America City“Clearly there’s something happening here that is worthwhile, so let’s talk about why we like Greeley,” says Mothershed and thus emerged a production about just that–Greeley. Repeated in a quote, this sounds unintentionally cheesy and was far from the original vision for the show Oh Greeley! An All American Musical. It seeded from an eye opening visit to Greeley’s historical museum and playful musical banter about Prohibition. Under the company and troupe of Cheaply Intellectual Theater, Mothershed, Eric Long and Shane White compiled their historical interests and gave birth to a hilariously entertaining and witty production about the town.Rose Hedberg · Jul 2, 2015

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MusicAblum Review: Breach & Bellow – “Burn the Effigy”esse Spencer, local celebrity and adamant musician released his latest endeavor from his solo project Breach & Bellow this last month. Burn the Effigy is B&B’s debut album, but Spencer is anything but novice to the music scene. From Longmont, Colorado he was born into music.Rose Hedberg · May 4, 2015

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CommunityThe Historic Vanguard Jazz OrchestraIf it’s not already evident, maintaining a band presidency for forty-nine years is a pretty impressive feat, especially when the band is a 16 member jazz ensemble that came about…Rose Hedberg · Apr 17, 2015

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CommunityThe Amazing Deborah BrownFrom Kansas City, Missouri to the farthest borders of Indonesia, renowned jazz soul singer Deborah Brown has been establishing footholds in contemporary jazz for over thirty years.Rose Hedberg · Apr 16, 2015

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FeaturesJ Boog: Compton’s Reggae KingIf music is a universal language, Jerry “J Boog” Afemata has mastered that language through reggae. Born in Long Beach, California and raised in Compton as the youngest of eight, J Boog worked to make his sound a collaboration of family influence and personal freedom. With the help of reggae artist Fiji in 2005, J Boog produced his debut album Hear Me Roar. Joining up with Wash House Music Inc, he worked with reggae family legend Ambassador Gramps Morgan of Morgan Heritage, island producer and artist Don Corelone, and international reggae star Yami Bolo to put out his Billboard charts topper Backyard Boogie in 2011. He won Best New Entertainer at 2012’s International Reggae and Music Awards. He continues to produce singles that make their way to the top charts for reggae and put out his latest EP Live Up in 2014.Rose Hedberg · Mar 20, 2015

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FeaturesNMM: Smoke and Mirrors— Imagine DragonsImagine Dragons, the quartet from sin-city capital Las Vegas, Nevada released Smoke and Mirrors this weekend. Their second studio album stands to fill some large shoes as their debut album Night Visions went platinum winning the band’s number one single “Radioactive” a Grammy for Best Rock Performance. Smoke and Mirrors track “I Bet My Life” has been looping through radio networks since last fall, giving fans a taste of the upcoming album, yet their single is no indication as to the overall sound of the album.Rose Hedberg · Feb 23, 2015

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CommunityMisfits for Music’s Sake: Hypnotic Vibes Wins Battle of the BandsThey are six distinct characters that don’t initially seem to match one another. A juggler, a poet, a bilinguist, a mechanical mind, a beat-boxer, and a Rubik’s cube master, are all musicians with a singular vision: to play good music. And that vision won this funkadelic reggae band the 2014 BandWagon Magazine Battle of the Bands.Rose Hedberg · Feb 16, 2015

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EditorialsJust Another Day in Cupid’s House of PainThere’s an unspoken understanding to Valentine’s day that says if you’re single you should hate it, but if you’re in a relationship you should flaunt it, and then there’s the Valentine’s extremists who unrealistically idolize the act of falling in love all together. It’s not defined that the people who are unhappy with Valentine’s day are the singletons. Human beings are unhappy with being told how and when they should love someone. Instead of just hiding behind our expectations of companionship, let’s full on rip it apart so that only the loudest and strongest represent what the ancient Romans had in mind for Valentine’s Day.Rose Hedberg · Feb 13, 2015

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CommunityTake It Out Back: City Council Bans the Use Of E-Cigarettes and Vaporizers in Public PlacesGreeley’s smoke-free law, an ordinance passed in 2003 (9.44.020 of Greeley’s Municipal Code), was motioned to include electronic smoking devices in October 2014.Rose Hedberg · Jan 22, 2015

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CommunityTo Vape or Not to Vape: New Smoking Ordinance Threatens Growing IndustryIt’s not what you’re smoking but where you’re smoking, that seems to be the consensus of Greeley’s city council as they schedule their final reading for banning public use of e-cigarettes for January 6th.Rose Hedberg · Jan 2, 2015

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Forking Over the Cash, A Christmas CritiqueWeather you believe in the birth of a miracle baby, the arrival of St.Rose Hedberg · Dec 21, 2014

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MusicAlbum Review: Crunchy Kids – MintWhen thinking of Minneapolis and hip-hop, Rhymesayers is the undeniable forefront.Rose Hedberg · Nov 17, 2014 FeaturesClutch Shares Their Success at Riot FestClutch, an original 90s rock band played the Byers General Store Stage at Riot Fest this weekend and an interview with drummer Jean-Paul Gaster shed some light on the process of…Rose Hedberg · Sep 25, 2014

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FeaturesJimmy Angel: The Yankees, Mommy and the MobEvery dream 79-year-old Rock ‘n Roll idol Jimmy Angel ever had growing up was to be a New York Yankee, not a legendary Rock star.Rose Hedberg · Sep 15, 2014

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FeaturesWhen Jimi Played Woodstock Sha Na Na Was ThereSha Na Na, the doo-wop band who began their successful career in the 1969 performance of Woodstock, is touring through Northern Colorado for the 1st Annual Rocky Mountain Rock n’…Rose Hedberg · Aug 12, 2014

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FeaturesGreeley Stampede Spotlight – Martina McBrideAmong the many faces of country music, Martina McBride leads in an industry of widely known female voices.Rose Hedberg · Jun 29, 2014

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CommunityBuilding Family, Not Finances: New Mural Shows Zoe’s Coffee ConnectionA cup of coffee from local café Zoe’s is not only freshly pressed but the beans travel 4,000 miles from Peru to their café.Rose Hedberg · May 13, 2014

CommunityBusiness Profile: Moody’s American GrillTim Veldhuizen took a chance in opening a more casual restaurant downtown, after the great success of his cool upscale steak joint, The Chophouse on 8th street. He was inspired by the opportunity to cater a more casual burger and salad diner.Rose Hedberg · Mar 12, 2014