Music

How magic happens

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The sun is shining the day I talk to Stevie Jackson, lead guitarist for the Scottish indie-pop band Belle and Sebastian. “It rains a...

Electronic community

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As Communikey approaches its fifth year as a festival and its eighth year as an organization, founder, creative and managing director Kate Lesta is in disbelief over how the electronic music scene has changed in the past decade...

Talking Dead

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When 71-year-old Phil Lesh, founding member of the Grateful Dead and widely acknowledged as one of rock ’n’ roll’s greatest bassists, called Boulder Weekly a few weeks back, there was a hint of satisfaction in his voice...

Pro Musica Colorado offers four seasons

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The Colorado Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra will perform Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto No. 2: “The American Four Seasons,” but don’t ask which season each movement represents...

listen up!

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Thursday, May 15, Doe Eye, 7:30 p.m., $10, The Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St., Denver, 303-295-1868...

Mind over matter

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The title song (and recent top 20 alternative rock single) from Young The Giant’s latest album, Mind Over Matter, is perhaps the song that differs most from the expansive guitar pop/rock sound fans grew accustomed to hearing on the band’s 2010 self-titled debut album...

Your imaginary friend

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Most musicians want to be known. Some even want photos of their faces plastered across the covers of high-profile music magazines and lining the walls of teenagers’ bedrooms. The allure of “celebrity” often fuels the desire to keep creating. Slow Magic, however, is ...

Dance

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Heems Thursday, July 16, 8:30 p.m., Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467 He may have only been one half of alternative rap duo Das Racist, but Heems is a 100 percent bona fide rapper of his own regard. Touring in support of his debut solo album, Eat ...

Career change

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Plenty of young musicians decide to put college on hold to take a shot at having a career writing songs and performing...

Life in opera

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If you think the nomadic, demanding schedule of opera singers might make it difficult for them to sustain a healthy marriage, you have not met Kevin Langan and Sally Wolf...

Gazing into the future

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When a once-great band decides to give it another go after years of inactivity, the news is often met with a mixture of exhilaration...