Monthly Archives February 2018

0 JOSH HOYER & SOUL COLOSSAL WINTER 2018 TOUR

JOSH HOYER & SOUL COLOSSAL WINTER 2018 TOUR

Rocky Mountain Artists is very pleased to announce the winter 2018 western tour for
JOSH HOYER & SOUL COLOSSAL (Lincoln,NE)

JOSH HOYER & SOUL COLOSSAL will be returning to Colorado and Big Sky regions in February and early March for a series of dates highlighted by several multiple day ski resort runs in Idaho and Utah. The band is touring in support of their newest release “Lowdown Breaks.”

You can check out JOSH HOYER & SOUL COLOSSAL at the following dates:

2/13 (Tue) – Zoo Bar – Lincoln, NE
2/14 (Wed) – Hodi’s Half Note – Fort Collins, CO
2/15 (Thu) – Zebra Lounge – Bozeman, MT
2/16 (Fri) – The Craggy Range -Whitefish, MT
2/17 (Sat) – The Top Hat -Missoula, MT
2/18 (Sun) – Gracie’s – Salt Lake Cit, UT
2/20 (Tue) – Snowbasin Resort – Huntsville, UT
2/21 (Wed) – Snowbasin Resort – Huntsville, UT
2/22 (Thu day) – Snowbasin Resort – Huntsville, UT
2/22 (Thu night) – Funk N Dive – Ogden, UT
2/23 (Fri) – River Run Lodge -Ketchum, ID
2/24 (Sat) – Whiskey Jacques – Ketchum, ID
2/25 (Sun) – Warm Springs Day Lodge -Sun Valley, ID
2/27 (Tue) – Steve’s Guitars – Carbondale, CO
3/1 (Thu) – Lazy Dog – Boulder, CO
3/2 (Fri) – Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox – Denver, CO
3/3 (Sat) – Moxi Theater -Greeley, CO

https://www.joshhoyer.com/

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Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal’s combination of soul, funk and R&B is in a word, electric. Best displayed in their high-energy live show, the blend of Hoyer’s honest lyrics and his rich, intensely soulful vocals merge with his top-notch band to create an undeniable chemistry.

Hoyer formed Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal in 2012 in famed blues town Lincoln, Nebraska. The award-winning five-piece band includes some of the area’s most revered and accomplished musicians. Joining Hoyer (keyboards/vocals) is Benjamin Kushner (guitar), Blake DeForest (trumpet), Mike Keeling (bass), and Larell Ware (drums). Inspired by the sounds of Stax, Motown, Muscle Shoals, New Orleans, Philly and San Francisco, the band continuously crosses musical boundaries both in style and era, and joins forces each show with a common goal – to have the crowd dancing so much they forget even their smallest troubles.

On January 26th, 2018, Hoyer released “The End of the Night”, a 3-song EP and solo side project with veteran Nashville songwriters Jay Knowles (Harry Connick Jr, Blake Shelton), and Jon Coleman (Trace Adkins). In the spring, Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal are set to record their fourth full length record at Make Believe Studios in Omaha, NE, with Grammy-nominated engineer, Rick Carson. The album will be released in Europe in August of 2018, followed by a 7-week European tour before its US release.

In 2017, Josh was featured as a contestant on NBC’s The Voice, and the band completed their first European tour; a 27-city stint capped with a live album release from their show in Brussels, Belgium.The hard working band completed several national tours from 2015-2017, playing more than 150 shows in 32 states each year, including opening for George Clinton, Charles Bradley, Booker T Jones, and Muscle Shoals Revue. Their year-round touring schedule took them from coast to coast, including several major summer music festivals.

In 2016, the magic of their live show caught the attention of producer Ken Coomer (Wilco, Uncle Tupelo), who joined with the band to record their third full-length album. Running From Love, was recorded at Nashville’s historic Sound Emporium, and once again features Hoyer’s trademark vocals and the band’s signature groove. The album was released on April 8, 2016, on Silver Street Records, and is available on vinyl, CD, and digital formats.

“If James Brown and Otis Redding had a love child, it would be Josh Hoyer. The Lincoln, Nebraska, soul shouter, and his band of merry soulsters, Soul Colossal, deliver a sound so big, so funky, so wring-the-sweat-out-of-you energetic that it reaches through the speakers and shakes you until you start moving to its groove.” – No Depression

0 LOWDOWN BRASS BAND winter 2018 Colorado tour

LOWDOWN BRASS BAND WINTER 2018 TOUR

Rocky Mountain Artists is very pleased to announce the winter 2018 Colorado tour for
LOWDOWN BRASS BAND (Chicago, IL)

LOWDOWN BRASS BAND will be returning to Colorado in February for a series of dates highlighted by Mardi Gras celebratory shows at Winter Park and Breckenridge ski resorts. The band is touring in support of their newest release “Lowdown Breaks.”

You can check out LOWDOWN BRASS BAND at the following dates:

2/9 (Fri) – The Black Buzzard – Denver, CO
2/10 (Sat day) – Winter Park Resort – Winter Park, CO
2/10 (Sat night) – The Goat – Keystone, CO
2/13 (Tue) – Breckenridge Resort – Breckenridge, CO
2/14 (Wed) – Justice Snow’s – Aspen, CO
2/15 (Thu) – Bohemian Biergarten – Boulder, CO
2/16 (Fri) – Cactus Jack’s – Evergreen, CO
2/17 (Sat) – Ullr’s Tavern – Winter Park, CO*

* = with Toubab Krewe

https://www.lowdownbrassband.com/

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LowDown Brass Band (LDB) deftly synthesizes the gritty sounds of Chicago with the high energy second-line street beat of the Crescent City. LDB brandishes a powerful brass frontline of trumpets, trombones, saxophones, with a funky backline of drums and sousaphone. Combining the poetic ferocity of Billa Camp with stellar vocal harmonies, adventurous improvisation, movement, and grooves, LDB creates an infectious and diverse sound that has something for every listener.

Fresh off their appearance at The 2017 Chicago Jazz Festival, LowDown maintains a constant performing and touring schedule throughout North America. In 2015, LDB released an ambitious project titled “LowDown Sounds” that included a critically acclaimed cameo by Roy Ayers on the track “Everybody Loves The Sunshine.” LowDown Brass is now set to begin the next chapter with the release of their 5th self-produced full length studio album “LowDown Breaks.” This new offering steps deeper into refining their unique sound, combining the hip hop sound with multiple world music and jazz styles.

“LowDown Breaks” sounds as if it could be comprised of samples – as if every instrument came off an old soul record – the drum “break” from a JB’s record, or a horn blast ripped from an Al Green cut – and that was the idea from the beginning. But there are no samples on this record except in the transitions: DJ Alo (The Dread/Chicago) and Laelo (Sousa/Producer) sampled the LDB horns and drums, cut up them up, replaced, remixed, and create”LowDown Breaks.” This concept is a nod to the breaks used by the original DJs and producers from the Golden Age of Hip Hop and gives the album a sound akin to “The Apache” or “Funky Drummer” while always sounding new and fresh.

“Lowdown Breaks” includes several marquee collaborations with stellar artists including: Chicago rapper Ang13 on “Cold Shoulder,” Fada Dougou on “Don’t Wait! Right Now!,” DJ ALO and The Dread on “Ghost Town” and “Can I Kick It”, as well as a remix for the video for “Can I Kick It” by Nick The Graduate (Illuminati Congo/Chicago). The album was tracked in Chicago at The Drake by Anthony Gravino (Davy Knowles/Marquis Hill) and mixed by legendary hip hop engineers/ producers Alex Gross and Dan Zorn at Studio 11. As track #1 iterates – LowDown breaks tradition, breaks expectations, and makes a break for your ears.

0 LORD NELSON winter 2018 southeast tour

LORD NELSON WINTER 2018 TOUR

Rocky Mountain Artists is very pleased to announce the winter 2018 southeast tour for
LORD NELSON (Charlottesville, VA)

LORD NELSON will be playing a series of dates through the southeast in February leading up to the release of their new album spring 2018…

You can check out LORD NELSON at the following dates:

2/7 (Wed) – Nowhere Bar – Athens, GA
2/8 (Thurs) – Amici – Milledgeville, GA
2/9 (Fri) – Green Bar – Tuscaloosa, AL
2/10 (Sat) – Blue Canoe – Tupelo, MS
2/11 (Sun) – Lafayette’s – Memphis, TN
2/12 (Mon) – The Basement – Nashville, TN*
2/13 (Tue) – The Nick – Birmingham, LA**
2/15 (Thu) – Hucapoos – Tybee Island, GA
2/16 (Fri) – The Royal American – Charleston, SC+
2/17 (Sat) – Batesville Market – Batesville, VA

* = with Born Crooked and Slings & Arrows
** = with The Blind Owls
+ = with Ashes Of Old Ways and Hans Wenzel & the 86ers

https://lordnelsonband.com/

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Lord Nelson is two brothers, one greasy trombone, backbone bass, pocket drums, dirty south guitar and a hell of a lot of fun. They play rock and roll that is at once accessible and original. Formed in 2012 by Kai and Bram Crowe-Getty, the band cut their teeth rehearsing in basements and barns. Lord Nelson brings the same sense of intimacy to house parties and outdoor pavilions alike. The raw energy that these five Virginia boys display each night has created a party that connects with a diverse audience. Their original compositions are varied and range from slow burning, harmony laced anthems to back beat pulsing floor stompers. Lord Nelson’s music is anything but ironic — their lyrical roots grow from a sense of place and visceral life experiences. Their songs not only celebrate a time when hardworking rock and roll bands thrived throughout America, but also pay tribute to musical mentors, lost loved ones and rowdy nights on the town. This is an ambitious young group with a powerful live stage presence. There is a kinetic whirlwind when these guys hit the stage and it is certainly one that you want to be swept up in. Now a regionally touring act, Lord Nelson is a band on an upward trajectory with plans to play upward of 150 shows in the coming year. They released their outstanding debut album “The County” in fall 2015 and appeared at the Lockn Festival in Virginia that September. They are now preparing for a new release in spring 2018 followed by an extensive national tour.