Music

For the Mountain Sun’s “Funky Good Times” anniversary show, co-owner Tim McMurray must put together a band of talented musicians who may never have played together...

Just a few days before Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros descend on the Boulder Theater, the band will be making an appearance at Austin’s South By Southwest festival to promote Big Easy Express, a new film directed by Emmett Malloy covering the troupe’s tour-by...

Everyone loves a circus. Even at the symphony — in the temple of high culture...

The idea that suffering makes for great art is one of those time-honored rock ’n’ roll tropes that even made its way into the title of a 1982 Todd Rundgren album (The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect). And while Lucinda Williams has had her share of personal ...

Talking with guitarist/songwriter Oliver Wood about his collaboration with brother Chris Wood last week, we couldn’t help but summon the legacy of (in)famous brother gigs in pop music history. The Davies … the Gallaghers … the Knopflers … Well, OK, it was the knock...

Sometimes, when you bring people together from different cultures, they may not be able to talk to one another, but they can communicate through music,” says Manuel Molina...

Josh Davis, better known by his elusive moniker, DJ Shadow, has enjoyed a kind of staying power few artists experience. A San Francisco DJ and producer with a famous affinity for record collecting, he forever influenced the world of hip-hop in 1996 with Endtroducing...

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...

Why do the chips fall where they may...

All right, so what if Ben Folds doesn’t get an invite; Face is closing in on another vocal-madness holiday gig at the Boulder Theater; part holy night, part holy crap, how do they do that...

When local band The Longest Day of the Year got their start playing at breweries in Boulder and Fort Collins, “bluegrass-brewery bands” were kind of a thing in the area. Being from Boulder and being a brewery band, naturally, people assumed the band was another ...

Oscar Wilde believed that “most people are other people.” He never met Adam Bodine...