John Nelson covers the local music scene for Salt Lake magazine. He is a 20-year veteran of Uncle Sam’s Flying Circus with a lifelong addiction to American roots music, live music venues, craft beer and baseball.
Don’t pack away those low back chairs and picnic gear just yet. We still have plenty of rockin’ and honky tonkin’ left to do this summer, especially on Wednesday, August 28, 2024...
It was a sweltering summer’s night at a State Room concert in Salt Lake City when The Danielle Nicole Band sent shivers down our collective spine.
Danielle Nicole’s vocal range sits somewhere on...
Danielle Nicole, the multi-award-winning soul siren, returns to The State Room on Friday, August 9, 2024. Those lucky patrons, like me, who caught her concert in Salt Lake City last year know...
If Bruce Springsteen had a twin sister it would be Melissa Etheridge and Jewel would be their angelic alter ego. Monday night’s show offered the perfect yin and yang of smoky passion...
When multi-Grammy winning rock icon Melissa Etheridge comes to the Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, she likes to bring along friends. This year’s co-headlining companion is folk-rock-country superstar Jewel. SLC music lovers can...
On Tuesday, July 16, 2024 Slash took us on a tour of Blues roots from 1920s Mississippi Delta to Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s electrified sound that would later give us rock ‘n’ roll...
Bass player down! Just five songs into Blues Traveler’s set at Red Butte Garden on Sunday night bassist Tad Kinchla collapsed due to an undisclosed medical emergency, temporarily halting the show as...
Slash, the Guns n’ Roses iconic lead guitarist, is bringing his S.E.R.P.E.N.T Festival: A Celebration of the Blues to Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. The all-star Blues lineup...
John Nelson covers the local music scene for Salt Lake magazine. He is a 20-year veteran of Uncle Sam’s Flying Circus with a lifelong addiction to American roots music, live music venues, craft beer and baseball.
