Music
Magic in the acoustic guitar
We don’t know, and wouldn’t ask, if Andy McKee was a church-going kind of guy. But preparing for our interview, we came across a...
Janiva Magness draws strength from turmoil
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.” ...
Roll another one
As a child growing up in Pennsylvania, Alexandra Schwan had no idea that she would eventually join musical forces in Colorado with another native...
Steve Hackett’s day job
Even among its most ardently faithful adherents, there’s little dispute that the glory days of progressive rock — at least relative to its commercial...
What’s coming next
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....
From Trane to Allan to Abasi
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
We missed every bit of it. We had taken for granted the cool creek under the reddish cliffs, the dumplings and Greek salads, the...
Emmylou Harris returns to her roots
When singer-songwriter Emmylou Harris plays Macky Auditorium...
Indie hip hop is dead
Musab, aka Sab the Artist, aka Beyond, has gone through his fair share of personal transformations. He started writing lyrics when he was 9,...
Heavy Rotation — An Ode to Fiona
One of the most joyful experiences of this pandemic, for me, has been watching the internet celebrate Fiona Apple’s first new album in eight...
That familiar feeling
Musicologists may argue about how to define folk music, but let us offer this simple suggestion: Folk music is a feeling more than a...
