Music
The language of the people
In 1990, a lawyer named Craig Ferguson found himself in a hotel room in Chicago dreaming of a new phase of his life, one...
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...
Death in Memphis
In her landmark 1977 book On Photography, Susan Sontag calls photographs a testament to “time’s relentless melt.” For the influential essayist and cultural critic,...
Rebuilding Coliseum
"It’s just like those people that got married at 18 and stayed together forever,” says Ryan Patterson, frontman of the Louisville, Ky., punk band Coliseum...
Inspired by a tragic story, ‘Heart of Hungary’ features Edward Dusinberre...
Some stories just have to be told.
That is what composer Jeffrey Nytch thought when he heard about Sandor Feher, a violinist who died on...
Forty years of festivation
As I journeyed through the 216 pages of photos, poster art, past musical lineups and essays that make up Telluride Bluegrass Festival; Forty Years of Festivation, it struck me that the Galapagos Islands and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival have a lot in common. Both ...
Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ tailored for the Christmas season
It’s been 276 years, and people are still talking about Handel’s Messiah.
Of course, it’s one of the best-known and best-loved pieces ever written, but...
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...
‘No rules’
It was a particularly shreddy lick in the Power Rangers theme song that made Paul DeHaven want to play guitar.
“I was like, ‘Mom, I...
Boulder band Envy Alo introduces boogaloo fusion and new vocals
It’s been two years since the Boulder-based band Envy Alo dropped their first album, One Time, but the soulful rock/funk band hasn’t stopped working,...
VAUDEVILLE MAKES A COMEBACK
Intuitive Compass is not your average folk duo. For starters, their sound takes on more of a Vaudevillian quality than most other bands, and when it comes to their live show, let’s just say that there are bound to be some surprises...
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...


















