Music
Hot Rize Plus
Long before Hot Rize played its first official notes on Jan. 18, 1978 at Boulder’s Hungry Farmer Restaurant, the band already had a name....
Large happenings for Big Gigantic
What sort of huge, raucous event could warrant switching the moniker of one the most iconic stages on the planet? Something Big Gigantic...
Exploring ‘The World As We Know It’
The warmth of the debut Figueroa album, The World As We Know It, radiates from the first flurried guitar that opens the album; it’s...
Jazz sextet, tap dancer, vocalist and choir? It must be Ellington!
Duke Ellington, jazz legend, pianist and band leader, spent the last decade of his life creating and presenting “sacred concerts.” Described by one critic...
CMF artistic advisor Peter Oundjian will lead concerts with Bernstein theme
Peter Oundjian is the most distinguished musician to lead the Colorado Music Festival (CMF) in its 43 seasons.
Since Jean-Marie Zeitouni stepped down as music...
The Pharcyde
Thursday, February 27: The Pharcyde. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095...
Concrete Blonde tours for the fun of it
Concrete Blonde are that rare animal, an alt-rock band with staying power. The group’s first, self-titled album got the band’s career rolling in 1986, but it wasn’t until 1990’s Bloodletting, featuring the singles, “Joey,” “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)” and “...
The tribal music of our time
Anthropologists debate the exact reason why humans created music — Darwin believed music was produced as sexual enticement; others say it was a way to strengthen the bonds of a community...
Seabird flies into town
Usually bands — and their labels — try to milk their newfound success for all they can before moving on to another record, so it was something of a surprise when Seabird recently released their sophomore album, Rocks Into Rivers, a mere 18 months after their 2008 ...
