Music
’Tis the seasons
The next performance of the Boulder Chamber Orchestra (BCO) will transport listeners to 18th-century Venice and 20th-century Buenos Aires, and several points in between...
The perils of being a blog band
The argument has been decided for so long now, it seems quaint to even mention it. But back in 2005, there were serious discussions about whether music blogs could possibly impact the conversation that had for so long been dominated by stodgy music mags, ...
Mutual understanding
In June of 1989, a military coup, led by Omar al-Bashir, overtook the government in Sudan. Combined with widespread famine, the military violence in...
RockyGrass returns to Lyons
Traditional bluegrass does not include any kind of electronic components or a modern-day drum kit, but its history throughout the United States and its improvisational nature has proven time and time again that bluegrass is one of the most complicated genres to ...
Local Theater Company’s ‘Discount Ghost Stories: Colorado’
Whether they’re tossed aside carelessly or discarded maliciously, some pieces of history just get lost.
Like the story of Florence Molloy and Mabel MacLeay, who...
Surprise funk
Keller Williams’ new CD, Funk, is being touted as something of a surprise album. Considering that Williams is known for playing acoustic music that often has leaned toward folk, that’s understandable...
Best Western
I met Greg Schochet in 2017 when he toured with Gasoline Lollipops in Belgium and Holland, filling in with us on lead guitar when Donnie...
Eklund Opera presents ’the perfect Verdi opera’
Nicholas Carthy describes La traviata as “the perfect Verdi opera.”
Based on the 1848 novel by Alexandre Dumas, La Dame aux Camélias (The lady of...
Little by little
Images of grizzly cubs traipsing and tumbling through lush Alaskan meadows are set to meandering and mesmerizing piano melodies. Large grizzlies stand on the...
Octopus Nebula emerges from the depths
It`s becoming pretty clear that the summer of 2010 will be the launching point of Octopus Nebula’s success. This is the year when hard work is converted directly into new studio albums, national tour dates and even chumming around with the big names at Colorado’s ...


















