Music
The dirty 30
"I think I’m in Raleigh-Durham.”
It’s 11 a.m. in North Carolina, but Todd Park Mohr sounds a little tired over the phone. No judgment, though:...
The upbeat cynicism of J.W. Schuller
The suit jacket wasn’t gold lamé or anything garish like that — no offense, gold lamé; rock ‘n’ roll wouldn’t be the same without...
Dirt-on-the-ground type of journey
Bruce Cockburn’s last album, Small Source of Comfort, came out six years ago. But Cockburn had good reasons to back up his absence; he...
Suffering a success
Sitting in Tom Wasinger’s studio, surrounded by tens of thousands of dollars of guitars and other stringed delights, his three Grammys gathering dust on...
Cirque de la Symphonie makes fourth appearance with Boulder Phil
The circus is coming back to town, and this time they’re bringing a fiddler.
The circus is the acrobatic troupe Cirque de la Symphonie, returning...
Under the cover of pop
Sometime in 2016, Destroyer’s Dan Bejar found out that the original name for “The Wild Ones,” a song from English rock band Suede’s 1994...
Eric Johnson: Now and then
Depending on who you ask and what day you ask it, having that One Monster Hit is either a blessing or a boat anchor...
Altius Quartet returns to CU
The Altius Quartet is on the move.
Formerly quartet-in-residence with CU’s esteemed Takács Quartet, Altius has found themselves very busy, building their already-blossoming career. Since...
Boulder Phil: Pianist Simone Dinnerstein returns
The first time Simone Dinnerstein attended a concert alone she was 12, and she heard music by Philip Glass.
Dinnerstein has since become an internationally...
Hot Rize Plus
Long before Hot Rize played its first official notes on Jan. 18, 1978 at Boulder’s Hungry Farmer Restaurant, the band already had a name....
The real Joe Satriani
Guitar great Joe Satriani remembers a random encounter he had with the late comedian Robin Williams that illustrates, at least to an extent, a...
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...
