Music
Still protesting
Joan Baez is one of the leading protest singers of the past 50 years and one of the most outspoken activists on behalf of enough causes to fill a notebook, including peace, civil rights, women’s rights and human rights...
‘West Side Story’: 61 years old and still as relevant as...
Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story opened on Broadway just over 61 years ago — Sept. 26, 1957 — but for Leigh Holman, the story...
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....
Bringing people into the show
Chris Botti has a Grammy Award and a stellar reputation as one of the finest jazz trumpeters working today. What he doesn’t have is...
Cue the strings
With a career-long embrace of unlikely instruments like the theremin, sousaphone and bouzouki, Colorado folk outfit DeVotchKa has never been the sort of rock...
Altius Quartet returns to CU
The Altius Quartet is on the move.
Formerly quartet-in-residence with CU’s esteemed Takács Quartet, Altius has found themselves very busy, building their already-blossoming career. Since...
Final week at CMF features aspects of love
Important Update: Due to health issues, Jennifer Koh has had to cancel her appearance for the August 3 concert. We are thrilled that Adele Anthony has stepped in to replace her. Adele began playing the violin at the age of 2 1/2 in Tasmania. She studied with Beryl...
Boulder Philharmonic pairs ‘complementary’ composers Beethoven and Elgar
Michael Butterman, music director of the Boulder Philharmonic, thinks that Beethoven and the English composer Sir Edward Elgar go well together, but he’s not...
Hippie to hardcore
Public Enemy’s Chuck D once told The Gaslamp Killer he looked like Jim Croce. Maybe it was the long hair and bushy mustache he was rocking at the time, but either way, he had no idea what Croce looked like, so he had to look him up. Sure enough, they had a slight ...
John Mayer plays the fame game like a champ
I don't own a single John Mayer CD or even a single single...

















