Music
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...
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...
Around the world
There’s a whole world in the sound of Colorado Springs hip-hop duo The Reminders. Not unlike The Clash’s outlook in the early 1980s, the...
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...
Two captains, one ship
On the morning of the Women’s March in January, Tennis lead singer Alaina Moore was at the airport on her way to rehearsal. Slightly...
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...
‘The twain shall meet’ at The Dairy
"East is East and West is West,” Rudyard Kipling famously wrote, “and never the twain shall meet.”
Kipling never met Reena Esmail. A composer who...
Returning to CMF
The Colorado Music Festival hosts the return of two guest conductors for the central portion of the six-week festival, July 11–23.
For orchestral concerts July...
Hustling in the high country
Jamgrass is often associated with the state of Colorado, which has given birth to many of the genre’s well-acclaimed groups, including Leftover Salmon, the...
The ambassadors of Mexico
At around 11 a.m. local time on Sept. 19, residents of Mexico City methodically filed out of office buildings, homes and restaurants — wherever...
Erik Deutsch’s white night
Erik Deutsch is in an Airbnb in Rome with his wife Victoria and their puppy. In between playing and traveling, they managed to pick...
A nice metaphor for life
Andrew Duhon took one geology class in college, the class we all took; you know, rocks for jocks with the football players. While the...
