Music
Grateful reincarnation
In advance of three sold out shows in Colorado this month, there are a couple of things you need to know about Joe Russo’s...
The five archers
It’s hard to imagine putting out your first record in the middle of a global pandemic, but then again, it’s hard to imagine entering...
We can rebuild it
Jesse Coppenbarger and Sean Kirkpatrick are the last men standing. Yet the lone remaining members of Colour Revolt’s early days are enjoying the creative breathing room offered by the departure of their former bandmates...
Still protesting
Joan Baez is one of the leading protest singers of the past 50 years and one of the most outspoken activists on behalf of enough causes to fill a notebook, including peace, civil rights, women’s rights and human rights...
Filling the gap between Medeski, Martin and Wood
Bassist Chris Wood was taking some midday chill time in Athens, Ga., when we caught up to him last weekend, cooling his heels before his gig that night with The Wood Brothers band, his six-year project with his brother, guitarist and singer Oliver. The Wood Brothers ...
Going on, and on, and on, and on
It’s a magical moment when life syncs up with the radio. The right song comes on unexpectedly, and the world gets quiet. I had such an experience around this time last year on a road trip back from Toronto with friends. We’d driven all night, clinging to the last ...
Top 10 albums of the decade
A serviceable definition I recently came across for the word “best” was “of the most excellent, effective, or desirable type or quality.” As a journalist, the job regularly includes the hopefully tasteful, relevant use of superlatives, but incorporating the word “...
Capturing the spirit, if not the notes
As far as seminal groups of the ’60s and ’70s go, the Grateful Dead were a little bit different. They were less a band than a way of life — a living, breathing mass of humanity with smiles on their faces and flowers behind their ears, traveling around the country ...
Steve Conn reconnects
Steve Conn is one of those serial Boulderites. The legendary musician has moved to town, left Boulder, regretted it and then returned … repeatedly.
“I...
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...
Cirque de la Symphonie makes fourth appearance with Boulder Phil
The circus is coming back to town, and this time they’re bringing a fiddler.
The circus is the acrobatic troupe Cirque de la Symphonie, returning...
