Music
Going through phases
Lindsey Stirling could not have experienced a more abrupt and dramatic stop to her music activities than what happened when the pandemic hit in...
Longmont Symphony’s ‘Musical Journeys’ take many forms
"Musical Journeys” is the thread running through the 2018–19 season of the Longmont Symphony Orchestra (LSO), and it takes different forms in each of...
Iron & Wine: A closet jam band?
When Iron & Wine took the stage at the Boulder Theater this weekend, the crowd, which looked like mostly couples in their late-20s, probably expected vocalist Samuel Beam and the band of more than 10 players to romance and enchant them into bliss.Instead, Beam’s ...
Crooning classics
If there’s one guy who’s become almost synonymous with Texas, it’s Lyle Lovett. Not only has he sung more rhapsodies to his home state than he can count — including the famous made-for-tourism tune, “That’s Right (You’re Not From Texas),” the chorus of which contains...
Classical and klezmer
Boulder`s Colorado Music Festival (CMF) at Chautauqua wraps up this week with several programs. Two led by CMF Musical Director Michael Christie — Sunday (Aug. 1) and the Festival Finale concerts Thursday and Friday (Aug. 5 and 6) — stand out for their adventurous ...
Working for a Living
Framed around a stomping, skeletal-funk guitar riff, the lead-off cut from Tommy Castro’s latest LP Method to My Madness strikes a curiously un-bluesy vibe,...
Love and Haiti
If mass media is your only window into the Republic of Haiti, mention of the island nation likely conjures a small constellation of sufferings....
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,...
From desert soirees to swanksville
To our great disappointment, Denver post-rock group Woodsman aren’t whittling sticks in a log cabin when Boulder Weekly reaches guitarist Trevor Peterson by phone. At the first stop of their current tour, the group finds themselves in the rather plush Hotel Congress ...
Strumming the sacred steel
Anyone who has followed the career of Robert Randolph & the Family Band knows that they love giving people a good time. From their legendary, epic shows at The Wetlands, to the insanely catchy groove of tracks like “Ain’t Nothing Wrong With That,” to the Sly & the ...
Magic flutes, golden flutes and flutists of all ages
There will be many kinds of flutes at the University of Colorado Boulder next week: Magic, golden, and from piccolo to bass.
The central event...
