Music
A most delicate anguish
When David Bowie died, Seu Jorge found himself in a unique position to pay tribute, even though he hardly knew the man and his...
Roots revival
At age 58, dobro wizard Jerry Douglas has played on more albums than most people own. The number stands north of 1,600 and counting, having backed up everyone from Ray Charles to Eric Clapton to Dolly Parton to Elvis Costello. And that’s in addition to his 13 solo ...
The narrative of music
The Boulder Philharmonic’s 2015–16 season is titled “Reflections: The Spirit of Boulder,” but the orchestra will open the season by telling stories...
The welcome unpredictability of Shakey Graves
"I don’t really wear a lot of suspenders anymore,” Alejandro Rose-Garcia, aka Shakey Graves, tells me from a small town in British Columbia with “a...
SLIDESHOW: Infamous Stringdusters at the Fox Theatre
Photographer Jeremy Williams was at the Infamous Stringdusters concert last night. Check it out.
Ruess’ new band is brash, effervescent on debut CD
It ain't the fall that gets you; its the landing...
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...
More than just bluegrass
When you look at it, it’s called a ‘bluegrass festival,’ but it’s a wide-open music festival,” says mandolin great Sam Bush. “I’ve seen everything from Little Feat to Paco de Lucia to Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson to Bill Monroe to Ralph Stanley. Just last year they ...
Keep on truckin’
When the Drive-By Truckers went into the studio to make a record a couple years ago, the songs came out fast and furious. Make that a lot of songs came quickly, very quickly...
Act accordingly: ARISE up
There was a time, if you can believe it, when Paul Bassis — co-founder of the extremely woke, half music, half co-creative ARISE Festival,...
