Music
Getting through the jungle
For a band that’s spent the last decade writing about the pitfalls of technology, the recent revelations about data harvesting aren’t all that shocking...
Heavy Rotation
Documenting Charley Crockett’s influences is like a history lesson in mid-20th century music. From the pioneer of electric blues to swamp pop to one...
Music from the unknown
A year ago, Derek DeMuth found himself unexpectedly traveling in Peru alone. His travel partner had decided to bail on the trip, but DeMuth...
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...
Dance like your life depends on it
‘Space Samba (Disco Volador Theme),’ by The Orielles
Though released in February, “Space Samba” screams summer from the first sun-bleached, flanged-out strum of Henry Carlyle...
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...
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...
All the small things
In his essay introducing the easy-listening compilation Seafaring Strangers: Private Yacht, critic Jon Kirby unpacks the baggage surrounding the oft-maligned subgenre known as “yacht...
Takács Quartet and Boulder Phil deliver a classical double-header
Boulder will see a classical-music double-header Sunday, Sept. 24 as the Takács Quartet and the Boulder Philharmonic both open their seasons the same day.
The...
Takács Quartet features Mendelssohn siblings in spring concert series
Programs featuring string quartets by sister and brother Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (Jan. 12-13) and Felix Mendelssohn (May 3-4) will form the bookends of the...
Just a kid with a nylon string guitar
Since 2004, Session Americana has been a rotating collective of some of the best, albeit least well known, players in American folk. The Boston-based...
REVIEW: Primus and The Flaming Lips at Red Rocks, Aug. 3
The moon had just begun to set over a sold-out show at Red...
