Music

‘Life’s so fun’

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When MUNA’s “Silk Chiffon” entered the world in late summer 2021, life was, in general, definitively not fun. But as society was preparing to...

In session

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Travis LaBerge’s family didn’t have a lot growing up, but there was always music in the house. Despite living between paychecks, his parents socked...

Friends first, bandmates second

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Watching Darlingside perform is reminiscent of seeing four college buddies — intellectual and talented as they are — hanging out, cracking jokes and making...

Rocky Mountain breakdown

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The Revivalists were supposed to be on the main stage at the 2015 Telluride Blues & Brews Festival in less than an hour, and...

Kronos Quartet celebrates the spirit of the ’60s

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Kronos Quartet, the string quartet known for adventurous programming, from Hendrix to George Crumb and music from around the world, turns 47 this year,...

‘A space of awe and wonder’

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J.S. Bach’s monumental Mass in B Minor is one of the great works in the European musical tradition. Cynthia Katsarelis, conductor of the Pro Musical...

Pass the drumstick

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CR Gruver is stuck in New Orleans rush hour traffic, on the phone and wolfing down some dinner, crinkling food wrapper rustling and the...

Ars Nova present ‘Hidden Masterpieces’

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The young composer Orlando di Lasso wanted to impress Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria. The year was approximately 1555, Lasso was in his 20s and...

CU NOW presents selections from new opera by Jake Heggie and...

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ake Heggie, composer of the opera Dead Man Walking, and Gene Scheer, who wrote librettos for Heggie’s Moby Dick and It’s a Wonderful Life,...

Period reconstruction

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Turning back the clock would be a futile endeavor for most of us, but for Frank Nowell, it is a productive and creative activity...

In for the long haul

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When Linford Detweiler calls, he and his wife/bandmate Karin Bergquist have just crossed the state line into Ohio near Lake Erie. Their folk outfit...

Indie madness meets sincere cuteness

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Deerhoof concerts have always been uniquely fun, but lately more of a festive connection between band and audience has been on the quartet’s mind, according to singer/bassist Satomi Matsuzaki, who lived in her native Japan until the mid-’90s...