Music
Boulder Bach Festival returns to the B-Minor Mass, but differently
Conductor Zachary Carrettin and the Boulder Bach Festival return to one of J.S. Bach’s masterworks of their repertoire on Sunday (Nov. 11), the Mass...
Americana deluxe
When Rob Ickes takes the stage at Boulder’s Chautauqua Community House with Trey Hensley on Dec. 4, the first few rows will likely be...
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...
Photo essay: Incubus at Red Rocks Aug. 17
Incubus played Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Wednesday, Aug. 17, and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello opened. Boulder Weekly's Dane Cronin was there, and he snapped these pictures.
Tayla Parx competes with only herself
Taylor Parks, who goes by the stage name Tayla Parx, has one message: “Come as you are because, whatever that is, is acceptable.”
It’s a...
Along for the ride
Mike Rosenberg is in a New York coffee shop when we get connected to chat. Maybe it’s the British accent, but he’s terribly charming.
“Whot...
The ghost in the machine
The Icelandic composer/keyboardist Ólafur Arnalds creates music that drifts gently across reflective surfaces.
Summoning resonance and fleeting shadows of emotion, some have called it...
Tommy Castro faces a midlife crisis
Guitarist/songwriter Tommy Castro, one of the West Coast blues scene’s hardest-working and most ferociously engaging figures, swings back into Boulder tonight for a midweek gig at the Outlook. For a guy who plays the Blues Cruise once or twice a year and ...
Tommy Emmanuel’s set list
In his attempt to reach Boulder Weekly via Skype a couple of weeks ago from the megalopolis of Wuhan, China, Tommy Emmanuel just gave up and brokered an old-fashioned long distance phone call. If the Chinese really are nicking the Pentagon’s pancake recipes, they’re ...
Beyond the swinghouse
After a failed attempt, or three, we finally caught up to Lao Tizer on a Friday afternoon after he had wrapped up a band...
Summer sonics
Summer in Boulder County carries a distinct set of visuals: a windows-down drive through the mountains, a picnic at the foot of the Flatirons,...
Rahzel’s vocal percussion must be seen to be believed
Rahzel's next move makes a lot of sense...


















