Music
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...
Inspired by John Prine
Heavy Rotation this week is inspired by John Prine, a mix of mellow, comforting music that expresses a range of emotion often felt all...
‘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”...
This must be the place
The stage is empty save for one microphone and a boom box. A man in a gray suit and an acoustic guitar walks up,...
A kinder, gentler Ween
It´s hard to picture the two guys who wrote “Waving My Dick In The Wind” and “Spinal Meningitis” settling into suburban family life, but time has a way of imposing its will on everyone, even Gene and Dean Ween...
Meet the Ivalas Quartet
The Ivalas Quartet only recently arrived in Colorado, but if you follow classical music you will be hearing about them soon.
That’s because they are...
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...
Waiting for birdsongs
Songwriter Kina Grannis has learned to let songs creep up on her. They always have a way of finding her — even if she’s...
Roots and wings, shadows and light
On his way back from his honeymoon on Vancouver Island in 2018, Antonio Lopez picked up a copy of the “local alternative rag,” The...
Space oddity
Perhaps the signature sentiment of Jason Pierce’s career as the frontman and sole permanent member of the band Spiritualized can be found on 1997’s...
Luigi Cherubini is a gem
Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini just may be the most influential classical composer you have never heard of.
As director of the Paris Conservatoire...


















