Music

The Constellation Collective: An organization of minor stars

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When Kyle Donovan ran sound for a group of soulful songwriters at The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse in the summer of 2016, he knew he...

Garrick Ohlsson will play only one in Boulder

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Pianist Garrick Ohlsson has, at last count, at least 80 concertos in his repertoire. Yes, eight-zero, 80. “It’s absolutely possible,” Ohlsson says. “It’s probably more...

Working out the kinks: For Ray Davies, the music goes on

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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 ...

Heavy Rotation — New Releases

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“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...

We know why the flightless bird shreds

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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...

Steve Hackett carries on

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They say that a band can best secure its legacy by knowing when it’s time to go out, even if most of the people...

Forward thinking

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Despite Boulder’s long-standing reputation as a liberal lodestar, it’s no secret that too many people here fall through the cracks when it comes to...

Sweet spot

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Fort Collins native Stelth Ulvang captured lightning in a bottle when he co-founded the now-legendary Colorado band Dovekins in 2009. Merging sea shanties with...

False ending

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In 2020, Denver band FAIM hoped to take what they thought would be their final record to DIY venues all over the United States...

Evolution of a sellout

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When word got out last year that Koe Wetzel had signed a major label deal with Columbia Records, he heard it from some of...

The upswing always comes

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Adam Granduciel is restless. Every day the 43-year-old lead guitarist and vocalist for The War on Drugs wakes up buzzing with the urge to...

Shine on

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It’s been more than two decades since Murder by Death formed in the idyllic college town of Bloomington, Indiana — and the years since...