Music

“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in...

The Boulder Philharmonic and composer Missy Mazzoli will have a busy week Feb. 6-12. Mazzoli, who visits Boulder courtesy of a Music Alive Composer Residency,...

When 71-year-old Phil Lesh, founding member of the Grateful Dead and widely acknowledged as one of rock ’n’ roll’s greatest bassists, called Boulder Weekly a few weeks back, there was a hint of satisfaction in his voice...

The clarinetist says the hardest part is standing still. The violinist also plays the piano because she has a “lust for bass.” It should be...

The last time J.S. Ondara was in Colorado, he opened for Lindsey Buckingham, of Fleetwood Mac fame, finding himself not only in the middle...

Leigh Holman, director of the University of Colorado Eklund Opera Theater, has made Boulder a mecca for composers. Every June for the past 10 years,...

When Mike Doughty released Sad Man Happy Man this past October, he wasn’t sure how his fans were going to react. The former Soul Coughing front man has been putting out albums on his own since 2002. The popular “Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well,” off ...

Boulder Weekly music writer Adam Perry has already written...

Wilco is a chameleon band. The group’s sound has changed dramatically in the 17 years since the release of its first L.P., A.M. Anchored by guitarist and songwriter Jeff Tweedy, Wilco bridges country, rock and alternative genres with grace and ease, and the once-...

Darker Circles, The Sadies’ latest work, is appropriately titled. The album is as cyclical as it is dark. Guitar chords and drum riffs allude to previous tracks constantly, building a solid and steady album that concludes beautifully...

It’d be a mistake to regard Luther Dickinson’s Blues & Ballads — A Folksinger’s Songbook: Volumes I & II as a career retrospective, even...

The Boulder Symphony has returned from its Front Range migration...