Music
‘Life’s so fun’
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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’
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...
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
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
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
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...


















