Music
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...
Nutcrackers, a complete ‘Messiah,’ and everything classical for the holidays
Trying to get to all of the holiday musical events in Boulder will turn you into a real-world equivalent of Lewis Carroll’s White Rabbit:...
Found Sounds: Top 10 of 2023
Every year is a good year for music — and 2023 was no different. So we’re bringing you a twist on our regular monthly...
The natural arc of rebellion
What an age! Everyone is dying, everything is dying, and the earth is dying also, eaten up by the sun and the wind. I...
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...
Marco Benevento’s vision quest
Marco Benevento lives in Woodstock, New York, with his wife and kids, some farm animals, and Fred Short.
Well, to be precise, Fred isn’t exactly...
‘Is it really so strange?’
The last couple years have been strange for Bartees Leon Cox Jr. After his 2020 debut album Live Forever caught fire in the early...
Harnessing the hummingbirds
After consulting several dictionaries, it’s undeniable: There’s a quality about Alexa Wildish that can best be described as magical.
From Oxford: magical (adj.): “beautiful or...
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...
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,...
Adrian Belew’s killer app
After amicably stepping away from Trent Reznor’s reformed Nine Inch Nails project in June 2013 and being politely excluded from Robert Fripp’s reformed King Crimson later that year, esteemed guitarist and sonic disrupter Adrian Belew now finds himself currently on ...
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...


















