Music
Zappa on Zappa
There’s a common misconception that Frank Zappa’s music was closer to Weird Al Yankovic’s than Beethoven’s, but those really in the know understand there’s more sophistication in Zappa’s body of work than one might imagine. Granted, with album titles like Burnt Weeny...
Free radicals charge the tower
It was that kind of afternoon, so we caution Jon Gray, trumpeter/vocalist for the local jazz septet Supercollider, that we were going to start our interview in the middle...
Jackie Greene is a rock star
It’s easy to picture the life of a hard working musician — playing late into the night, touring long cross-country miles on a bus, lugging...
Weird karma
Zach Carothers was a few minutes late for our phone chat a couple of weeks ago, uncharacteristic of a guy who is usually punctual to a fault fulfilling his role as Portugal.The.Man’s unofficial spokesman. Carothers is an affable bloke, always at ease with press types...
A most delicate anguish
When David Bowie died, Seu Jorge found himself in a unique position to pay tribute, even though he hardly knew the man and his...
Blast from the past
When I was a teenager, I sweated out my adolescent angst in a barely listenable garage band like countless other young, hopeful musicians with grandiose visions of rock stardom...
All about Herbie
Keyboardist Joey Porter remembers the first time he encountered Herbie Hancock — or, to be more precise, the first time he mainlined Hancock’s feral funk stylings after the pianist had left Miles Davis’ legendary quintet in 1968...
Concerto marathon at Chautauqua
Michael Christie is really up for this weekend’s concerts at the Colorado Music Festival (CMF...
A farewell to the baton at the CMF
One day, back when she was Kristy Peterson, composer Kristin Kuster got bored...
RetroSonics
Thursday, January 30: RetroSonics. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665- 2757...
The misunderstanding of Hobo Johnson
Watching the video for “Peach Scone,” the one that Sacramento-based band Hobo Johnson and The LoveMakers submitted for the 2018 NPR Tiny Desk Concert,...
