Music
You’ll need a shot to rock at Z2
Lollapalooza. Telluride Blues and Brews. Bonnaroo. Across the country, music festivals and entertainment venues are requiring patrons to show proof of full vaccination for...
The many surprises of Wilco
Glenn Kotche is supposed to be on a plane headed to rehearsals when we catch up by phone. But he’s back at home after...
California Guitar Trio, mostly
It’s a bit of humor, really, and not necessarily of deep artistic import, but the graphic accompanying the social media announcement of dates for...
Return to RockyGrass
We missed every bit of it. We had taken for granted the cool creek under the reddish cliffs, the dumplings and Greek salads, the...
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...
A rebel cry
A week before she sets off on a 26-city, three-month tour, Jackie Venson is packing up to move into more spacious digs in her hometown...
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...
Colorado Music Festival is back
As the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs, life and music are slowly returning to “normal.”
For the Colorado Music Festival (CMF), that means live concerts in Chautauqua...
Boulder’s sweetheart gets ‘Sweeter’
Has anyone here ever been in love?” Dafna Margalit asks a crowd.
It’s 2018, and Margalit, then a senior at Fairview High School, is about...
Natural Wood finish
In the year before COVID, which seems like a really long time ago, Oliver Wood was dividing his time between putting finishing touches on...
An unintentional self-portrait
Boulder’s self-proclaimed non-genre-conforming band Magic Beans has been around the block once or twice — after 10 years together, their sound has continued to...
A kind of dawn
Last December, Desert Dwellers (Amani Friend and Treavor Moontribe) released a three-hour video stream set, captured last summer in a verdant clearing in the...