Music
Electronic Music…
Equipment failures can bring all DJs to the same level. In the case of rising electro producer Porter Robinson, 18, a decade of experience could not have fixed his busted sound card during his first Colorado performance at Snow Ball Music Festival in Vail. That was “...
The Who plans on new album
Guitarist Pete Townshend has revealed that he is working on a new production in the tradition of the Who's Tommy and Quadrophenia that he calls Floss. The guitarist also told Rolling Stone magazine that the more conventional songs from Floss will be part of a new Who...
Prodigal Child
It’d be a bit of a stretch to find contemporary points of reference to adequately qualify Pat Grossi’s music; we’ll go out on a limb to suggest a club-tempered melding of Jimmy Somerville-meets-Andrea Vollenweider at a trip-hop rave, and if that sounds improbable, ...
‘That’s the juice’
When Boulder County singer-songwriter Kate Farmer was hit with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, she thought it might be time to put her music-making...
We know why the flightless bird shreds
Famously, or infamously, the story goes that Buckethead didn’t pass an informal audition to be Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist at Ozzfest some years ago. Not...
The venue Boulder needs
The Boulder music scene has a rich history of supporting live performers and has numerous positives going for it — including great venues like the Fox Theatre, Boulder Theater, eTown and a variety of national and local acts performing on any given night. But what, if...
A taste of the world’s music at CU
If you are a fan of West African Highlife, that most infectious of world music styles, you could travel to Accra, Lagos or Yaounde. Or you could walk over to Grusin Music Hall on the University of Colorado Boulder campus...
To prog or not to prog
Progger isn’t the kind of band you might assume it is just from hearing the name.
Then again, it’s not exactly not what you...
Don’t call it a comeback
Truth be told, Claudia Schmidt was a bit skeptical the last time she played Boulder. The strip mall location of the venue, Caffè Sole, which Schmidt will return to on Friday, Sept. 12, didn’t really inspire confidence from the outside...
10-town travel
When faced with the bleak prospect of a grueling tour in support of her 2009 album, Wilson St., Austin, Texas, singer-songwriter Charlie Faye had an idea. Instead of 100 shows in 200 days, why not experiment? How about 10 one-month residencies in 10 towns across ...
Strays & runaways
The metamorphosis of folk trio The Waifs, who play at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons this weekend, is equal parts gritty survival story and enchanting fairy tale. Beginning in 1992, sisters Vikki and Donna Simpson, selftaught guitarists, began traipsing...


















