Music
Elephant Revival splits the sky with “Break In The Clouds”
There are some voices that reach out through the speakers and beg everyone in the room to stop their conversations for a moment and just listen. Elephant Revival’s Daniel Rodriguez has such a voice. It’s a timeless folk voice, deep and hearty, weathered but ...
Gregory Alan Isakov: The horticultural hypnotist
A vein of nature runs through troubadour Gregory Alan Isakov’s music, fitting imagery for the singer-songwriter, who lived on a farm for several years. On his new album, The Weatherman, which dropped July 9, Isakov sings of “casting hooks off the California coast,” “...
REVIEW: A Perfect Circle at Red Rocks
How does a band that hasn’t released music since 2004’s eMOTIVe, and has played few shows since, sell out the 9,450-capacity Red Rocks Amphitheatre? The simplest answer may be that the band features Maynard James Keenan, the lead singer of the rock band Tool. The ...
This bird has flown
The wooden birds on the cover of violinist K. Ishibashi’s new album, Omoiyari, hold a tiny sliver of Colorado history — tiny, but powerful.
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Steve Earle honors Townes Van Zandt through album
Steve Earle is a singer/songwriter who holistically embodies...
Steve Hackett’s day job
Even among its most ardently faithful adherents, there’s little dispute that the glory days of progressive rock — at least relative to its commercial...
For King & Country are on an upward trajectory
A quick look at the tour itinerary of For King & Country is a good indication of how quickly this sibling duo of Luke...
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....
Off the map
Emma Rose was born in Wisconsin but spent the second half of her childhood along the Front Range in Fort Collins, Longmont and Jamestown....
Magic in the acoustic guitar
We don’t know, and wouldn’t ask, if Andy McKee was a church-going kind of guy. But preparing for our interview, we came across a...
Violinist Sarah Chang visits Boulder on a rare solo recital tour
Violinist Sarah Chang, a celebrated concerto soloist, comes to Boulder on Friday, Nov. 16, for a rare solo recital, but she would rather talk...
It’s all good
The railroad tracks run parallel to First Street in Alabaster, which slips by a couple of used car lots and a strip mall or...