Music
The birth of a tradition
For the second year running, the Boulder Chamber Orchestra (BCO) will reveal a young soloist at their New Year’s Eve concert. Last year it...
Jazz from unusual places
It will be a Charlie Brown Christmas when the Turtle Island Quartet and jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton take the stage at Macky Auditorium at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15...
Wish We Were Floyd bring Pink Floyd classics back to life
Maybe it’s an occupational hazard, but it can be a little...
Magic flutes, golden flutes and flutists of all ages
There will be many kinds of flutes at the University of Colorado Boulder next week: Magic, golden, and from piccolo to bass.
The central event...
Roots and wings, shadows and light
On his way back from his honeymoon on Vancouver Island in 2018, Antonio Lopez picked up a copy of the “local alternative rag,” The...
Electronic musician Pretty Lights: Mapping the sun
Right now, electronic music is more than a trend. It’s a tidal wave. Stars like Tiesto, Skrillex and David Guetta are filling arenas, and according to multiple media reports, cashing checks totaling tens of millions each year...
Free radicals charge the tower
It was that kind of afternoon, so we caution Jon Gray, trumpeter/vocalist for the local jazz septet Supercollider, that we were going to start our interview in the middle...
Calling all nerds
Lorin Ashton, better know as Bassnectar, has not cut his hair since he was 19 years old. The Santa Cruz, Calif., native has been growing it out for nearly two decades. It all started with his love of death metal, the only genre of music he could connect with as a ...
Success breeds new wheels
Laura Stevenson knew from an early age that she loved music — enough, in fact, to believe it probably would always be a big part of her life...
The beautiful madness of Shovels & Rope
Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst, the husband and wife duo behind folk-rock outfit Shovels & Rope, were on their way to play Codfish...
Tales of the road
James McMurtry spends hundreds of hours in the van each year, traveling America’s highways to the 100-plus shows he and his band annually perform.
The...
Found Sounds: Feb. 16, 2023
Another week, another round-up of the bestselling new vinyl releases from Paradise Found Records (1646 Pearl St.) Millennial arena emo standard-bearers Paramore snag the...


















