Music

The way Charlie Parr is built

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"The shortened version of the extremely long story,” Charlie Parr begins when I ask about the journey he took to make his new record,...

From Trane to Allan to Abasi

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Interviewed in 2014 by premierguitar.com, one of the pre-eminent guitar enthusiast websites, Animals as Leaders guitarist Tosin Abasi talked about “Ka$cade,” one of the...

Return to RockyGrass

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We missed every bit of it. We had taken for granted the cool creek under the reddish cliffs, the dumplings and Greek salads, the...

Roll another one

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As a child growing up in Pennsylvania, Alexandra Schwan had no idea that she would eventually join musical forces in Colorado with another native...

Janiva Magness draws strength from turmoil

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When listening to blues vocalist Janiva Magness, there are a lot of words that come to mind that could describe her sultry and lilting interpretations. Whether uplifting or drifting into darkness, one word that never comes across when hearing her voice is “fake.” ...

It’s all good

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The railroad tracks run parallel to First Street in Alabaster, which slips by a couple of used car lots and a strip mall or...

What’s coming next

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Donny Scott, known professionally as Donny Goines, is the low-key, high-talent artist whose sound you’ve been wishing would pulse through your headphones all year....

Emmylou Harris returns to her roots

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When singer-songwriter Emmylou Harris plays Macky Auditorium...

Haunted musical magic

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Western sounds have filled the iconic Stanley Hotel on frozen January nights for nearly the last decade. Crowds in suits and gowns spill into...

Stay Gold

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Brian Finn reminisces on 60 years of good food and hoedowns at the Gold Hill

That familiar feeling

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Musicologists may argue about how to define folk music, but let us offer this simple suggestion: Folk music is a feeling more than a...

A little downtime

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"I’ve had a great 2020.”  We’re not sure, but we suspect that Erik Deutsch is about the only working-age adult in North America who’s actually...