Music
Begin again
Laughter is the first sound cutting through the tape hiss on Quitters, the sophomore offering from L.A.-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Christian Lee Hutson. It...
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,...
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...
You had to be there
We’ve all been there before — awkwardly on the outside of an inside joke, waiting out the chorus of laughter and the inevitable, “You...
Unexpected and unfamiliar
The Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra somewhat unexpectedly opens its 2019-20 season Saturday, Oct. 12, with music by two members of the Rock & Roll Hall...
Drunken Hearts’ designated driver
YarmonyGrass turns 10 years old this summer, almost old enough to wander off on the grounds of Rancho Del Rio without direct supervision, and founder Andrew McConathy just published the lineup for the annual high country stringpalooza August 13-16 with headliners The...
Notes in flesh form
In a moment of clarity surrounded by flames, British country soul singer Yola knew what she had to do. It was Christmastime and she...
Sharpening her sixth sense
Contrary to what you may have seen or heard recently, not everything is going smoothly for Grace Potter & The Nocturnals these days...
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...
With new music on the way, Flobots’ activism remains a priority
The Front Range has been plentiful in its supply of musical success stories over the past several years. The Fray effectively candy-coated radio airwaves in a transcontinental scope and, in turn, provided a steady supply of green to starving music industry wallets. ...
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...
Dom Lalli’s loose ends
I’m keeping… pretty busy these days,” Dom Lalli says, anticipating the question of what a performing artist is doing while the Nasty Little Germ...


















