Music
The only Church you need to attend
Once upon a time (in the late ’70s and early ’80s), America had a fairly notable love affair with Australia. This was almost a...
An orchestra’s VIP
If you have attended a classical orchestra concert, you’ve seen the concertmaster.
He or she enters after the rest of the orchestra is onstage, to...
Living Lage
Tone and nuance rule the day on Julian Lage’s last album, Modern Lore. A fancy trio rambles down the dusty roads of between-genre Americana...
Prominent guests come to CU to join Leonard Bernstein celebration
The University of Colorado College of Music has joined the rest of the musical world to celebrate the centennial of the unique American composer,...
Lord Huron’s insatiable search
"All of our representatives are currently busy. The current wait time is seven years,” a recorded voice says when you call 1-877-VIDE-NOIR. The next...
Grandoozy these artists
One of the great joys of going to a big music festival is finding new music. Denver’s Grandoozy festival is offering more than 50...
Never for money, always for love
By its second anniversary, back in 1994, the Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery already needed a bigger space for its birthday bash — the...
The universe keeps smiling
It’s hardly an exaggeration to say that in his 75 years on this mortal coil, Graham Nash has lived the equivalent of multiple lifetimes....
Fame is not the goal
In a way, Hanson has been laying the foundation for their upcoming orchestrally driven album, String Theory, since the “MMMBop” days.
That was 21 years...
King of hearts
Darryl Purpose isn’t used to failure. He’s recorded eight stunning albums of folk music, enjoys a close relationship with his daughter, owns two beautiful...
The welcome unpredictability of Shakey Graves
"I don’t really wear a lot of suspenders anymore,” Alejandro Rose-Garcia, aka Shakey Graves, tells me from a small town in British Columbia with “a...
From a whisper to a scream
Boz Scaggs calls the trio of albums he’s released beginning with 2013’s Memphis a trilogy. These releases — Memphis, 2015’s A Fool To Care...
