Music

Rick Erickson’s father told him, “When you have Bach, you don’t need anything else...

It seems too soon, but it’s here — that subtle change in the evening air that suggests the shift from summer to autumn is nearing. We’ve just transitioned out of what the Old Farmer’s Almanac considers the oppressively hot “dog days of summer,” and a reprieve from ...

When the disastrous flood of 2013 ripped through Lyons, local musician Danny Shafer and his family had to immediately evacuate their home, escaping in just enough time to grab pets and Shafer’s guitar...

Sometimes all you can do is marvel at someone’s dumb luck, blessed fortune, or whatever you want to call it. Like the guy who wins the lottery because he picked one or two of the right numbers by mistake, the woman who hits the jackpot on her first pull on a slot ...

Michael Christie knows what he wants at Boulder’s Colorado Music Festival (CMF). “Variety is most important,” says the festival’s music director. “What we do is look off the beaten track and then throw in some element that’s surprising...

Otis Taylor’s got a lot going for him when it comes to the blues. He’s got a Randy Newmatic voice, a masterful grip of how blues guitar should be played, and some pretty imaginative ways of making the blues sound fresh. All of these tools come into play on his new ...

New York critics call it “scruffy-elegant” (The New Yorker) and its offerings “fresh, zesty” (The New York Times...

The Who’s rock opera Tommy is now more than 40 years old. But one won’t hear Who singer Roger Daltrey accepting the notion that this piece of music, or for that matter, Who music in general, is something that falls into the realm of nostalgia or oldies...

The Boulder Philharmonic will welcome back violinist Sarah Chang and the acrobatic Cirque de la Symphonie, present a tribute to Louis Armstrong, and feature Boulder composer Jeffrey Nytch as part of their 2012–13 season.The season of seven concert programs running ...

Someone once said that managing your brand isn’t always easy, but it’s always easier than managing your customer...

That’s not a coat that Otis Taylor is wearing on the cover of his latest CD, Contraband, released on Telarc a couple of months ago. Not a Sasquatch costume, not a blaxploitation set piece...

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...