Music
From a whisper to a scream
Boz Scaggs calls the trio of albums he’s released beginning with 2013’s Memphis a trilogy. These releases — Memphis, 2015’s A Fool To Care...
Arise, children!
Eh, I’ll ignore that,” says Paul Bassis, casting off a cellphone call halfway through a lengthy conversation about the Arise Festival with Boulder Weekly last week. One of those if-it’s-important-they’ll-call-back moments; whoever it was, we presume they did...
A constant kick in the ass
With a studio album, For All Kings, having arrived last year, Anthrax is following up a fall tour opening for Slayer with a current...
Carrettin and the Boulder Bach Festival take a new look at...
Bach’s B-minor Mass is one of the most studied, most wellknown works of music there is. But have all the answers been found to performing this monumental work? Zachary Carrettin, the music director of the Boulder Bach Festival and conductor for the B-minor Mass this ...
Splash down
A few years ago, Sarah Brightman was planning to make a re-entry into the earthly world after a trip to space. That adventure did...
Great Big Sea rides wave into Boulder
Great Big Sea founder and lead vocalist Bob Hallett was still shaking off the airline rattles when we caught him earlier this week, back in the Maritimes after a victory-celebration gig in Vancouver, the Friday before the Olympics went off the air. Y’know, you can be...
Colorado Sound
If there’s a “Colorado sound,” it might be the soft babble of a mountain stream as it trickles through grass and boulders on its way to the St. Vrain or the Gunnison or the Green. The wind whispers through trees as larks call to each other and deer graze quietly. ...
José González: Breaking down barriers
It’s difficult to observe the current state of the world and not feel some level of frustration, disappointment and maybe even a little bit...
The Infamous Stringdusters push themselves and the genre
The Infamous Stringdusters’ website includes what might seem like a bold statement from the group. It says simply: “The Future of Bluegrass.”
In talking to...
Kegs, tents & Deadheads
Now in its 13th year, NedFest has been virtually shock-proof in the face of economic shifts and dime-a-dozen festival saturation. With a dependable yearly lineup, partnerships with local breweries, tickets capped at 2,000 and a true scene of devotees that returns ...
Diego’s Umbrella’s album a whole lotta fun
If an album has a song called “Lasers ’N Lesbians,” what’s not to love? That’s pretty much all that can be or needs to be said about Double Panther, the latest album to come out from Diego’s Umbrella, a gypsy-rock band from San Francisco...
