Music
Branching out
The next time you bemoan a bad driver in Boulder with a Texas license plate, or see another “Go Back to Texas and Tell...
House concerts bring community and culture to a living room near...
Depending on which Saturday night you decide to stop by Dan Fairchild’s house, you could be treated to a string quartet, a Brazilian guitar trio, or a Balkan brass band. Fairchild is one of several hosts of house concerts in Boulder and has been bringing artists and ...
The gold standard
Creative programming, extensive community engagement and thoughtful collaborations have paid off for the Boulder Philharmonic.
The big reward comes this week. Their next concert, Saturday,...
A rock ‘n’ roll night of Baroque
Zachary Carrettin talks rock ‘n’ roll, but you won’t recognize most of the composers.
The artistic director of the Boulder Bach Festival, Carrettin has put...
A beloved staple of the holiday season in a new medium
It’s a Wonderful Life, a new opera by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer, started its performance life with a workshop at CU...
Large happenings for Big Gigantic
What sort of huge, raucous event could warrant switching the moniker of one the most iconic stages on the planet? Something Big Gigantic...
Living the electronic dream
Boulder is no Hollywood — and it’s best we leave it that way — but celebrityspotting is just as possible in this town if you’ve got the right star map...
The Kissaway Trail isn’t breaking barriers but they’re enjoyable
Here’s the deal, snobs: There’s this Danish quintet called The Kissaway Trail that gathered some steam back in 2007 after they released their debut and performed at music festivals and supported bands like The National and Interpol. They’ve got a great sound, tight ...
Partying: a determination to maintain the belief that life is good
If you had access to MTV in the early 2000s, you likely witnessed the era of high-energy, raucous young men who lived by a...
Selasee and the Fa Fa Family
Thursday, February 13: Selasee and the Fa Fa Family. 10 p.m. Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355...
Award success
Chris Pandolfi’s timing was a year off. The banjo player for the Infamous Stringdusters intently watched last year’s Grammys hoping for some recognition of the band’s self-titled release. When the time came and went, so did Pandolfi’s attention span toward the Grammy...
Blues is the route
The music started about 40 years ago at a party at Mary Flower’s house in Denver. Singer Mollie O’Brien recalls the gathering in 1980...


















