Music
Suffering a success
Sitting in Tom Wasinger’s studio, surrounded by tens of thousands of dollars of guitars and other stringed delights, his three Grammys gathering dust on...
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 ...
New directions
When Rachel Eckroth was an up-and-coming keyboardist in the jazz scene in Phoenix, Arizona, it was her father who took the teenaged Rachel to...
Resident Bush
They call him the “King of Telluride” because the Kentucky-born, Nashville-based musician has performed every June for 45 years at the town’s legendary bluegrass...
Big sky son
The latest offering from Fort Collins-based singer-songwriter Cary Morin was inspired by paintings from his Montana childhood of an American West that was wild,...
The many faces of Chree Bagheera
Chree Bagheera honed his obsession in the shadows. Music was present in his household growing up, but Bagheera’s family discouraged a career path in...
The journey is the destination
In a locally published review last winter of their LP Instinct, the generally sympathetic reviewer predicted that this year — 2019 — was going...
Asylum Street Spankers find salvation
For those who haven’t had the pleasure, South By Southwest (otherwise known as SXSW) is the yearly arts festival held over the last week of winter down in Austin. Initially a music convention prowled by eager publicists trying to keep their underpaying jobs, burned ...
Soloists together onstage at last with the Boulder Philharmonic
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...
Good times for My Chemical Romance
In a way, the huge achievement that was The Black Parade CD and tour almost caused the guys in My Chemical Romance to forget who they are as a band...
Professional development
When Emelise Munoz was young—younger than she is now—passersby would hear her busking down the street, drawn by her deep, soulful voice, surprised to...
Top five mixtapes of 2009
Industry rule number 4,080, as set forth by A Tribe Called Quest on The Low End Theory, is still true. Record company people are still shady. Luckily, record company people hold dwindling influence over what hip-hop music you get to hear...

















