Music
Straight, no filler
Buddy Guy’s new release, Rhythm & Blues, is a rarity in an era when EPs and singles are becoming popular formats to release new music. It’s a double album, 22 all-new tracks deep...
Bach for a lifetime
Rick Erickson’s father told him, “When you have Bach, you don’t need anything else...
Growing a new sound
Tyler Grant has a National Flatpicking Championship under his belt, solo releases and a resume stacked with names of artists he’s worked with. Yet, even through his successes during his time in mythical Nashville, Tenn., the guitarist was always waiting for a chance ...
Catfish Kray Blues Band
Friday, January 31: Catfish Kray Blues Band. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322...
Slideshow: Furthur christens Broomfield’s 1st Bank Center
On March 5 Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, former Grateful Dead members and now known as Furthur, helped launch Broomfield's 1st Bank Center (formerly known as The Odeum and the Broomfield Events Center). Boulder Weekly was there to explore the remodeled venue and capture ...
With our powers combined
Last summer, the Boulder Theater and Fox Theatre joined forces under the name Z2 Entertainment, and this week’s First Annual Blues & Roots Summit represents the most visible bloom on this new partnership. This inaugural festival represents what’s possible when both...
Of beer and bands
Kyle Hollingsworth, keyboardist extraordinaire, sees a lot of similarities between making music and brewing beer, his two passions of late. Within each combination of hops and grains, each interjection of an off-color chord into a jam, there’s an element of chance ...
Kind of blue
If you hear an entrancing rhythm coming from eTown Hall or the Boulder Outlook Hotel this weekend, don’t fight it. Instead, grab an instrument — or anything you have that can make a sound — and follow the sound. These sirens aren’t trying to wreck your ship; they ...
Dogs in space
When we caught up to him after a morning jog at his home in Hawaii, we expressed some interest that Evan Bartholomew (aka Bluetech) had chosen Laika, the Russian dog remembered as the first living being to be launched into earth orbit, as the title of the leadoff ...
Digging in the vaults
Pasadena´s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is not usual résumé material for orchestral maestros. But Bahman Saless, who leads the Boulder Chamber Orchestra (BCO) in concerts Friday, Feb. 11, and Saturday, Feb. 12, is not your usual maestro...
RockyGrass turns 40
For a lot of us, turning the odometer over at one of those zero years can be a soul-scraping experience. But at the 40-year mark, RockyGrass is blowing out its candles with a serene and confident grin...
