Music
The many sides of Reggie Williams
In a bedroom in Nashville, Tennessee, lined with Fleet Foxes and Cowboy Bebop posters sits a sleepy Reggie Williams. A musician from Bradenton, Florida,...
The joys of heavy lifting
It could well be that Nautical Mile’s EP release at the Fox Theatre this weekend represents a watershed moment — the young band’s second release, headlining a premiere venue among well-regarded local bands, secure in its lineup and coasting on a decent club following...
Some things you just can’t ignore
More than three decades ago, when Amy Ray began penning emotionally charged songs about social justice as one-half of the folk rock duo the Indigo Girls, fighting for same sex marriage wasn’t high on her list of priorities — despite being a lesbian...
CD REVIEW: Flogging Molly’s ‘Speed of Darkness’
When it comes to Celtic-infused rock ’n’ roll in America today, fans predominantly fall into two camps. Those who prefer their fiddles and bagpipes accompanying a harder-edged, punk-flavored sound gravitate toward Dropkick Murphys. Those who, instead, seek the sounds...
Zuill Bailey and Boulder Phil will perform ‘unbelievably successful’ new piece
Zuill Bailey loves watching the audience as he performs.
Unlike pianists and other soloists with orchestra, Bailey, a cellist, sits facing the audience when he...
Iron & Wine: A closet jam band?
When Iron & Wine took the stage at the Boulder Theater this weekend, the crowd, which looked like mostly couples in their late-20s, probably expected vocalist Samuel Beam and the band of more than 10 players to romance and enchant them into bliss.Instead, Beam’s ...
Bike underpass echoes
There are probably few choir groups that have ever performed with such emotion that they evoked tears from their audience, but in December 2010, caroler Debbie Giallombardo remembers a woman almost brought to tears by what she was singing on the Pearl Street Mall...
Begin again
Laughter is the first sound cutting through the tape hiss on Quitters, the sophomore offering from L.A.-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Christian Lee Hutson. It...
Dead Weather electrify the Ogden
The Dead Weather wowed a packed house at the Ogden Theatre Saturday night (July 17) with a stellar performance and infectious stage presence...
Legendary guitarist Al Stewart rediscovers his obscurities
There was probably mud on their boots when they were marched out to the Katyn Forest that day in 1940...
Holiday classical concerts in Boulder
The calendar of holiday events by Boulder County’s classical music organizations heats up this weekend with Pro Musica Colorado and St. Martin’s Chamber Choir’s performances of Bach’s rarely heard Christmas Oratorio (see story at left). 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 2, St...
If Leonard Cohen, Jim Morrison and the Wu-Tang Clan had a...
When we set up a time to talk, Daniel Rodriguez still had an intimate dinner show scheduled for Dec. 5 at Boulder Theater.
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