Music

Review: Blondie at Red Butte

Before Wednesday's sold out Blondie show I had heard that some in the Red Butte concert series' back office thought it might be one of the best this year. It very well may...

Preview: Kacey Musgraves at Red Butte

Country star Kacey Musgraves will bring a little bit of East Texas to the Rockies on Thursday night at Red Butte Gardens. Kacey Musgraves adds her modern girl-power personality to classic country sound....

It's "Complicated" when Fitz and the Tantrums End Twilight

When Fitz and the Tantrums are slotted to ring out the dog days of summer, things are bound to get complicated.

Review: Wilco at Red Butte

As we sat on blankets at Red Butte last night my friends and I compared notes on how many times we'd seen Wilco, the night's headliner. It was the fifth time for...

Preview: Wilco at Red Butte

Hey, Salt Lake, Wilco loves you, baby. The band is returning to Red Butte Garden Tuesday night for a sold-out show. Born from the ashes of alt-country heroes Uncle Tupelo in 1994,...

Future Nostalgia: Jackson Browne at Red Butte

Jackson Browne (who knew his first name is Clyde???) as our music writer Christie Marcy pointed out, wrote the sound track for the seventies, a decade which everyone who lived in wishes...

Preview: Heart Keeps Beating

Ann Wilson admits that Heart, the band she leads and co-founded with her sister Nancy, didn’t think much of the news that the powerhouse Seattle rockers were being inducted in the Rock...

It's About to Get Raw at Twilight: A Chat with Fitz and the Tantrums

Over the course of three albums, Fitz and the Tantrums has gone from a Motown revival, to ‘80s new wave, to Top-40 pop.

Preview: Jackson Browne at Red Butte

If there is a soundtrack to the '70s, there is no doubt that Jackson Browne is prominently featured on it. The iconic singer-songwriter mastered sweet melodies and introspective lyrics, becoming a key...

Review: Grace Potter at Red Butte

Thursday’s Red Butte show rocked. Opening act Con Brio had a full band and a lead singer who channeled Michael Jackson and Bruno Mars in his sound and his dance moves. It was...

Preview: Grace Potter at Red Butte

Grace Potter performs at Red Butte Gardens Thursday night as part of her first solo tour. Potter released her first solo album, Midnight, last year. Before going solo, Potter was the leading...

Preview: Pat Benatar/Neil Giraldo and Melissa Etheridge At Red Butte

Everyone knows that the first song ever played on MTV was The Buggles' “Video Killed The Radio Star.” What most people don't know is that Pat Benatar's cover of “You Better Run”...

Review: Ryan Adams at Red Butte

I'm pretty sure that singer-songwriter Ryan Adams is my adolescent son's soulmate. No, no. Wait. I have evidence. He came onstage at Red Butte last night wearing the same Heavy Metal...

Review: Lake Street Dive at Red Butte

Sunday night may have been a perfect night at Red Butte. The weather was lovely and turned into a crisp late summer chill as the sun set, the sunset was beautiful (thanks,...

Review: Utah Symphony at Red Butte

  On Thursday evening, Red Butte was treated to a virtuoso performance of Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez by guitar maestro Pablo Villegas. It was a strange night at Red Butte, where a small...

Preview: Ryan Adams at Red Butte

To the best of my recollection, Ryan Adams has played Red Butte Garden twice. Once, in 2007—and it did not go well. And again last year—and it went really well. I have been...
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