Music

When speaking with Michael James, one of the guitarists for Explosions in the Sky, you quickly discover that two things are at the forefront of his mind with respect to the band: time and communication. Sometimes things happen quickly and easily, like when you meet...

Growing up in rural Montana, pianist George Winston didn’t have a lot of entertainment options...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, Mark Foster was trying not to embarrass himself as he played alongside his bandmates in Foster the People at South by Southwest. This year, they’re ready to tour the world after playing the famed Austin music ...

Take that basement jam session with a few musically inclined friends and imagine it 10 times bigger, 10 times better and at the Fox, and you´ve got the Jet Edison Summer Superjam...

If you’ve been waiting to see jazz/ funk/rock group Garage A Trois in concert, you’ll have to forgive the quartet for being so busy. After all, each member is spinning multiple plates, which is why they’re so popular in the first place. Yet Skerik wouldn’t have it ...

We lead angelic lives,%u2028 Yet have a merry time of it besides. We dance and we spring,%u2028 We skip and we sing.%u2028 Saint Peter in heaven looks on...

If you stop by the Colorado Music Festival (CMF) at Chautauqua this summer (June 29 through Aug. 9) and order “the usual,” you might get almost anything, from Bach to Brazilian guitars to Radiohead...

Rated R put Queens of the Stone Age on the rock map as a force to be reckoned with in 2000. Led by singer-guitarist-songwriter Josh Homme and bassist Nick Oliveri, both of influential stoner-metal band Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age went on to produce some of the ...

Very few pianists follow a full recital program with a 20-minute encore...