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97.3 KBCO and Z2 Entertainment are proud to present Yonder Mountain String Band to the Boulder Theater for a four night run to ring in 2014  starting December 27th, 28th, 29th & 31st, 2013.  Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, August 23rd at 10:00 am for $35.00 general admission for December, 27th, 28th & 29th and $65.00 general admission for New Year’s Eve on December 31st, 2013.

Second Pressing. Each LP is pressed onto 180g audiophile grade vinyl created from the original stereo master reels with lacquers cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Includes a free MP3 download of the entire album (transferred from the new vinyl master). First pressing originally released on Record Store Day. This second pressing IS NOT foil stamped.Junta was recorded at Euphoria Sound Studios in Revere, Massachusetts in 1987 and 1988 on 16-track 2" tape and was mixed to 1/4" stereo reels.

Three weeks ago Kung Fu’s dear friend Kevin Shea was struck by a drunk driver, and today he lies in a coma with his wife Cecelia and children Jack and Vanessa waiting patiently by his side. On Friday, August 23rd, the band is holding a concert at Toad’s Place in New Haven, CT to celebrate his fighting spirit and to raise money for his family.

The Bayou Maharajah. The Piano Pope. The Ivory Emperor. The Bronze Liberace. Music Magnifico. Gonzo. The Piano Prince of New Orleans. James Booker coined more than a few extravagant nicknames for himself, and he lived up to every one of them.James Carroll Booker III was also an unheralded genius of American music, a New Orleans pianist whose dizzying technique and mastery of the keyboard was matched only by his imagination and his soulfulness.

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Featuring contributions from Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros along with nine up-and-coming U.S. bands across diverse genres, BEATLES REIMAGINED commemorates the 50th anniversary of the recording and release of Beatles tracks from 1963-4, including “From Me To You,” “She Loves You” and “I Saw Her Standing There” which cemented the band’s status as rock and roll royalty.

“The picture on the cover, that’s Broadway in Baltimore, maybe back around the time I started playing in the clubs,” Del McCoury says with a smile.

Z2 Entertainment is proud to present Shakedown Street performing Friday the 13th, 1987 – Greek Theatre, Berkley, California to the Boulder Theater on Friday, September 13th, 2013.  Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, August 16th for $12.50 general admission.One of the longest running Grateful Dead tribute bands in the world, Shakedown Street, makes its home in and around the Rocky Mountain region of North America.

Following a decade of dancefloor domination as her alter-ego ONO, Yoko Ono comes full circle with the release of brand new remixes of her landmark 1981 classic “WALKING ON THIN ICE” from Grammy-nominated house music legend DANNY TENAGLIA and Dutch EDM heavyweight R3HAB.In 2003, MIND TRAIN and TWISTED RECORDS took this song to the top of the Billboard Club chart kicking off ONO’S streak of 10 #1 BILLBOARD HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY chart-topping club hits, including “HOLD ME”

Z2 Entertainment is proud to present 3 nights of SOJA at the Fox Theatre on Friday, November 15th through Sunday, November 17th, 2013.  Tickets will go on sale to the public on Saturday, August 24th at 12:00pm for $25.00 general admission.Mention folk music to the average listener and the list of usual suspects come to mind: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Woodie Guthrie, etc.

Bringing new meaning to the practice of catch and release, Breckenridge Brewery of Colorado and bluegrass band Leftover Salmon have caught up with each other to launch the second release in a series of four original songs. The new music is being pre-released exclusively within Breckenridge Brewery’s 12-pack Sampler Packs through October.