Music
Rocky Mountain Folks Fest preview: The hard road
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in...
Bass Instincts
It's 4:30 in the morning, halfway across the world in Australia, and Stanley Clarke is resting the world’s most renowned electric bass chops when the call comes...
‘Bamboozling’ piece anchors Boulder Phil concert
Michael Butterman, conductor of the Boulder Philharmonic, was sitting in his driveway, thinking “What on earth is going on?”
“It was just an amazing mix,”...
Along the way
It only seems appropriate that John Craigie is on a road trip when he takes my call. The California-born, Portland-based singer-songwriter is known as...
The modern musical gentlemen
"We´re just excited to show up and show people who we are,” David Macklovitch, a.k.a. Dave 1 of Chromeo, says about the duo’s first show in Boulder. “Smile, play the songs, have some banter, hear what a bunch of screaming fans in Boulder sounds like — that’s just ...
NedFest 2013: Standing strong
A year after Michigan Mike’s tie-dye-in-the-dust music fest proved it can go on without him, with a little help from his friends, NedFest still swings a pretty mean hula hoop...
Time for Three’s classical garage rock
What do you get when you combine classical music training with a garage-band mentality...
‘Brand new Beethoven’
Every composer has hidden gems in their oeuvre. For Ludwig van Beethoven — whose full output is standard repertoire in most genres — such...
Negative space
Justin Townes Earle is far away from home. On the second week of his tour, he’s in Fall River, Massachusetts — exactly 3,091 miles...
CD REVIEW: Flogging Molly’s ‘Speed of Darkness’
When it comes to Celtic-infused rock ’n’ roll in America today, fans predominantly fall into two camps. Those who prefer their fiddles and bagpipes accompanying a harder-edged, punk-flavored sound gravitate toward Dropkick Murphys. Those who, instead, seek the sounds...
Violinist Sarah Chang is back where it all started
Sarah Chang is happy to be back in Boulder...