Conor Oberst is bring his Mystic Valley Band back to Montana, performing June 22 at the Wilma Theater in Missoula.
Oberst made his first stop on last year’s North American tour right here in Billings, unveiling The Mystic Valley Band, made up of five longtime Oberst collaborators and friends.
The band is gearing up to release its new album Other South on May 5, recorded the album late last year at Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillio, Texas.
Like the storm that brewed during their set, Omaha rock band Cursive brought an thunderous ebb and flow of music to the tiny Yellowstone Valley Brewing pub Saturday.
At 54, folk musician and “hardcore troubadour” Steve Earle is just two years older than his mentor, teacher and 70s counterculture icon, Townes Van Zandt was when he died. To a sold-out audience in Sheridan, Wyo., on Saturday, Earle recalled tales of his past, conjuring up the image of Van Zandt through tales of their experiences, which began in the 1970s.
The week ends with a slathering of excellent music, starting Thursday at the Babcock Theatre with guitar legend and…
Sorely lacking proper amounts of vitamin D, my heart still somewhere in Seattle, the long road home a soon-to-be distant memory, I sometimes wonder why I call this place home.
The Magic City Blues music festival lineup for 2010 has been announced, featuring the husband and wife duo Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi as the headliners on Friday evening and the rock/reggae/funk fusion band Michael Franti & Spearhead capping the festival on Saturday.
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