Music

Inspired by the earth

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For the Boulder Philharmonic, the 2013–14 season is all about nature...

Anti-Flag brings punk rock activism to town with latest tour

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Punk rock was born out of the need to challenge the status...

A final bow

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To help generate a buzz for the release of its latest CD, If Not Now, When, Incubus’ management came up with a novel idea. The band would rent out a gallery storefront in Los Angeles, set up its instruments and play shows in this small space for six nights over a ...

Do-it-yourself album

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After Page Hamilton broke up his band, Helmet, in 1998, he thought not only might he never bring back Helmet, he might even set aside his signature instrument...

Beyond Austin

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What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, Mark Foster was trying not to embarrass himself as he played alongside his bandmates in Foster the People at South by Southwest. This year, they’re ready to tour the world after playing the famed Austin music ...

Young luddites

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You can’t take it personally if someone doesn’t want to hear what you’re talking about, but at the same time, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to talk about it...

Soloists together onstage at last with the Boulder Philharmonic

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Jennifer Frautschi and Erik Ruske rarely get to perform together. The married couple are both highly successful musicians, but she plays the violin and he...

Pro Musica Colorado looks backward, forward and outward

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The next concert by the Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra will look backward, and forward, and outward. The program, titled “Classical Evolution,” will be presented...

Hot Rize Plus

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Long before Hot Rize played its first official notes on Jan. 18, 1978 at Boulder’s Hungry Farmer Restaurant, the band already had a name....

Starting over in Nashville

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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...

CD review: Girl in a Coma, Exits & All the Rest

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If you gave Girl in a Coma’s new CD, Exits & All The Rest to 10 different people, you’d likely receive in return 10 different opinions about which established female vocalist lead singer Nina Diaz most sounds like. Though by no means an exhaustive list, I could see ...

Light it up

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Not that we’d know anything about this, but sometimes the hardest part of getting a piece of work done is just starting it, getting the wheels turning, finding a way in while being stared at by a blank page waiting for a lead sentence, or that first brushstroke, or ...