David Arnar Runolfsson

David Arnar Runolfsson: I was born and raised in Iceland, but moved to Bozeman, Montana, three years ago to pursue a degree in Photography at Montana State University. I chose Bozeman for its size, laid back lifestyle, outdoor opportunities and the…

Benefit for Montana Kids With Cancer

The people of Bozeman have always given what they can to help their neighbors in this close-knit community. Certain folks who make up the local music scene are no different. After doctors found a tumor the size of a cantaloupe inside Stella Blue…

Turning the Tables on Tom Catmull

I phoned Tom Catmull at his home in Missoula for this interview and we talked about a wide range of topics ending up with a discussion on his upcoming show at Norris Hot Springs. JG: How’d you get to Montana? TC: I’m from Texas…

Lunch with Two Full Time Musicians

On a cold November afternoon, I met local super pickers John Lowell and Tom Murphy at the Bozeman Co-Op for lunch. We covered a wide range of topics, on and off the subject of their upcoming shows at Norris Hot Springs. There was a lot of…

Matt Parsons

About the cover image, from the photographer Matt Parsons: This image represents just 1/1000 of a second on an eleven hour journey that lead Loren Rausch and I to the top of the Chamonix Couloir in the Beartooth Mountains. What followed was one of…

Brian Esslinger

Born in 1972 in Cincinnati Ohio, Brian Esslinger is an artist in the truest sense of the word, and now a reluctant business owner. Brian was a senior at the Cincinnati Art Academy in the formal art program when he discovered rock climbing. This new…

An Interview with ‘Suckers Guitarist, Dan’Thunder’ Bolton

Bo: The Supersuckers have been around since most college-aged kids have been alive…since 1988. What does it feel like now to still be doing shows in 2011? Did you ever think you guys would still be existing today? DB: Well, that’s one thing that…

Keller Williams Interview w/Kenny T

KT: We’re joined with Keller Williams today, Keller Williams and well it’s not a band, it’s just Keller Williams, he’s comin’ to the Emerson Cultural Center on September 16th, Keller thanks so much for joining us today. You said you were…

Napping Artist

When everyone is reaching for their first cup of coffee of the day, I’m reaching for my first paint brush or colored pencil or whatever I can get my hands on to satisfy this craving in my soul to create art. Art is my drug and my life source. Even…

Spencer Simons

Spencer Simons was born and raised in Miami, Florida graduating from Florida International University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in painting, with minors in photography, printmaking, and ceramics. Many cross-country trips and travels…

Music+Arts Events

10am-1pm Sun. Jun. 2

Cleo Toll: Food Truck Brunch

Pine Creek Lodge 2496 E. River Road, Livingston

Live music outdoors on the Beer Garden Stage from Cleo Toll of Doublewide Dreams. Local food trucks, mimosas, craft beers, coffee and live music! Food & Drinks 10a-2p —Music 11a-1p

3-5pm Sun. Jun. 2

Celtic Music

Valhalla Meadery 875 Bridger Drive Unit B, Bozeman

Enjoy Celtic music at the Meadery each Sunday afternoon.

7-10pm Sun. Jun. 2

Rainezra

Bozeman Hot Springs & Fitness 81123 Gallatin Road, Four Corners

Live music while you soak! Featuring the Portland-based R&B artist “Rainezra”.

7-10pm Sun. Jun. 2

Kitchen Dwellers

Pine Creek Lodge 2496 E. River Road, Livingston

The ascending Montana quartet continues to redefine the boundaries of bluegrass, folk, and rock, at Pine Creek for 3 nights!

6:30-8:30pm Mon. Jun. 3

West Dakota Stutter

Red Tractor Pizza 1007 W Main St, Bozeman

A notorious local Bozeman band of no goods practiced in the music of folk rock for the soul when you get the blues in a honky tonk.