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Prairie Lights: Notable venues put Montana on musical map

Pants

Montana doesn’t have any concert venues with the wide renown of places like the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado or the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington state. But how many states have three venues as cool as the White Sulphur Springs cow pasture that is the home of the Red Ants Pants Music Festival; uptown Butte, with its Montana Folk Festival; and Montana Avenue, site of the Magic City Blues festival? (more…) Continue Reading →

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The real deal: Kosel brothers play country from the heart

The boys

RED LODGE—A little before the High Country Cowboys took to the stage Friday night at the Pollard Hotel, lead singer Marty Kosel was talking about the kind of show they put on. “It’s like sing a song and sing another song,” he said. “Not a lot in between.”

Sure enough, in the course of a show that ran for four hours, Marty and his brothers, John and Joe, addressed the crowd only rarely and briefly between songs. But their audience—which filled every available seat, leaving a dozen or more people standing—didn’t seem to mind. (more…) Continue Reading →

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