Music
Fostering affliction
The next time Mark Foster has a chance to skip out of his work writing songs to go to the beach, don’t be surprised if he decides to stay inside and write...
Kicking up the dust
During the two years that went into making her current album, Midnight, Grace Potter realized a game-changing truth about herself.
“I figured out that I’m...
REVIEW: Eliot Lipp at the Fox Theatre, Dec. 7
For those who didn’t sweat the end of another semester, last...
Hip-hop Rok
Denver rapper Mane Rok, real name Sam Baron, has been cutting his teeth in the Colorado hip-hop scene for more than a decade. Whether it was competing in rhyme battles, organizing shows and events or releasing albums with his group, ManeLine, Mane has proudly ...
For the love of it
Lyle Lovett doesn’t let himself get tied down to a set list with his concerts. Yes, he has one, but it’s hardly set in stone. To script a show so tightly would rob Lovett of one of his main joys of performing, the flexibility to respond to the audience and play ...
BEING %uFFFDGENE WEEN%uFFFD
Since disbanding the legendary alt-rock duo Ween, Aaron Freeman (aka Gene Ween) is reinventing his career after leaving the band that defined him for almost three decades...
Pretty Lights shine at Red Rocks
Fort Collins DJ Derek Smith, aka Pretty Lights, has quietly built himself into one of the most potent DJ acts this side of the Rocky Mountains, and he has done it mostly via word of mouth and by offering all his music as free downloads from his website...
The original English major
Somewhere in the course of our phone conversation, I ask Robert Earl Keen how he planned to use his degree in English literature after...
Snoop Dogg takes his pimp strut to the executive office
Believe it or not, it’s been 18 years since Snoop Dogg stepped into the world of music. The launch of his career began with a little ditty called “Deep Cover” with producer extraordinaire Dr. Dre, but Snoop has been far from deep cover since then...
Digital building blocks
In between a few club dates and an appearance at Australia’s renowned Rainbow Serpent Festival, the electronic music producer, known by his stage alias...
All that jazz is good for you
Oscar Wilde believed that “most people are other people.” He never met Adam Bodine...


















