The long awaited and highly anticipted new CD release from Fictionist, “Lasting Echo”, is now available at the Grind and Braun Books. Brian Passey, music critic for the Spectrum cites  ” it’s simply masterful ”  Read the full review here For all of you that attended the concert we wish to thank you for supporting Fictionist and more importantly, Live music in Cedar City. We would also endeauvor to thank John Harris of  ”‘ In the Wings Photography ” for his photo essay of the concert.  See his Fictionist photos here. Also,  thanks to everyone who participated in our ” Rockin’ Meal Deal ” at the Whiptail Grill.  If you haven’t experienced the culinary delights offered there please do so, you won’t be disappointed. The Whiptail Grill now serves beer and wine along with meals and is a proud supporter of Live Music in Cedar City!

Upon the completion of their second album, Lasting Echo, the band Fictionist stepped from the studio back onto the stage. Only the second show they’d played in a very long time, the Salt Lake City natives were warmly received by the Grind’s music-lovers, some who were new and some who remembered Fictionist’s performance here last spring which showcased material from their debut album, Invisible Hand. Followers of Fictionist were abuzz beneath the starry lights set up for the show, pleased that the new material of Lasting Echo proved even more richly-layered, spacey, and complex than that of Invisible Hand.
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‘The Thrift Store Cowboys’ (TSC) returned to the Grind on the evening of September 29th for a nice, long set of country/progressive rock numbers. TSC picked, yodeled, and rocked out to a packed coffeehouse: every available chair occupied by a listener mesmerized by the band’s spooky country vocals, fiery fiddle, and ethereal rock jams.

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