Music
Space cowboy
Ted Thacker grew up in Boulder, so he’s seen the town change from its weird punk-rock past to its idyllic-yet-complicated present. The 56-year-old singer-songwriter’s...
For every season there’s an Isakov
There are two seasons for Gregory Alan Isakov — touring and farming.
That’s why you only find the singer/songwriter on the road primarily in the...
The only Church you need to attend
Once upon a time (in the late ’70s and early ’80s), America had a fairly notable love affair with Australia. This was almost a...
Dial ‘B’ for Bonobo
Last year, Simon Green found himself in that most universal of experiences: Green turned 40 and lost his father, his last living parent. His...
The Constellation Collective: An organization of minor stars
When Kyle Donovan ran sound for a group of soulful songwriters at The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse in the summer of 2016, he knew he...
Life in opera
If you think the nomadic, demanding schedule of opera singers might make it difficult for them to sustain a healthy marriage, you have not met Kevin Langan and Sally Wolf...
From ‘the old country,’ with love
The sounds filling Denver’s Mercury Café at the end of each month may come from Colorado musicians, but the traditions behind them traveled a...
Infinite Space: Boulder Phil plays music about stars and astronomers and...
The Boulder Philharmonic calls its 2018–19 season Open Space, and will begin its classical programming focusing on the openest space of all. Under the...
A kinder, gentler Ween
It´s hard to picture the two guys who wrote “Waving My Dick In The Wind” and “Spinal Meningitis” settling into suburban family life, but time has a way of imposing its will on everyone, even Gene and Dean Ween...
Heart of gold
Jeremy Mohney is stuck in the past. Not his past, and not in a bad way. The 31-year-old Boulder native just loves jazz, and...
The gold standard
Creative programming, extensive community engagement and thoughtful collaborations have paid off for the Boulder Philharmonic.
The big reward comes this week. Their next concert, Saturday,...
A life across six strings
The story goes that when the late Michael Hedges was killing time in Key West—well before he’d achieve fame as a groundbreaking acoustic fingerstyle...