Photos: 2014 Underground Music Showcase

Photos from Day 2 of the 2014 Denver Post Underground Music Showcase, July 25, 2014. To see the full photo gallery, click here. Photos by UMS co-founder John Moore, now Senior Arts Journalist for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Find more of his work at  MyDenverCenter.Org The UMS is Denver’s premier indie festival,… Continue reading Photos: 2014 Underground Music Showcase

Photos: 2013 Underground Music Showcase: The UMS

To see caption information for any photo above, or to see the gallery if watching on a mobile phone, click here. (The information is posted on the lower-left corner of each photo.) Or just click the “show info” option on any photo. By John Moore July 21, 2013 Photos from the 2013 Denver Post Underground… Continue reading Photos: 2013 Underground Music Showcase: The UMS

Video: Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper introduces Nathaniel Rateliff at the UMS

By John Moore July 23, 2013 When he first became Denver’s mayor, I saw now Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper sneak into the Lion’s Lair at midnight to catch a little bit of a John Doe set. He has introduced the Avett Brothers the past two years at Red Rocks. A few years ago, he introduced… Continue reading Video: Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper introduces Nathaniel Rateliff at the UMS

UMS comedians on their hate/hate relationship with critics

By John Moore July 21, 2013 Easily the most aggravating hour of this or any other UMS was the (Not) “Funny Face-­Off: Comedians vs. the Media,” during which one contradictory comic lambasted the largely friendly media coverage comedians receive here. First he gave it to them for somehow destroying the life work, hopes and ambitions… Continue reading UMS comedians on their hate/hate relationship with critics