Music
Otis Taylor challenges your concept of the blues
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 ...
The Motet on Halloween: Knee-deep in inspiration
For some years now, The Motet has been leading kind of a schizophrenic life, serving up its regular, originals-heavy set on the festival circuit, while spending some portion of its off time working up cover-version tribute shows for mainly local gigs (Fort Collins, ...
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...
Better living through grooves
The term “offshoring” has a lot of negative connotations these days, but not necessarily if you’re a tribogroove band...
Studio savior
It’d be difficult not to hear an echo of Fleet Foxes shaggy Northwestern Pacific folk-pop or Elliott Smith’s strummy melancholia in the delicate chamber-folk beauty of Blind Pilot’s second album, We Are the Tide. The Portland sextet’s September release is a dramatic ...
Things with wings
The narrative goes something like this: You have your whole life to prepare for your first album, and usually less than a year to prepare for your second...
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...
Boulder Bach Festival Schedule
Kids for Bach concert Sunday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m., Boulder Public Library...
Trust fall into the audience
Music has always been an important part of Mary Lambert’s life. Her mom was a songwriter, and since she was 6 years old she can remember writing songs as a way to escape the harsh realities of abuse she was living through...
Getting old, then new again
Jamie Shields, keyboardist and founder of theNEWDEAL, was enjoying a break from the brain-lock cold last week. Well, what passes for a break from it in Toronto, anyway...
