Music
Colorado musicians unite for Ukraine benefit concert
Denver’s Hi-Dive will host Nick Urata, Slim Cessna and more
Erik Deutsch splits the difference
"I was kind of off the jam scene for almost 15 years,” reflects Erik Deutsch on his current stint as keyboardist for Leftover Salmon....
Some candy talking
Scottish noise-saturated rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain set the London underground ablaze in the mid-80s with their confrontational, ear-splittingly loud and often...
Exploring ‘The World As We Know It’
The warmth of the debut Figueroa album, The World As We Know It, radiates from the first flurried guitar that opens the album; it’s...
Danny Shafer: Keeping it simple
Penning ambiguous lyrics seems to have become a trend among many of today’s respected artists. So that’s why when an artist like Danny Shafer builds a successful career — even if it’s locally — on well-written simplicity, it feels like a refreshing change of pace...
Harmonic convergence
Sarah Jarosz always stood out in a crowd even when she was a tiny 12-year-old kid standing on the big stage at the Telluride...
Saving the cats
The day after A.A. Bondy finished his latest album, Enderness, his house burned in the Woolsey Fire that ate up nearly 100,000 acres of...
The Bela Fleck of the ukulele
In the world of stringed instruments, the four-string ukulele has a small and kitschy lute that was associated with the likes of the late...
Along the way
It only seems appropriate that John Craigie is on a road trip when he takes my call. The California-born, Portland-based singer-songwriter is known as...
Jazz sextet, tap dancer, vocalist and choir? It must be Ellington!
Duke Ellington, jazz legend, pianist and band leader, spent the last decade of his life creating and presenting “sacred concerts.” Described by one critic...


















