Music

A star-studded week at CU

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It will be a week of superstars in Boulder. First will be famed Wagnerian soprano Deborah Voigt, presenting her one-woman show Voigt Lessons at Macky...

Heavy Rotation

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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

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A year ago, Derek DeMuth found himself unexpectedly traveling in Peru alone. His travel partner had decided to bail on the trip, but DeMuth...

Just a kid with a nylon string guitar

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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...

Albums on the Hill is the last independent music store

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Take a trip to Albums on the Hill before it’s too late...

Dance like your life depends on it

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‘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...

REVIEW: Primus and The Flaming Lips at Red Rocks, Aug. 3

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The moon had just begun to set over a sold-out show at Red...

The jazz of the 17th century

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Claudio Monteverdi was unhappy in his job...

‘Always carry gaff tape’ and other lessons learned by Courtney Barnett

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Notoriety came quickly for Courtney Barnett. After releasing her first full-length album Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit in March...

Coco Montoya continues to redefine an age-old sound

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With all the hallmarks of the classic rocky road to success as a blues musician, Coco Montoya’s story is filled with its share of peaks and valleys. But no matter how you shake it, there always seemed to be a certain feeling of destiny attached to Montoya’s rise to ...

Boulder Chamber Orchestra presents music grown from friendship

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David A. Jaffe’s new Violin Concerto grew out of a friendship between the composer and a Colorado violinist. Karen Bentley Pollick, who lives in Evergreen,...

Letting go of balance

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It started in a Guitar Center in Long Beach, California, where one half of the acoustic rock band This Wild Life met the other. Kevin...