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The String Cheese Incident & Rising Appalachia 7.22.18 (Photos)

Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison, CO Photos by Doug Fondriest Photography View Doug's Full Photo Gallery Here! www.stringcheeseincident.com

The String Cheese Incident & The Main Squeeze 7.21.18 (Photos)

Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison, CO Photos by Doug Fondriest Photography View Doug's Full Photo Gallery Here! www.stringcheeseincident.com

GWAR 7.20.18 (Photos)

The Orange Peel Asheville, NC Photos by J. Scott Shrader Photography View Scott's Full Photo Gallery Here! www.gwar.net

PREVIEW: YarmonyGrass 8.9 - 8.12.18

Rancho Del Rio Bond, CO One of our favorite Colorado festivals, YarmonyGrass, returns to Rancho Del Rio for a fantastic weekend of music, camping and river activities! This year's line-up includes Billy Strings, Trout Steak Revival, The Drunken Hearts, Coral Creek, Hot Buttered Rum, Rumpke Mountain Boys, Poor Man's Whiskey & many more August 9 - 12! Get your tickets now and join us at YarmonyGrass! www.yarmonygrass.com

The String Cheese Incident & Mofro 7.20.18 (Photos)

Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison, CO Photos by Doug Fondriest Photography View Doug's Full Photo Gallery Here! www.stringcheeseincident.com

String Cheese Incident 7.7 - 7.8.18

Eugene, OR Cuthbert Amphitheater Words by Mitch Melheim Photos by Eric Willacker Eugene, Oregon is a place where people float around in a smiley haze, happier than most, and more oblivious than the rest. At any given time, you may find yourself surrounded by hula hoops and questionable dance moves. If this sounds familiar but you’ve never been to Eugene, chances are that’s because you’ve been to a String Cheese Incident show. The city and the band are a match made in hippie heaven and it’s only magnified when combined with the beautiful Cuthbert Amphitheater and the relaxed vibe that could only be curated by descendants of the Merry Prankster himself, Ken Kesey. (Kesey Enterprises produced the show) Saturday, July 7: Saturday evening started with an unexpected “Dudley’s Kitchen” opener, the first time Cheese had played the song in almost a year and a half. A fifteen-minute “Close Your Eyes” followed and segued into the short and sweet bluegrass tune, “So Far From Home” whi

Bill & Jilian Nershi 7.19.18 (Photos)

New Terrain Brewing Golden, CO Photos by Nancy Isaac Photography View Nancy's Full Photo Gallery Here! www.facebook.com/billnershi

High Sierra Music Festival 7.5 - 7.8.18 (Photos)

Quincy, CA Photos by Charla Harvey View Charla's Full Photo Gallery Here! www.highsierramusic.com

Kurt Vile & The Violators with Dylan Carlson 7.12.18 (Photos)

The Orange Peel Asheville, NC Photos by Alex Cox Photography View Alex's Full Photo Gallery Here! www.kurtvile.com

The String Cheese Incident 7.8.18 (Photos)

Cuthbert Amphitheater Eugene, OR Photos by Jason Charme Photography View Jason's Full Photo Gallery Here! www.stringcheeseincident.com

The String Cheese Incident 7.7.18 (Photos)

Cuthbert Amphitheater Eugene, OR Photos by Jason Charme Photography View Jason's Full Photo Gallery Here! www.stringcheeseincident.com

Umphrey's McGee with The Record Company 7.7.18 (Photos)

Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO Photos by Doug Fondriest Photography View Doug's Full Photo Gallery Here! www.umphreys.com www.therecordcompany.net

Hootenanny Breckenridge Brewery's 28th Anniversary 7.7.18 (Photos)

Breckenridge Brewery Denver, CO Photos by Nancy Isaac Photography View Nancy's Full Photo Gallery Here! www.breckbrew.com

4 Peaks Music Festival 6.21 - 6.24.18

Stevenson Ranch Bend, OR Words by Erica Garvey ( Funk Fiend ) Photos by Jason Charme ( Jason Charme Photography ) No matter which direction you come from, the journey to 4 Peaks Music Festival leads you through the rolling hills and dignified mountains of Central Oregon. As you drive through Bend, you are greeted with the charms of a small (but growing) town, which quickly give way to the bare appeal of the Stevenson Ranch, 4 Peaks’ home for the past two years. From there, the festival continues the same streak of simple beauty. It is an authentic gathering of a tight-knit community, whether you have been a part of the 4 Peaks family for years or just hours. At the 2018 festival, the crowd was courteous, the staff was smiley, the vendors were attentive, and many times the bands brought other musicians on as guests. The artists themselves were each other’s biggest fans. I cannot think of one performance from which Scott Pemberton (of Scott Pemberton Band) was absent from the au

Drew Emmitt Band Hootenanny Pre-Party 7.6.18 (Photos)

Cervantes Other Side Denver, CO Photos by Nancy Isaac Photography View Nancy's Full Photo Gallery Here! www.drewemmitt.com

Lake Street Dive 7.3.18 (Photos)

Pisgah Brewing Black Mountain, NC Photos by J. Scott Shrader Photography View Scott's Full Gallery Here! www.lakestreetdive.com

Kessel Run, Legato & Wabakinoset 6.29.18 (Photos)

Fox Theatre Boulder, CO Photos by Derek Miles ( Miles Photography ) View Derek's Full Gallery Here! www.kesselrunmusic.com www.legatotunes.com www.wabakinoset.org

Industrial Revelation with High Pulp & JusMoni 6.30.18

Nectar Lounge Seattle, WA Words by Maximo Menchaca Photos by Phil Homan and Dan Cable I need to tell you about this phenomenal evening I witnessed at a sold-out Nectar Lounge Saturday, June 30th. The blurb in the Stranger sounded simple enough: a line-up full of local flavor, with Afrofutrist singer JusMoni and funk band High Pulp opening for jazz group Industrial Revelation. But for the lucky attendees, each artist refused to fit in those predefined boxes. JusMoni (stage moniker of Moni Tep)’s music immediately suggests strong ties to fellow Seattle-based hip-hop/R&B groups THEESatisfaction and Shabazz Palaces – no surprise, considering THEESatisfaction’s Stasia “Mehschel” Irons is the mastermind of the beats. She was camped behind a laptop and microphone on stage next to Tep. The last day of June was a classic example of Seattle’s “June Gloom,” that cloudy not-quite-warm not-quite-cool humidity that sticks to your skin. JusMoni’s music was the perfect cap as the day