Music
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...
Boulder Philharmonic pairs ‘complementary’ composers Beethoven and Elgar
Michael Butterman, music director of the Boulder Philharmonic, thinks that Beethoven and the English composer Sir Edward Elgar go well together, but he’s not...
Act accordingly: ARISE up
There was a time, if you can believe it, when Paul Bassis — co-founder of the extremely woke, half music, half co-creative ARISE Festival,...
World music artist Chris Berry goes digital
Ten years ago, musician Chris Berry found himself narrowly escaping death in Zimbabwe. He was the lead singer of the massively popular Zimbabwean band Panjea and was trying to figure out a way to break the band in the United States. That is until Zimbabwean president...
After breaking from Wu-Tang, Ghostface Killah shines on his own
In the unlikely success story of the rap group/ militia/religious cult/consumer goods company the Wu-Tang Clan, Ghostface Killah has authored the unlikeliest individual success story...
Violinist Sarah Chang is back where it all started
Sarah Chang is happy to be back in Boulder...
Blues traveler
What’s the sound of a page turning? For music artist Samantha Fish, the answer comes on her latest album Faster. Released in September 2021,...
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...
‘The rest is noise’
When the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra kicked off its 65th season last October, it had the whole world in mind. Ozymandias: To Sell a Planet,...
Coughing up something nasty
When singer-songwriter-guitarist Mike Doughty left Soul Coughing, the band he formed through sweat, drugs and willpower, the group was at the peak of its popularity...
House concerts bring community and culture to a living room near...
Depending on which Saturday night you decide to stop by Dan Fairchild’s house, you could be treated to a string quartet, a Brazilian guitar trio, or a Balkan brass band. Fairchild is one of several hosts of house concerts in Boulder and has been bringing artists and ...
The shifting narrative of Gen Z
At just 23, Finnish-American nonbinary artist Miki Ratsula is ready to take on transphobia in the music industry—and the culture as a whole—with their...
