Sandwiched between stops at the heavy-hitting State Room in Salt Lake City and Denver’s Bluebird Theater, Virginia-based alt-country indie rock band Carbon Leaf makes a stop at The Henry Strater Theatre Thursday.
With 23 years together and 12 studio albums, the polish, precision and maturity is palpable in the band’s sound, which spans from rocky-pop to folky, Celtic-infused jams to twangy alt-country.
The group jumped onto the national scene in 2002, winning an American Music Awards in the “New Music,” category performing its Irish-tinged song “The Boxer” to an audience of 80 million TV viewers as an unsigned band.
Over the years, the quintet has shared the stage with such acts as The Avett Brothers, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz and David Gray.
Carbon Leaf performs at 8 p.m. Thursday at The Henry Strater Theatre. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door. Box seats are $25. For more information, go to www.henrystratertheatre.com. To sample the band’s sound, go to www.carbonleaf.com.
David Holub
