Music
Funky roots
For a guy who makes his living — hell, draws nearly his every breath — from da funk, it was only a matter of time before Dave Watts made this pilgrimage...
All-star collaboration
There’s a great moment from an audience video shot last October at the Rock ’n Roots fest in Amsterdam of Joe Satriani, Sonny Landreth and Davy Knowles gang-tackling the old blue-rock warhorse “I’m Going Down,” one of those easy-to-rehearse standby numbers that gets ...
The universal language
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...
Breaking the mold
After beginning its career playing basements and sleeping in vans, Atlanta-based metal outfit Mastodon has, over the course of its roughly decade-long career, become one of the most important and dominating metal bands in the country...
Rockabilly Renaissance
She's the Queen of Rockabilly and she's not ready to put down her crown...
Boulder’s Barsamian joins Kronos Quartet for Oct. 8 concert at Macky
The Kronos Quartet, always bold, brings Boulder artists to Boulder for their appearance at Macky Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8...
Classical culture
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 venue Boulder needs
The Boulder music scene has a rich history of supporting live performers and has numerous positives going for it — including great venues like the Fox Theatre, Boulder Theater, eTown and a variety of national and local acts performing on any given night. But what, if...
Music, community and fire
Leftover Salmon’s Vince Herman found out about the Fourmile Canyon fire while touring — his Nederland house was in the evacuation zone, but didn’t burn — and since returning to Boulder, he has yet to survey the now-torched land...
Vampire Weekend builds upon their sound for new album
Rostam Batmanglij, keyboardist/ vocalist for Vampire Weekend, was trying to sum up the differences between the band’s new CD, Contra, and its 2008 self-titled debut disc when he hit upon something that seemed to fit. “I remember someone told us that they thought ...
The Appleseed Collective
Thursday, March 6: The Appleseed Collective. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303- 440-4628...

















