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KGNU Presents
This calendar is a service of KGNU.
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KGNU is not responsible for the accuracy of the information presented here.
For additional information contact the venue of the performer; please do not contact KGNU.
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Friday, August 29
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Denver
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Political Comedian Will Durst
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Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret
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 Comedy for people who read or know someone who does!
Sweeping both sides of the aisle with a quiver of barbs sharpened by a keen wit dipped into the same ink as todays headlines, Durst transcends political ties, last year performing at events featuring former Presidents Bill Clinton and George HW Bush. Also featured as a speaker at both the Governors Conference and the Mayors Convention, he has cemented his claim as the nations ultimate equal opportunity offender. Outraged and outrageous, Durst may mock and scoff and taunt, but he does it with taste.
Will Durst is cherished by critics and audiences alike for the common sense he brings to his surgical skewering of the hype and hypocrisies engulfing us on a daily basis. Durst proclaims: You Cant Make up Stuff Like This!. And claims little need to write material, having it delivered to him at 8am every morning in the five papers he reads daily. All I do is edit. And precious little of that. Its rip and read.
Durst writes a daily internet column, is former contributing editor to both National Lampoon & George magazines and continues to pen frequent contributions to various periodicals such as the LA Time, GQ, the New York Times and hometown San Francisco Chronicle.
Call 303-293-0075 to reserve your tickets! 8pm
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Friday, September 12
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Boulder
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band
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Fox Theatre
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 The Dirty Dozen has been up for big challenges in the past with its bracing, innovative blend of traditional New Orleans sounds and modern jazz sensibilities. The ensemble has recorded with artists from Dizzy Gillespie (a hero and inspiration) to Elvis Costello, taken on the music of jazz inventor Jelly Roll Morton and reinterpreted the hymns and parade songs of the Crescent City second-line bands. The Dirty Dozen has mixed intriguing approaches to traditional and familiar material, but in a context emphasizing challenging original music composed by the Dozen members themselves. In the course, the band resurrected, revitalized and put distinctly personal stamps on what was a dying tradition of New Orleans brass bands when the group formed in the late 70s, inspiring a full-on revival thats flourished with several new generations of young brass bands each bringing their own twists to the form. 9pm 21+
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Thursday, September 18
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Boulder
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Burning Spear
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Fox Theatre
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 For more than 35 years, Burning Spear's music - thus, his life - has inspired people on numerous continents. Since the beginning, his songs have implored listeners to fight oppression in all its forms, to work at improving their own condition and to consider the social impact of their actions. OUR MUSIC is the second album released on his Burning Spear label and builds upon the Jamaican native's legacy of musical activism. With its inimitable dancing groove, the album percolates and bubbles rhythmically in its call for unity between races, between nations, between individuals and even between business associates. 9pm 21+
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E-Town taping with Lila Downs & Gregory Alan Isakov
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Boulder Theater
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 Join the studio audience to catch a glimpse of some special artists at this live etown event. Lila Downs is a treasure...a bi-cultural singer/songwriter raised in the Mixtec region of Oaxaca, Mexico and in Minnesota. Exploring and expressing Mexico's rich culture has been a lifelong passion for Lila and it is expressed beautifully in her music.
Gregory Alan Isakov has been described by Boulder Weekly, "Strong, subtle...a lyrical genius" and has been compared to his influences, Bruce Springsteen, Kelly Joe Phelps, Iron & Wine and Nick Drake. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and raised in Philadelphia, Isakov moved to Colorado at the end of the last decade. He recently was named 2008's Best Acoustic/Folk Artist by the Denver Westword (Audience Award) and was named by the Denver Westword as the Best Singer/Songwriter 2007 (Critics Award). Isakov is also the 2007 winner of the Telluride Troubador Songwriting Competition. 7pm
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Saturday, September 20
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Denver
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Mary Flower
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Swallow Hill
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 With elegant, funky and inventive playing on her lap steel guitar, acclaimed Piedmont picker Mary Flower returns to her Colorado community at Swallow Hill. Recently relocated to the Northwest, she is back to not only perform, but to teach, as she'll also offer a special artist workshop on fingerstyle blues guitar. Concert at 8pm. Call Swallow Hill for workshop info 303-777-1003.
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Friday, September 26
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Denver
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Nortec Collective Live
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Exdo Event Center 1399 35th St
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 9 PM. The concert will be held in conjunction with the Museos annual gala event, Rojole! From Tijuana, Nortec Collective combines the use of electronics and the sounds of traditional Norteno (Northern Mexican) street music. For more information or to reserve your tickets, please call the Museo at 303-571-4401.
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Saturday, October 11
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Boulder
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Global Drum Project Featuring Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussain
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Boulder Theater
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 w/ Giovanni Hidalgo and Sikiru Adepoju. The GLOBAL DRUM PROJECT Tour brings Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, and Giovanni Hidalgo together again in a reunion sparked by the 15th anniversary of the ground-breaking album Planet Drum. Released in 1991 on the Rykodisc label it went on to earn the first-ever Grammy Award in the World Music category. The tour is the groups first in almost a decade. It also marks the resumption of an artistic relationship between Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussain that goes back to the late 1960s. For Hart, this reunion is an opportunity to take Planet Drum into new places. This is a deep drumming groove. Were taking the archaic rhythm worlds into outer space. Planet Drum explores rhythm and noiseits a sound yoga of processed acoustic percussion headed straight for the trance zone that becomes a dance of ancient and modern worlds. Deep drumming is a skeleton key into these realms. 9pm 21+
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Monday, October 27
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Denver
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Diplo
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Cervante`s Masterpiece Theater
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 Diplo, Diplodocus, Wes Gully, and Wes Diplo are all pseudonyms of Wesley Pentz, a Philadelphia-based producer and DJ. Together with DJ Low Budget, he runs Hollertronix, a club and music collective. In addition to his solo career, he has worked with British-based singer and artist M.I.A.. The two were also romantically involved. Pentz's alias, short for Diplodocus, derives from his childhood fascination with dinosaurs.
As a DJ, Diplo is characterized by his eclectic, often 80s-oriented mashups, mixtapes, and live sets. On his full-length solo effort, Florida, however, his sound is closer to sample-based cinematic instrumental hip hop, not unlike the work of DJ Shadow.
Born in Mississippi and raised across the southern United States, Diplo picked up much of the local culture while growing up there. Music styles such as dirty south, crunk and Miami bass are now key ingredients of Hollertronix's output. Pentz's solo work is also influenced by Southern Gothic and other southern literature. Additionally, world music is a strong musical influence on Diplo, especially baile funk, which he encountered whilst traveling in Brazil.
Diplo is signed to the Ninja Tune-imprint Big Dada. In 2006, he started his own label, Mad Decent, signing Brazilian baile funk group Bonde do Role.
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Saturday, November 08
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Denver
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Po'Girl
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Swallow Hill
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 Po Girl's music is a sound that springs from the dynamic, improbable, mesmerizing bond shared by its two principle singers and writers, Allison Russell and Awna Teixeira. Hailing from Montreal and Toronto respectively, both women left untenable home situations at 14, found music instead of bad ends, and lived to sing the tales. Their music echoes of speakeasy jazz, the Western lament, and the accordion-strapped ghosts of European folk, all delivered with a soulful clarity and depth. 8pm
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Friday, November 21
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Denver
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Spring Creek Bluegrass Band
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Swallow Hill
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 Spring Creek Bluegrass Band is a quartet based out of Lyons, that is quickly gaining a reputation as the hottest young band in the Rocky Mountains. All four musicians are accomplished vocalists who play a mix of bluegrass standards and compelling originals. The members met in music school in Texas and have studied and performed together for several years, creating a tight, polished sound. The band won the Telluride Bluegrass Festival band contest back in June, and won their second Planet Bluegrass title on July 29th at the 35th annual Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival held in Lyons. 8pm
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