Music

MaryLynn Gillaspie and her sister Gaile had just settled into a hotel room in Tokyo when their tourmate Dizzie Gillespie called. Gaile answered the...

Violinist Rachel Sliker grew up in Colorado Springs but has spent the last two decades in Boulder, where she branched out from the classical...

The doors to eTown Hall might be closed on a gloomy weekday afternoon, but while the stage is vacant and the curtains are drawn,...

In the ’80s, MaryLynn Gillaspie toured with Benny Goodman, met Dizzy Gillespie and was nominated for three Grammys as a member of the vocal jazz group Rare Silk...

One of Trace Bundy’s latest YouTube videos isn’t actually a new live performance or the latest alchemic solo re-imagining of a beloved cover tune.  A...

There’s absolutely no way I can write this review without bias. No one altered my college music sensibilities like Pretty Lights, whom I knew as the spearhead for Colorado’s charge into electronic music and indisputable winner of the hearts and ears of a generation ...

The concept of Shoshin arose from the teachings of 13th-century Buddhist priest and philosopher Dōgen Zenji. Practitioners of the ancient discipline are taught to...

“New York Summer,” by Generation Lost — A fun instrumental pop song sets the tone for a laid-back summer from the German trio’s wealth...

If Denver-based band Blankslate entered last year with a real blank slate, they left an indelible mark on the canvas with the October release...

While its neighboring county-seat sibling often gets the lion’s share of the glory, there’s lots to love about the Longmont music scene. From blues-tinged...

It was in the larger-than-life era of music video when I discovered former Kinks frontman Ray Davies, decades after he had constructed the timeless 1964 rock anthem “You Really Got Me.” The Kinks had just released their 1984 album Word of Mouth, and the clip for “Do ...

As Charley Crockett drove out of the depths of Death Valley into a field of Joshua trees, the snow began to swirl. He had...