Bozeman was treated to some fine Canadian R and R Tuesday, November 8, as Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans offered up an ample supply of their special brand of Northern Plains pickin’ and grinning’ to the packed house at the Fil... more

“Lotus” is the name of the new collection of songs by the band Lotus. I literally took this album for a test drive in my car, right before dawn was breaking, like a remembrance on the tip of the tongue. The first track, "Golden Ghost" st... more

The Supersuckers blew into Bozeman Tuesday, October 4, and the self-proclaimed “greatest rock and roll band in the world” had the crowd hopping at the Filling Station. Two local bands got the ball rolling for this Compound Producti... more

The Booze Hounds are a Bozeman-based band that’s been kicking around town for a few years now. Good things take time, and like a fine wine, the group has matured into a solid act with a faithful following and a hint of great things... more

The evenings were cool, but the music was hot in Big Sky in early September, and bands ranging from locals like The Clintons and Pinky and the Floyd to national acts like Keb Mo and Big Head Todd and the Monsters made the mountain ... more

Musicians and Mother Nature conspired in mid-August to make the annual three-day Rockin’ the Rivers Music Festival near the Lewis and Clark Caverns a pretty perfect event this year. This was my 10th year at the rockfest in southwes... more

An incredible array of talent entertained concert-goers near the tiny town of White Sulphur Springs the last weekend of July at the inaugural Red Ants Pants Music Festival. The event was the brainchild of Sarah Calhoun, owner of the... more

When she introduced Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at the Emerson Center Thursday, January 20, KMMS radio’s Michelle Wolfe asked who among the crowd had never seen GPN before. I was one of the few in the packed house that raised m... more

Little Label Music Review

Music and I are happy strangers meeting for the first time, over and over again. After meeting “On Our Own,” the album wrought by One Leaf Clover (OLC), the impression pressed upon me was the cadence, tone and gravelly rhythmic barking ch... more

Avalaunch, held Friday and Saturday, November 12 & 13 in downtown Bozeman included films, lectures and music. It highlighted both local and national artists who displayed incredible talent, and provided loads of fun for attendees... more

The recently released CD, 'Rhymes in Motion' is a compilation of several years work by Karl Belanger, a talented musician, songwriter and poet living north of Gardiner in Paradise Valley. The CD is filled with masterful musical... more

Little Label Music Review

“Crazy All the Time” is the new CD by the Dave Walker Band. This title comes from track five on the CD, which is a smokey, bluesy tune with the lyrics: "I once had a woman, she was crazy all the time..." you know, another bluesman, te... more

Though the fire marshal threatened to stop the show if people didn’t return to their seats, Robert Earl Keen kept the stage at the Emerson’s Crawford Theater for a sold-out Vootie Productions performance the last Friday in August. ... more

Sunday, August 29th the Paradise Valley Music Festival took place at Luccock Park Camp just south of Livingston. Along with headliners The David Grisman Quintet and James McMurtry, performers included The Infamo... more

Whoa, baby — this year's Billings Blues Festival was killer! The only slightly negative thing I can say is that, for the most part, it wasn't the Blues. True story! The bands were incredible — they just weren't playing traditio... more

Saturday, July 9th the first-ever Ryan Creek Meadows Country Camp-out took place just east of Clinton, near Missoula. Along with headliners The Marshall Tucker Band, performers included University of Montana alu... more

No one was disappointed as the Pine Creek Café in Paradise Valley celebrated the first Friday of this summer with an outdoor barbeque and the Dave Walker Band playing under the pines. Much has been written of Dave Walker, the singe... more

The Charlie Daniels Band let the crowd at this year’s Headwaters Country Jam know that their front man can still rock with the best of them. The 73-year-old Charlie Daniels may have suffered a mild stroke back in January, but on th... more

During the break at trumpeter Jack Walrath and bassist Kelly Roberti’s Thursday, April 29 concert at the Story Mansion, I overheard Walrath speaking with a fan about schizophrenia, saying that those who have it lose a sense o... more

Tuesday, February 23rd the Zebra Cocktail Lounge hosted Doug Appling, a unique musician known as Emancipator. According to his Facebook page, Emancipator's music can be described as "electronica, trip-hop, and down-tempo," but such ... more

The Bozeman Film Festival recently showed ‘It Might Get Loud,’ a powerful documentary that explores what most guitarists and songwriters struggle with on a daily basis. The filmmaker could easily have settled for one rock legend. Inst... more

My friends have been extolling the virtues of Keller Williams for years, so I decided to drop in for his Porterhouse Productions show at the Emerson Center Sunday, September 20 to see what the buzz was about. The sound of a strummi... more

The Doobie Brothers and Montana’s Mission Mountain Wood Band put on a stellar outdoor concert at the Big Sky Pavilion Friday evening, September 3, thanks to Mother Nature and the Big Sky Council of the Arts. The show was nostalgic ... more

Hot Buttered Rum was back in town Thursday, September 1st for a special show at the Filling Station. They presented Bozeman with a new line-up of stunning original tunes and a few revamped all-time favorites. The band’s recen... more

Being a guy who saw Jerry Garcia perform countless times from coast to coast, both with the Grateful Dead and JGB, I’m always skeptical about seeing anything Grateful Dead related these days. After uncle Jerry d... more

Steve Earle and his wife Allison Moorer paid a return visit to the Emerson Center Tuesday, August 11 courtesy of Vootie Productions, and the couple did not disappoint the crowd with an acoustic performance honoring Earle‘s mentor, ... more

The summer is getting a little bi-polar, and the right music can make all the difference in summer-recreation survival. Keeping the proper motivation during the summer days necessitates the sonic enjoyment process and prepar... more

Rockin’ the Rivers celebrated its 10th anniversary the second weekend of August, and classic rock and roll made this year’s concert one to remember. It was wild weather that welcomed early attendees to the three-day show, as thunde... more

Tuesday, July 21st was one of the hottest days of the year so far — so hot that when I arrived at The Emerson to see Josh Ritter perform, paper fans were being sold at the door for a dollar apiece. The proceeds from the fans... more

I have been of drinking age for a while now and still had never been to the Montana Beer Fest. Why? I don't know. Logically, I should have gone before, seeing how I love beer, especially hand-crafted beer. This year, I went. It ... more

I recently read a review of my favorite album from last year, (Atmosphere’s “When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold”). I was irked by what I consider the misrepresentation, simplification and overall blanching o... more

If someone told me to watch a film about a depressed middle-class high school senior in the nineties, I would tell them John Hughes has been dead to me since “Home Alone.” If someone told me to watch something abou... more

Saturday, January 22nd, a band called Spoken cruised into town and brought the house down at MSU’s SUB Ballroom. When I arrived, fans of all ages were slowly filling up the refreshingly large and accomodating venue. They ... more

The air was ever so crisp as people made their way into Highsides Wednesday, November 19. The sign outside read “Grace Potter and the Nocturnals — Sold Out.” Walking through the doors, dedicated, yet unprepared fans hounded everyone... more

Music Villa’s bass clinic with Billy Sheehan began Friday, November 14 with a blistering, molten white-hot lava solo. The audience experienced an aural assault of deep, melodic, super-fast scale runs punctuated by funky riffs & ... more

Wednesday, October 29th at the Emerson, Vootie Productions hosted a pair of Boston-based balladeers — two of the more talked about "New Folk" artists to recently burst onto the acoustic music scene — Ryan Montbleau and Martin Se... more