Music

Trust fall into the audience

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Music has always been an important part of Mary Lambert’s life. Her mom was a songwriter, and since she was 6 years old she can remember writing songs as a way to escape the harsh realities of abuse she was living through...

Classical culture

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Music festivals are springing up all around Colorado this time of year like columbines blooming along mountain hiking trails, from classical music in Aspen and Breckenridge to opera in Central City to bluegrass in Telluride and Lyons. The Colorado Music Festival, ...

The musical sandbox

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Matt Butler is the conductor and focal point of an ever-rotating series of musicians that creates the Everyone Orchestra. The band itself is an improvised jam band created specifically for each show, with different combinations of musicians playing every performance...

In motion

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When Julia Chigamba takes the stage at Boulder’s eTown Hall next week, she’ll bring generations of experience with her. The founder and director of...

‘No rules’

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It was a particularly shreddy lick in the Power Rangers theme song that made Paul DeHaven want to play guitar.  “I was like, ‘Mom, I...

SLIDESHOW AND REVIEW: Orgone at the Fox Theatre

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Photos by Dane Cronin...

Bay-area bluesman comes to Boulder

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In the 1960s, the electric blues and psychedelic rock revolution consciously paid debt to many of the musicians who laid the groundwork for not only the sound, but the attitude of rock 'n' roll. At Bill Graham's storied Fillmore concerts, you could see Lightnin' ...

Worlds of music

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Michael Christie knows what he wants at Boulder’s Colorado Music Festival (CMF). “Variety is most important,” says the festival’s music director. “What we do is look off the beaten track and then throw in some element that’s surprising...

Sway

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Flint Blade & Honeydew...

Hippie to hardcore

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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 ...

Professional development

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When Emelise Munoz was young—younger than she is now—passersby would hear her busking down the street, drawn by her deep, soulful voice, surprised to...

Celebrating comets, new and old

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"It’s not the end of the world...