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![Resonance Music & Arts Festival Brings the Best to Legend Valley [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/21319100_786872888159832_7982321090006123288_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Resonance Music & Arts Festival comes to Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio this weekend September 21st-23rd. Bringing a stellar lineup of music and art, Resonance is set to be an unforgettable weekend filled with the best in Jam, Electronic, Bluegrass, Livetronica and everything in between. Resonance offers guests some of the most special and unique […]
![Lotus releases first live DVD + new remix from Manic Focus ahead of Red Rocks headliner [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/lotus1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
As Fall finally arrives, there is much to look forward to in beautiful Colorado – the changing of the leaves, that crisp clean air, and of course – Lotus on the Rocks. This Saturday, the band will take over our gorgeous backyard amphitheater along with Com Truise and Nosaj Thing. Having just released their first […]
![Seu Jorge performs The Life Aquatic Sessions as tribute to David Bowie in Boulder, CO | September 8th, 2017 [Show Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/seu.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Guest Posts
The other day, I saw a show that genuinely made me feel – all the feels – as one could say. It was a tribute to David Bowie by Brazilian artist Seu Jorge at the Chautauqua Auditorium in Boulder, Colorado. For all my love for the music of that era, I got into Bowie very […]
![Getting Monumental at Red Rocks: Emancipator Ensemble, RJD2, Opiuo, Machinedrum [Show Review + Photo Gallery] | August 27, 2017](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/4K9A5451.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Last Sunday, Portland based musician Emancipator came to Red Rocks to close out his very first Red Rocks show at the best venue on the planet! It’s been something they’ve had in the works for years, and they’ve finally had the opportunity to bring it to light with some spectacular acts to share the stage […]
Live Music Coverage
After playing this year’s sold out Arise Music Festival in Colorado, Satsang are forging ahead with more tour dates this Fall. Blessing the state with their organic roots sound, Satsang will be supporting Trevor Hall September 1st and 2nd at the Chautauqua Auditorium and Mishawaka Amphitheater, respectively. Satsang are currently playing a handful of shows […]
![Smiles for Miles: Arise Music Festival celebrated their biggest year yet | August 4th-6th, 2017 [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ariselogo.png?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Ahhh. As we near the end of summer, the only thing not winding down are the many music gatherings across the country. Luckily for us, we have one of the best in our backyard, and it’s called Arise Music Festival. There are several things that set this fest above the rest, but the communal and […]
![Twiddle brings Kitchen Dwellers to the Boulder Theater to kick off two night run of shows | August 11th, 2017 [Photo Gallery]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/32.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Jamband
Twiddle and Kitchen Dwellers were a match made in heaven at Boulder Theater last Friday night, August 11th. The two night Twiddle run was sold out with fans and friends, and the high-energy jams provided by the bands was phenomenal. We even got a little Twiddle-Dwellers action, and our photographer Austin Dodson was there to capture […]
Electronic
Weekdays are the new black: 5 Denver music residencies that are taking over the weekends Meadowlark’s Jazz Jam Where/When: Every Monday at Meadowlark What: Jazz/Blues Why it’s worth checking out: It’s nice to see instruments on a stage, right? It can be hard to switch it up living in the day and age of electronic […]
Festival Coverage
Chicago’s South-Side Douglas Park welcomes back Riot Fest on September 15-17th in what will be its only festival date this summer. Headliners include a much anticipated Chicago return of the industrialist pioneer Nine Inch nails on Friday. Saturday contains high-energy rockers Queens of the Stone Age and Sunday is the reunion of influential underground punk […]
![Destress, Bliss out at Telluride Yoga Festival 2017 [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20504267_10211839417954759_1060355859_n.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
(photo via Camel’s Garden) Telluride is the place you can expect to be offered a bed to stay in if you mention you’re camping during a thunderstorm. It is also the place you may be offered a hot shower in a stranger’s house after camping three nights in said thunderstorm. And, while I didn’t expect […]