Music
Edward Sharpe saves humanity via gypsy-folk
Up from Below, the debut full-length album from the ecstatic Los Angeles musical cult known as Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, is in many ways a revelation. The group’s aciddrenched science-fiction is a welcome throwback for older hippies (reformed and not) who ...
Hip-hop Rok
Denver rapper Mane Rok, real name Sam Baron, has been cutting his teeth in the Colorado hip-hop scene for more than a decade. Whether it was competing in rhyme battles, organizing shows and events or releasing albums with his group, ManeLine, Mane has proudly ...
Growing up next to her
When you’re growing up it’s easy to imagine all you might become — one day fancying yourself an astronaut, the next a corporate boss,...
Wilder by the day
One lesson Alexander Beggins says he and his musical partner in Wild Child, Kelsey Wilson, learned early in their careers was not to get...
Puccini, Britten and two sacred works
Central City Opera (CCO) opens its 2019 festival season Saturday (July 6) with one of opera’s most loved works, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.
Other works on...
Them Crooked Vultures eat Denver alive
Before I start describing Monday’s Them Crooked Vultures show, I think a little discussion of the group itself is in order. After all, some people (an unfortunate few) may not yet have had the privilege of hearing the self-titled disc from three of the most ...
Worth a thousand riffs
Lisa Siciliano didn’t set out to be a rock and roll photographer. In fact, after she graduated college in 1991 and moved to Boulder, she didn’t really set out to be anything...
Mozart, movies and more at the Dairy
Some of Boulder’s best musicians want to see you at the Dairy.
That’s the punning implication of the new series CU@The Dairy, presented jointly by...
Who says classical music isn’t passionate?
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine and her ferocious intensity...
What makes TAUK tick?
The internet is a world of extremes, both heaven and hell, sometimes in the same moment. Hate is unbridled, as is fanatic love. It’s...


















