COVID-19 has, by now, forced the postponement of the ninth-annual Treefort Music Fest twice. Currently, it is set to take place in September of 2021, and the festival has taken its thinking outside the box when it comes to ticketing options and fundraising. On July 28, it officially announce…
Boise band a.k.a. Belle always put out thoughtful music and projects, and now the band has a new single with accompanying video releasing on Friday, Feb. 26, titled “A.M. Dew.”
Radio Boise provides the Treasure Valley and beyond with music people won’t hear on mainstream radio. Yet, the programming is more than just music, it’s also a community where people can tune in and feel like they’re a part of something. A new show coming called “The Agenda” will play music …
Even in his golden years, American legend Bob Dylan is still putting out relevant music. His new album, “1970,” is full to bursting with 74 unreleased tracks that include covers as well as Dylan originals.
Laika the dog was launched into space by the Soviet Union on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1957. She died in a few hours due to overheating but her journey paved the way for human spaceflight. Boise band Laika The Dog was taken by her story.
During the pandemic, music has been a bright light in an otherwise dark time. Shows have been on hiatus, but that hasn’t stopped musicians from creating new or recycled material. Boise local legend Doug Martsch of Built to Spill is releasing an album of covers from his side project, Boise Co…
The throughline of (a)Live and Alone at Visual Arts Collective, the latest from Boise space rockers Sun Blood Stories, is the slow, gentle hum of a spacecraft. SBS has always sought to take its listeners places, even to inner space. It drops on Friday, Dec. 18.
The silence that fills Boise’s eerily empty music venues is deafening and something no one expected to last as long as it has, least of all musician Melanie Radford. She has spent the better part of the past 10 years on Boise stages as a bassist and vocalist for several bands, including Buil…
Beautiful things can come out of hard times and sometimes when people are faced with struggle they produce art that reflects that particular challenge. Angel Abaya is a musician, singer/songwriter and Program Director at LED who received a grant from the COVID Cultural Commissioning Fund, an…
During a senior year English lit seminar when I was in college, the conversation drifted toward the Romantics—and for some reason touched on German composer Ludwig van Beethoven. One of my fellow students thrust up her hand to ask a question about the reference.
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