Music
Knocking down dominoes
On Jan. 6, Jeff Kassel and Jake Lobel looked out over the crowd at the Riverwalk Center in Breckenridge. The electronic dance music producing...
Search and rescue
It was the release day of her new album, and Hannah Frances couldn’t stop crying. After a turbulent year of traveling and recording, the...
Steve says, ‘Hi.’
I’m on a phone interview,” Shawn Colvin yells — away from the phone — about 10 minutes into our chat. “It’s Steve,” she explains....
A certain kind of magic
Hana Elion and JJ Mitchell, of the Brooklyn-based duo Overcoats, stare at each other across a split screen, both wearing oversized white T-shirts, their...
Nineteen voices a snap for Ars Nova singers
A choral piece for “only” 19 parts is almost too easy for the experienced voices of Boulder’s Ars Nova Singers.
Last year they sang two...
Rodrigo y Gabriela’s epic intimacy comes to Chautauqua
Mexican acoustic duo Rodrigo y Gabriela might not be the first act that comes to mind when you think classic rock. But when the...
Manna from pop heaven
When Tom McFarland is touring in the States, he likes to “dip back into the American classics,” listening to Simon & Garfunkel when he’s...
CMF opening weekend
The opening weekend of the Colorado Music Festival’s 40th anniversary season, Thursday, June 29 through Sunday, July 2, will set the pattern for the...
How he listens
When I get to Harry Tuft’s condo, one among dozens of identical blue boxes, I found the door wide open. Sheepishly, I walk inside...
Arrivals and departures
The map has always been wide open for Denver’s Carmine Francis. The 33-year-old musician grew up in Pittsburgh and studied music at Berklee in...
Dr. Dog returns with new album
With their forthcoming album, Psychedelic Swamp, Philadelphia band Dr. Dog is forging a new aesthetic steeped in redefining reality. For Scott McMicken, lead singer,...
Greensky Bluegrass: All grown up
Maturity is a term some musicians prefer not to see associated with themselves or their bands. After all, music is considered a young person’s...
