Music

BIFF 2013: A tale of hope and defiance during the Holocaust

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When Czech conductor Rafael Schächter was imprisoned in the Terezin concentration camp during World War II, one of the musical scores he brought with him was Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem...

Talking Dead

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When 71-year-old Phil Lesh, founding member of the Grateful Dead and widely acknowledged as one of rock ’n’ roll’s greatest bassists, called Boulder Weekly a few weeks back, there was a hint of satisfaction in his voice...

Cowgirl Radio looking to cross mediums

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Nothing happens quickly in Jerry Greene’s world, at least when it comes to developing and staging his erstwhile music project Cowgirl Radio. The Boulder-based guitarist has staged the band, with varying personnel, off and on at The Laughing Goat for a couple of years...

Taylor Shae releases new single as a fundraiser for Rocky Mountain...

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With just a month left before graduation at CSU, local Americana troubadour Taylor Shae has hit that phase of her senior year in college...

Bringing joy

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Early in their 12-year career, the Infamous Stringdusters had a mission that was plenty ambitious. “Originally, our goals were almost strictly musical, I think, being...

Gallery: Method Man and Redman at the Fox

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Doc and Meth were in the flesh last night at the Fox Theatre. Enjoy the Jules Kueffer's photos from the show.

Jazz in threes

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Joshua Redman is drawn to collaboration. For his entire career, the tenor saxophonist has surrounded himself with the best musicians in modern jazz, creating a true give-and-take on the bandstand and breaking out of the standard leader-accompanist mold. Redman, who ...

Crooning classics

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If there’s one guy who’s become almost synonymous with Texas, it’s Lyle Lovett. Not only has he sung more rhapsodies to his home state than he can count — including the famous made-for-tourism tune, “That’s Right (You’re Not From Texas),” the chorus of which contains...

Rev(AMP)’ed

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Sometimes it just doesn’t work out. Relationships are funny like that. Things can always go south, even when it’s been going well for years. In the case of Oakland-based hip-hop duo Zion I, emcee Zumbi and producer Amp Live have been through the gamut. There’s an ...

GALLERY: The Black Angels at the Fox Theatre on May 5

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Check out photographer Dane Cronin's sweet, sweet pics from the May 5 Black Angels show at Fox Theatre. Click here for our preview of the show, where we interview frontman Alex Maas.

Boulder’s Summa: Balancing the rock equation

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Jake O’Neal, the front man of local indie rock outfit Summa, is neither left-brained nor right-brained. He’s both a falsetto-wielding singer-songwriter who pens lyrics charged with emotion and an electrical engineer who graduated summa cum laude from CU-Boulder last ...

Classically ambitious

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Very few pianists follow a full recital program with a 20-minute encore...