Music

Heavy Rotation — we miss concerts

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The lights, the sounds, the movements. The palpable energy radiating through a crowd. A deeply personal experience transcending the self, becoming a collective one,...

Arrivals and departures

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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...

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 ...

The jazz of the 17th century

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Claudio Monteverdi was unhappy in his job...

Greensky Bluegrass: All grown up

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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...

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...

Family blues

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California-based husband-and-wife blues rockers Little Hurricane share the stories behind the chemistry that’s fueled their decade of musical success

Takács Quartet and Boulder Phil deliver a classical double-header

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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...

The American dream

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Xavier Dphrepaulezz is the son of a Somali-Carribean immigrant, and he’s got a story to tell. “I think my story is the American dream,” says...

Yeeting in America

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After nearly a decade grinding through the sweaty basements of the Philadelphia punk scene, it seems the rest of the world has finally caught...

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...

Takács Quartet features Mendelssohn siblings in spring concert series

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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...