Music
Jimmy Herring’s 5 of 7
"You work when ya’ can.”
Jimmy Herring isn’t one of those guys to sit back and recharge batteries. At least not yet. Widespread Panic rolls...
If Leonard Cohen, Jim Morrison and the Wu-Tang Clan had a...
When we set up a time to talk, Daniel Rodriguez still had an intimate dinner show scheduled for Dec. 5 at Boulder Theater.
That’s of...
Janiva Magness draws strength from turmoil
When listening to blues vocalist Janiva Magness, there are a lot of words that come to mind that could describe her sultry and lilting interpretations. Whether uplifting or drifting into darkness, one word that never comes across when hearing her voice is “fake.” ...
‘Mistakes are just things we didn’t mean to play’
By all accounts, Victor Wooten is a great musician. He’s won five Grammy’s, been named one of the top 10 bassists of all time...
A little downtime
"I’ve had a great 2020.”
We’re not sure, but we suspect that Erik Deutsch is about the only working-age adult in North America who’s actually...
Opening the door to classical music
Devin Patrick Hughes wants to be a doorman for classical music.
The conductor of the Boulder Symphony has a mission to break down barriers that...
There’s something about Béla
The concept is simple: Put a droll, middle-aged guy with a banjo on his knee in command of the legendary stage where John Lennon,...
‘Underrated masterpiece’
Antonín Dvořák has written some of the most, and least, familiar works in the classical music repertoire.
On the one hand are the “New World”...
The welcome unpredictability of Shakey Graves
"I don’t really wear a lot of suspenders anymore,” Alejandro Rose-Garcia, aka Shakey Graves, tells me from a small town in British Columbia with “a...
Preparing for the ‘Rapture’
Peter Kater’s never been religious, but he’s had his share of divine experiences.
Mushrooms, LSD, fasting, meditation — the two-time Grammy-winning, classically trained pianist has...
Eric Johnson: Now and then
Depending on who you ask and what day you ask it, having that One Monster Hit is either a blessing or a boat anchor...
King’s Singers return to Boulder with music familiar and new
Pat Donnachie can hardly wait to get back onstage. With an audience. In Boulder.
As a member of the King’s Singers, Dunachie was accustomed to...