Amanda Shires is performing at Neurolux on Saturday, Aug. 25, and we have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky customer!

To enter the drawing, send an email* with the subject “Amanda Shires” HERE by midnight Tuesday, Aug. 21. We will draw a name at random and notify the winner on Aug. 22.

‘It’s all rock & roll – no golf!’ is how acclaimed singer/songwriter/violinist Amanda Shires describes her electrifying firth album, To The Sunset. She’s borrowed a lyric from the effervescent track ‘Break Out the Champagne,’ one of ten deftly crafted songs that comprise her powerful new recording. The Texas-born road warrior, new mom, and recently minted MFA in creative writing has mined a range of musical influences to revel an Amanda Shires many didn’t know existed. ‘Isn’t it refreshing?’ Shires asks. Indeed. Distorted electric guitars, effects pedals, swirling keys and synths, and rockin’ rhythms certainly suit Shire’s visceral songcraft and lilting soprano.

* One entry per person, NOT per email address. If you have 16 email addresses and you enter with each address, we’ll just delete 15 of them. We have the technology. To be eligible to win, you must live in the Boise metro area and be able to pick up your prize at the store.

Brent Cobb is performing with Chris Stapleton at Ford Idaho Center on Saturday, Aug. 4, and we have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky customer!

To enter the drawing, send an email* with the subject “Brent Cobb” HERE by midnight Sunday, July 29. We will draw a name at random and notify the winner on Monday the 30th.

Cobb’s latest album Providence Canyon was recorded at Nashville’s RCA Studio A with Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb and features eleven songs, including “King of Alabama.” Already receiving acclaim, NPR Music’s Ann Powers praises, “Cobb, a troubadour whose classic country-rock songs are enhanced by his warm heart and keen eye, tells Wayne Mills’ story with grace and discretion, as does the charming animated video…Cobb kicks out a Keith Richards-in-Muscle Shoals riff on his acoustic guitar and it melds perfectly with the organ to form a foundation that’s pure, easy locomotion. Each verse follows another like the stretch of blacktop between exits, resolving in a chorus that’s breezy and uplifting without unsettling the song’s groove. Far from maudlin, Cobb’s tribute does exactly what Mills did: it keeps on rocking, headlights on, until the last note.”

* One entry per person, NOT per email address. If you have 16 email addresses and you enter with each address, we’ll just delete 15 of them. We have the technology. To be eligible to win, you must live in the Boise metro area and be able to pick up your prize at the store.