Music
Tayla Parx competes with only herself
Taylor Parks, who goes by the stage name Tayla Parx, has one message: “Come as you are because, whatever that is, is acceptable.”
It’s a...
Tireless messengers of ancient mantra
Twelve years ago, when we last caught up to Deva Premal and Miten, they had just finished a chant workshop in upstate New York...
‘The Dream of America’ comes to the Macky stage
The Boulder Philharmonic will devote its next concert, Saturday, April 27, to two works that reflect on the history of the United States and...
The Phil Collins effect
Roger Sellers is at his parents’ house in Houston when he answers my call. He’s back stateside after a whirlwind run of dates in...
CU’s Eklund Opera presents a Victorian-era ghost story
The next production of the University of Colorado Eklund Opera Program, Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, is a Victorian-era ghost story. Whether...
A place for all of it
"You can make changes. Thus, you can change the world. Right?” It’s a bit of wisdom Mark Oliver Everett, who largely goes by the...
Longmont Symphony’s ‘Musical Journeys’ take many forms
"Musical Journeys” is the thread running through the 2018–19 season of the Longmont Symphony Orchestra (LSO), and it takes different forms in each of...
The delightful imperfections of Frances Cone
It’s a story Christina Cone, frontwoman of Brooklyn-founded, now Nashville-based indie pop outfit Frances Cone, has only told once live — the story behind...
The work lies ahead
The last time J.S. Ondara was in Colorado, he opened for Lindsey Buckingham, of Fleetwood Mac fame, finding himself not only in the middle...
Mixing it up
For Dustin Payseur, changing the sound of Beach Fossils wasn’t a matter of abandoning what had come before.
Rather, the frontman of the Brooklyn indie-rock...
The magic of the session
The story of Ímar — the traditional Irish music group, not the ninth-century Viking king the band is named after — starts, unsurprisingly, in...
Amanda Balestrieri wants to ‘see you in court’
When Amanda Balestrieri says “see you in court,” it’s an offer, not a threat.
As director of Seicento Baroque Ensemble, she knows just how much...
