Music
Steve Hackett’s day job
Even among its most ardently faithful adherents, there’s little dispute that the glory days of progressive rock — at least relative to its commercial...
Bringing joy
Early in their 12-year career, the Infamous Stringdusters had a mission that was plenty ambitious.
“Originally, our goals were almost strictly musical, I think, being...
Ending with a bang
The Boulder Philharmonic ends a spectacular season Saturday with the spectacular orchestral fireworks of Respighi’s Pines of Rome.
The 2016–17 season saw sell-out performances, a...
Sweet spot
Fort Collins native Stelth Ulvang captured lightning in a bottle when he co-founded the now-legendary Colorado band Dovekins in 2009. Merging sea shanties with...
Breaking the mold
After beginning its career playing basements and sleeping in vans, Atlanta-based metal outfit Mastodon has, over the course of its roughly decade-long career, become one of the most important and dominating metal bands in the country...
Blues is the route
The music started about 40 years ago at a party at Mary Flower’s house in Denver. Singer Mollie O’Brien recalls the gathering in 1980...
Boulder Bach Festival Schedule
Kids for Bach concert Sunday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m., Boulder Public Library...
On the road to stardom
The Avett Brothers are a band whose passionate energy, earnest talent and off-the-hook performances inspire great dedication among their fans. Few who have experienced the pretty mea culpa “Shame,” heard their plea to “kill the doubt that strangles my self-worth” on...
An unintentional self-portrait
Boulder’s self-proclaimed non-genre-conforming band Magic Beans has been around the block once or twice — after 10 years together, their sound has continued to...
Save our stages
If this were a typical year, both the Boulder and Fox theaters would be hosting their 150th shows right now, in mid-October, each on...
Mother of reinvention
While he was growing up in Athens, Georgia, nobody in Kevin Barnes’ immediate family played music. They had a piano in the house and his sisters took piano lessons briefly, but his parents never listened to music unless they were in the car. Fortunately, the Of ...