Music
A journey from darkness to joy
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has become the ultimate summit for many in the musical world: conductors, orchestras, singers and audiences.
The symphony, and especially the last...
From Trane to Allan to Abasi
Interviewed in 2014 by premierguitar.com, one of the pre-eminent guitar enthusiast websites, Animals as Leaders guitarist Tosin Abasi talked about “Ka$cade,” one of the...
‘The twain shall meet’ at The Dairy
"East is East and West is West,” Rudyard Kipling famously wrote, “and never the twain shall meet.”
Kipling never met Reena Esmail. A composer who...
Designated musican
When actor Kiefer Sutherland first thought of demoing songs he had written, he wasn’t planning to be the person releasing them.
“I had written them awhile...
Take it easy, sweet and slow
There is a rhythmic force that lives deep inside of Anaïs Mitchell. On stage she can’t help but pop and bob, as if punctuating...
Ending with a bang
The Boulder Philharmonic ends a spectacular season Saturday with the spectacular orchestral fireworks of Respighi’s Pines of Rome.
The 2016–17 season saw sell-out performances, a...
A constant kick in the ass
With a studio album, For All Kings, having arrived last year, Anthrax is following up a fall tour opening for Slayer with a current...
Women in classical music
Sometimes a cliché is true.
For example, for women entering the field of classical music, there’s some good news and some bad news.
First the...
Opening the door to classical music
Devin Patrick Hughes wants to be a doorman for classical music.
The conductor of the Boulder Symphony has a mission to break down barriers that...
Camaraderie of weirdness
Sean Lennon didn’t expect that when his band, The Ghost Of A Sabertooth Tiger, got the opportunity to open a tour in summer 2015...
The peacocks are OK
I caught up with Marco Benevento a few days after that freak(ish) March blizzard — bearing the elegant moniker of Winter Storm Stella, and by...
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,...
