Music

As far as seminal groups of the ’60s and ’70s go, the Grateful Dead were a little bit different. They were less a band than a way of life — a living, breathing mass of humanity with smiles on their faces and flowers behind their ears, traveling around the country ...

As a touring musician, Nicki Bluhm is used to spending more than half the year on the road — staying at different hotels in...

It had been a few years — well, more like eight years — since we had last caught up to William Topley, and prior to our transatlantic chat, we thought we’d have a look at the British singer’s upcoming gigs. We noticed a monthly gig for the ex-Blessing frontman at ...

We’re not sure who observed once that “timing is everything,” probably someone somewhere whose timing sucked at exactly the wrong juncture, but Mike Dillon’s timing is pretty good. Not just because he’s a drummer/percussionist/vibraphonist — with a resume that ...

Jesse Elliott — lead singer of the band These United States — has been coming out to the same little cottage in the woods of Michigan, a handful of yards from the shore of Lake Michigan, every year since his birth, so a number of experiences there have helped give ...

When Iron & Wine took the stage at the Boulder Theater this weekend, the crowd, which looked like mostly couples in their late-20s, probably expected vocalist Samuel Beam and the band of more than 10 players to romance and enchant them into bliss.Instead, Beam’s ...

In the spring of 2018, Icelandic singer-songwriter Ásgeir put a vinyl recording in a specifically engineered waterproof bottle and dropped it into Arctic Ocean...

Progger isn’t the kind of band you might assume it is just from hearing the name. Then again, it’s not exactly not what you...

Blue Sky Black Death...

As Danny Shafer’s marriage came to an end a couple of years ago, songs began to flow out of him.  “I knew I had to...

When the disastrous flood of 2013 ripped through Lyons, local musician Danny Shafer and his family had to immediately evacuate their home, escaping in just enough time to grab pets and Shafer’s guitar...

"Oh my gosh, 2010 has been awesome!” Singer/ songwriter Kate Jaworski is practically laughing she is so ecstatic about her good fortune these past few months. “I traveled to Greece and Poland earlier this summer, and I just had an amazing experience...