KRCL PRESENTS

KRCL Presents: Vieux Farka Toure at The State Room on April 12

Posted November 19th, 2024

Often referred to as "The Hendrix of the Sahara," Vieux Farka Toure was born in Niafunke, Mali in 1981. He is the son of legendary Malian guitar player Ali Farka Toure, who died in 2006.

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KRCL Presents: Pokey LaFarge at The Commonwealth Room on March 4

Posted November 19th, 2024

Fusing the rustic sounds of the past with his own wry humor and roots music sensibilities, singer/songwriter Pokey LaFarge makes music influenced by old-time country, blues, folk, Latin music, and Western swing. A wide-ranging troubadour since the mid-2000s, LaFarge gained greater recognition in 2012 touring with Jack White, whose Third Man label issued 2013's Pokey LaFarge. This recognition paved the way for 2015's Jimmy Sutton-produced Something in the Water, which peaked in the Top 30 of the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. 2020's Rock Bottom Rhapsody was a boldly eclectic collection that fused strong contemporary influences with LaFarge's retro sound, a maturation he further showcased that year with In the Blossom of Their Shade. For 2024's Rhumba Country, LaFarge added electronic production accents and elements of Tropicalia, mambo, and reggae to his palette.

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KRCL Presents: Allison Russell at The Commonwealth Room on May 13

Posted October 25th, 2024

Grammy-award winner Allison Russell is returning to Salt Lake City, this time to The Commonwealth Room on November 6 with The All Returners Tour. Singer-songwriter and the third U.S. National Youth Poet Laureate from 2019 and 2020, Kara Jackson opens the show.

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KRCL Presents: Tank and the Bangas at The Commonwealth Room on Jan 18

Posted October 15th, 2024

Tank and the Bangas explore the most tender and true parts of life’s journey. Unique and with a vibrance that could only come from New Orleans, the lead vocalist, Tank has stretched her vocals over quirky raps, poetry, and rich melodies since the release of their first album, Think Tank in 2013. Four years later, they had a viral breakthrough as the winners of the NPR Tiny Desk Contest — an eclectic performance that has since been praised by musicians like Miguel and Anthony Hamilton and has now amassed over 14 million views on YouTube. Now, Tank and the Bangas arrive with a new 3-part album The Heart, The Mind, and The Soul. With this offering, Tank opens up about the wisdom she’s gained from new beginnings, endings, and in-betweens.

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KRCL Presents: Shovels & Rope at The Commonwealth Room Dec 12

Posted October 11th, 2024

Shovels and Rope are returning to Salt Lake for a special "Something Is Working Up Above My Head Tour" supporing their newest album. 

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KRCL Presents: Rubblebucket at The Commonwealth Room March 29

Posted September 24th, 2024

Rubblebucket's Kalmia Traver and Alex Toth, the group’s front persons, co-writers and co-producers, first began a friendship as jazz students at the University of Vermont. Soon after, they formed Rubblebucket, using the project to delve into pop, funk, dance and psychedelia; performances have spanned Bonnaroo to Glastonbury to their self-curated Dream Picnic Festival, and they’ve collaborated with kindred genre-blenders including Arcade Fire and Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears. Their forthcoming full-length LP ‘Year of the Banana’ is perhaps their deepest and grooviest work yet. It speaks to the power of transforming and adapting relationships in a time when the world needs it most.

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