Cheap (or Free) Music Events To Keep On Your Radar

Photo of a Peer Review event by Dani Lopez-Cruz Instagram here.

Photo of a Peer Review event by Dani Lopez-Cruz Instagram here.

 Summer is coming, which means concert season is upon us. If you’re anything like me, you’re a hard working twenty-something that cannot justify buying all the concert tickets you dream to, but still want to reach your social butterfly potential. I’m here to tell you about some free or cheap, reoccurring, music-focused events so you can get into summer-mode, have a few cheap thrills, and save some dough for when you decide to drop the ball and buy a $65 Red Rocks ticket anyway.

The Lituation @ Hi Dive, Milk Bar, Meadowlark

Weird Touch @ Syntax Physic Opera and other venues

Photo of a Lituation event by Mike Meylor. Instagram here.

Photo of a Lituation event by Mike Meylor. Instagram here.

Big Trouble @ Zepplin Station brings in DJ’s like Peer Review, Weird Touch, etc.

Sunday Laundry @ Lodo’s Bar and Grill

Photo of a Peer Review event by Dani Lopez-Cruz Instagram here.

Photo of a Peer Review event by Dani Lopez-Cruz Instagram here.

NSO ‘No Special Occasion’ @ The 715

Live Jazz Mondays @ The Meadowlark

A.M. Rolling Sundays @ Hudson Hill

Junk Drawer @ Trade Denver

Sunday Funday @ Ace Eat Serve

 

These are some of my favorite events in our lively city, but by no means is this all that’s going on. All of your favorite dive bars have live music on one day or another, and thankfully we live in the digital age, where most those places update their happenings on Instagram or Facebook.

Some other venues to check out: Your Mom’s House, Ophelia’s, Lost Lake, Hi Dive, Sputnik, Mutiny Cafe, The White Whale Room, Rhinoceropolis, Lion’s Lair.

Also, pro tip, follow your favorite artists, venues, and publications (DUH, ULTRA5280) on social media because more often than not there’s a contest running, offering you MORE FREE STUFF. Who doesn’t love that? So Denver, what are we doing tonight?

The Wild Feathers coming to Larimer Lounge | Ticket Giveaway

Austin based indie outfit Wild Feathers will be making a stop at Larimer Lounge on Saturday and we want to send you there. Check out our Facebook page for details.

Ricky Young, Joel King, Taylor Burns and Preston Wimberly, grew up steeped in music; playing solo gigs, touring with local bands and working at venues. The four guys came together in Austin in 2010 through coincidence, mutual friends, and a shared love of the classics: Petty, Dylan, Cash, The Band, Allman Bros, Neil Young and Willie Nelson. They immediately began playing together and became The Wild Feathers. The young band spent the next year writing and defining their sound and touring around the country, sharing the stage with Delta Spirit, Surfer Blood and The Heavy, even landing an opening spot on Paul Simon's 2011 fall tour.

The Wild Feathers are a truly American band: their music takes elements of the best of rock, country, folk and blues music and reshapes it in a way that is both unique and modern.

Esperanza Spalding CD/Poster: Giveaway

 

Who doesn't like free stuff?  Rules are simple all you have to do is reply with a comment or "Like" and or comment on our Facebook page, winner will be announced Friday.

ESPERANZA SPALDING FEATURED ON THIS WEEK'S NPR MUSIC: FIRST LISTEN // HUFFINGTON POST PREMIERES SHORT FILM TRAILER FOR RADIO MUSIC SOCIETY OUT TUESDAY MARCH 20TH

With only a week left before the release of Esperanza Spalding's Radio Music Society, the jazz songstress is giving her fans a sneak peak at what we've been so excited to share.
NPR Music is giving everyone the official first listen to Radio Music Society right here:
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/11/147979893/first-listen-esperanza-spalding-radio-music-society

Eleven of the album's twelve songs are accompanied by conceptual short films, which further express Esperanza's inspiration and story behind each track. Shot in various locations including New York City; Barcelona, Spain; and Portland, Oregon; all films will be available to purchasers of Radio Music Society as a digital download or on a DVD in the deluxe version. It is available for pre-order at the iTunes music store:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/radio-music-society/id506398768

The official trailer is a sneak peak of the long-form film, included in the commercial release of the product. Huffington Post just unveiled the trailer yesterday. Check it out via Youtube: http://youtu.be/SpDMLPixO8s

Grab Esperanza's new widget for a free download of "Radio Song" here: http://d2cbeta.concordmusicgroup.com/rms_widget_test.html

ABOUT RADIO MUSIC SOCIETY
On March 20th, 2012, Esperanza Spalding will unleash her 4th studio album, Radio Music Society (Heads Up International / Concord Music Group), her most diverse, ambitious and masterful recital yet. Rather than a follow-up, Esperanza defines the vibrant, style-spanning release as a companion work to its predecessor Chamber Music Society. Stand-out tracks include the lead single "Black Gold" featuring Algebra Blessett, and free-flowing cover of Michael Jackson's classic, "I Can't Help It".

Radio Music Society boasts a vast range of top-notch guest musicians and collaborators. In addition to longtime partners Joe Lovano, keyboard player Leo Genovese and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, the ranks contain jazz legends Jack DeJohnette and Billy Hart; guitar heroes Jef Lee Johnson and Lionel Loueke; an array of master vocalists including Algebra Blessett, Lalah Hathaway, Gretchen Parlato, Leni Stern and Becca Stevens; hip-hop giant Q-Tip (who performs on and co-produced two tracks); and two Portland-based musicians, Janice Scroggins and Dr. Thara Memory, who provided essential mentorship in Spalding's youth.

CONNECT WITH ESPERANZA SPALDING
http://www.esperanzaspalding.com/
http://www.facebook.com/EsperanzaSpalding
https://twitter.com/espespalding
http://www.youtube.com/user/EsperanzaSpaldingTV

RADIO MUSIC SOCIETY / OFFICIAL TRACKLISTING
1. Radio Song
2. Cinnamon Tree
3. Crowned and Kissed
4. Land of the Free
5. Black Gold featuring Algebra Blessett
6. I Can't Help It featuring Joe Lovano
7. Hold On Me
8. Vague Suspicions
9. Endangered Species featuring Lalah Hathaway
10. Let Her
11. City of Roses
12. Smile Like That

TOUR DATES
April 18 - Buffalo, NY - Center For The Arts
April 19 - Cleveland, OH - Metro Campus Auditorium
April 21 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
April 22 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
April 24 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
April 25 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
April 27 - Hollywood, CA - The Music Box
April 28 - Phoenix, AZ - JW Desert Ridge Jazz Festival
May 1 - Dallas, TX - House Of Blues
May 2 - Houston, TX - House Of Blues
May 3 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Festival
May 5 - Austin, TX - Paramount Theatre
May 23 - Paris, France - La Cigale
May 28 - London, UK - KoKo
June 27 - Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Jazz Festival
June 29 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis Theatre
June 30 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center

(Via Press Release)