Music
Still playing folk guitar
If Stephen Stills isn’t doing cartwheels across the stage and jumping off of amplifiers this summer on his tour with Crosby, Stills & Nash, he’ll have a good excuse...
The disorienting sphere of Australia’s psych-rock revival
If you’re into psych-rock, you may be wondering what’s in the water in Perth, Australia. Home to Tame Impala and Pond, the city isn’t...
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...
After touring the world, Trace Bundy comes home
There was a time not long ago when Trace Bundy, former CU engineering professor turned full-time acoustic guitar instrumentalist, was affectionately known around here as the “acoustic ninja,” a moniker applied informally by an early and enthusiastic fan. And not ...
From politics to Boulder jazz
During the 2000 election, the second Carmen Sandim saw a waving field of grain or a Rockwellian downtown tableau flash across the screen, she knew what was coming next...
Going on, and on, and on, and on
It’s a magical moment when life syncs up with the radio. The right song comes on unexpectedly, and the world gets quiet. I had such an experience around this time last year on a road trip back from Toronto with friends. We’d driven all night, clinging to the last ...
Review: Soundgarden at the 1stBank Center, 5-28-13
On a crisp overcast Tuesday night at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, ’90s rock legends Soundgarden arrived on scene to deliver the riff. While my editor and I were busy procuring a beer, at approximately 8:30 p.m. the opening chords of “Spoonman” reverberated ...
Viva Yo la Tengo
Ever fantasize about being somebody else or doing something else with your life? James McNew, longtime bassist for indie rock grandees Yo la Tengo, doesn’t know what the hell you’re talking about. “I think this is what we all wanted to be,” says McNew, speaking for ...
Boulder Bach Festival: New take on a classical composer
Zachary Carrettin is not a strictly-by-the-book kind of guy. The new director of Boulder Bach Festival prefers to sample it all...
CU NOW presents scenes from Tom Cipullo’s comedy ‘Hobson’s Choice’
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,...
Fearsome gravitational pull
There is only one way to describe Big Gigantic’s success, and it doesn’t require a half-assed play on words. The duo’s highly anticipated show at the Fox Theatre, which sold out months ago nearly within a day, marks exactly two years since producer/saxophonist ...
