Music
The Word wants to inspire you
The Word is difficult to describe succinctly. The supergroup’s sound is a gospel-influenced musical fusion combining the talents of jazz pianist and organist John Medeski, southern blues/rock band North Mississippi Allstars and the soulful guitar sounds of Robert ...
The humanity in Of Monsters and Men
Images of mythological creatures and fanciful creations move through a sea of clouds in the music video for “Little Talks,” the chart-topping single that catapulted the Icelandic indie-pop band Of Monsters and Men into the U.S. mainstream in 2011. But with the ...
Boulder Symphony’s family affair
The opening of the Boulder Symphony’s 2015–16 season features three members of Boulder’s legendary musical family, the Lehnerts, playing Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. And it all got started at the farmers’ market...
Going off topic
An interview with Gregg Allman can easily go off topic, which in this case means several intended questions — including those about his new concert CD/DVD, Gregg Allman Live: Back To Macon, GA, and the status of Midnight Rider, the movie biopic about the Allman ...
Burning houses, debauchery and acid
It approaches the realm of impossibility to describe the sound that emanates from the band The Growlers. The amalgamation of genres sounds as though it shouldn’t exist: a combination of mellow reverb-filled surf rock, garage band guitar, country-folk and gypsy ...
Coming home again
When the disastrous flood of 2013 ripped through Lyons, local musician Danny Shafer and his family had to immediately evacuate their home, escaping in just enough time to grab pets and Shafer’s guitar...
All in due time
You can’t rush your healing, darkness has its teaching and love is never leaving...
The lonely blue
Justin Hayward has a featured position in the Moody Blues, as singer, guitarist and main songwriter...
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...
