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Seabird brings its piano alt-pop sound back to Denver

Seabird plays Den­ver’s Mar­quis The­atre in the Ball­park Neigh­bor­hood tonight in sup­port of Sher­wood. Seabird hit the music scene with its 2008 debut album “Til We See the Shore” fea­tur­ing the song “Res­cue” that was quick­ly picked up by the … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Leeland, Wickham, Maher to tour Denver

Lee­land, a pro­gres­sive rock band and a three-time Gram­my nom­i­nee, and Dove nom­i­nee Phil Wick­ham are head­ing to Col­orado this spring as co-head­­lin­ers of “A Night of Wor­ship Tour.” Wor­ship singer/songwriter Matt Maher is also along for the spring tour. … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Switchfoot plays Jay Leno

Need to get away from all those Irish jigs on St. Pat­ty’s Day? Then tune it to “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Wednes­day, March 17 to watch Switch­foot play its cur­rent rock hit “Mess of Me.” Switch­foot, which … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Switchfoot takes a risk at Ogden

Fel­low Postie Kyle Wag­n­er took in the Switch­foot show at the Ogden The­atre this past week­end, and she cap­tured the con­cert in fine detail in her post­ing on Reverb. Below are a few snaps from the evening.

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Country, Christian music stars join to help Haiti

Coun­try and Chris­t­ian music stars con­verge to help Haiti with the “Heal­ing 4 Haiti” music project. Vince Gill, Wyon­na and the Oak Ridge Boys joined forces with Michael W. Smith, The Afters, Amy Grant and Hawk Nel­son, just to name … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Switchfoot tags fans in Denver

[photopress:jonsignsguitar.JPG,full,pp_image] Jon Fore­man, Switch­foot lead singer, signs a gui­tar for a fan before a show at the Ogden The­atre in Den­ver. Pho­to by Eliza Marie Somers. Before the Switch­foot show in Den­ver last week­end, about 50 lucky fans got an … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Skillet, Jars of Clay, Maher, Crabb net six Dove nominations

[photopress:jars.jpg,full,pp_image] Jars of Clay broke out of its box this past year. Its “Two Hands” is nom­i­nat­ed for Song of the Year. Pho­to spe­cial to The Den­ver Post Four artists from wide-rang­ing back­grounds gar­nered six Dove Award nom­i­na­tions Thurs­day. Heavy … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Grammy nominee Brandon Heath aboard shuttle

[photopress:brandon2.JPG,full,pp_image] Bran­don Heath, who won numer­ous Dove Awards this past year, is in space, with his song “Give Me Your Eyes” rid­ing along with the Endeav­or crew. Pho­to by Eliza Marie Somers Bran­don Heath is out of this world, lit­er­al­ly. … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Heaven Fest 2010: Casting Crowns, Mary Mary & reunions

Heav­en Fest 2010 will fea­ture the reunion on of Petra and the Super­tones, and that is just one of the high­lights of the July 31 Chris­t­ian rock fes­ti­val. Mary Mary, a Gram­my Award win­ner this month, and mul­ti­ple Dove Award … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Grammys: Third Day, Houghton, Crabb, Headley and more

[photopress:israelleyba.jpg,full,pp_image] Israel Houghton won a Gram­my Award on Sun­day for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album with his “The Pow­er of One” CD. Pho­to by Eliza Marie Somers. Third Day took home a Gram­my Award on Sun­day when the Atlanta-based band won … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Heaven Fest venue change comments

Heav­en Fest orga­niz­ers are expect­ing 30,000 fans to the July 31 event and are look­ing for a new space, specif­i­cal­ly Long­mon­t’s Union Reser­voir. But the Chris­t­ian music fes­ti­val is gen­er­at­ing some back­lash from local res­i­dents. Here’s a link to the … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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TobyMac: High energy at 44

[photopress:tmac2.jpg,full,pp_image] Toby­Mac enjoys a brisk game of bas­ket­ball before hit­ting the stage. Pho­to by Eliza Marie Somers A lit­tle Q& A with Chris­t­ian Hip-hop artist Toby­Mac, 44, from the archives. Q: You bring a lot of ener­gy to a show. … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Heaven Fest needs your vote

[photopress:marymary.JPG,full,pp_image] Mary Mary, at the 2009 Dove Awards in Nashville, Tenn., would make a nice addi­tion to Heav­en Fest. Pho­to by Eliza Marie Somers Heav­en Fest is look­ing to you — the fans — to pick the bands for the … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Skillet sets fire to Denver

[photopress:skilletrafter4a.JPG,full,pp_image] Gui­tarists Korey Coop­er, left, and Ben Kas­cia get the par­ty start­ed Fri­day night at the Para­mount The­atre. Pho­tos by Eliza Marie Somers Skil­let con­tin­ued its assault on “Pan­heads” at the sold-out Para­mount The­atre on Sat­ur­day night. It should be … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Rambo broke color barriers

Elvis Pres­ley, John­ny Cash, Dol­ly Par­ton and Vince Gill are just some of the artists who record­ed songs writ­ten by gospel singer and song­writer Dot­tie Ram­bo. Ram­bo, 74, died in a tour bus acci­dent this past Sun­day on her way … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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