Stage Talk with Rick Koster
Where every show has something to say.
ABBA and the far reaches of their superior pop
Metal fans worship at the altar of the late Motorhead frontman Lemmy.
Prog fans adulate Steven Wilson, whose solo work and with his band Porcupine Tree have burst the parameters of the form.
Dark rock enthusiasts proclaim Ghost and their leader Tobias Forge as the absolute finest purveyors of Devil Music.
Grunge aficionados bow to the late Kurt Cobain, the genius behind Nirvana, as a genuine visionary and icon.
What do these four artists share besides their acknowledged excellence in their own genres?
Why, they all love (or loved) the band ABBA! Yes, ABBA. And you thought NO cool people would ever admit such a thing.
Really, though, what we’re really saying is that, like hundreds of millions of other folks, Cobain, Lemmy, Wilson and Forge were instantly and unashamedly able to fall in love with the crystalline and melodic excellence of one of the finest pop bands that ever existed.
If you feel the same way, you’ve already got your tickets for Direct from Sweden — The Music of ABBA, a spectacular live-band tribute show, when they take the Garde stage on Saturday, March 21.
And if you’re an ABBA skeptic, there’s no better way to gloriously expand your sonic horizons than to experience Direct from Sweden — The Music of ABBA. We’ll try to hold a ticket for you, but you’ve been forewarned: all sorts of folks you wouldn’t expect LOVE this music.