Music
Surprise funk
Keller Williams’ new CD, Funk, is being touted as something of a surprise album. Considering that Williams is known for playing acoustic music that often has leaned toward folk, that’s understandable...
All who wander are not lost
It’s no great concession for any but the most hardened cultural cynic, that most artists working in popular music eventually must explore the limits...
Record year: Great music in 2012
The state of original music in this country is wonderful. It could be argued that, although corporate-owned mainstream radio has eschewed what’s clearly good, honest music, for what will sell (and what’s released by labels owned by the aforementioned corporations), ...
Songs for songwriters
In many cases, a covers record is a group’s attempt to show its musical influences and how its own songs came to sound the way they do...
A new beginning
It’s clear in Sarah Anderson’s voice: the vocalist and trumpeter of Denver-based band Paper Bird is clearly a little nervous. It’s three days after...
Those barbaric Yawpers
No one knows for certain why some bands connect with the public and others don’t. It’s a mystery that musicians and critics have argued about for ages. No Doubt wallowed in obscurity for almost a decade until Gwen Stefani began writing accusatory songs about her ...
Rev it up!
Since 1985, Reverend Horton Heat has toured alongside the Cramps, the Sex Pistols, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Soundgarden, and even ZZ Top. On Dec. 17, the undisputed kings of American psychobilly provide a blend of high-energy rockabilly, blues and straight-ahead...
SLIDESHOW: Big Head Todd and the Monsters at eTown
Dane Cronin snapped photos at the Big Head Todd and the Monsters show last night at the Boulder Theater. Check them out and wish you had been there.
Starting over in Nashville
Sometimes you’ve just gotta get over yourself, occasionally at the suggestion of your manager. That’s what happened to Dan Layus as he was working...
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...
Rahzel’s vocal percussion must be seen to be believed
Rahzel's next move makes a lot of sense...
