Music
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...
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. ...
Joshua Davis finds his voice on ‘The Voice’
What is it about Republican presidential candidates and their inability to choose a proper campaign song? It’s as if conservative ears have a special filter that only allows the words of an ironic chorus to make it into the candidate’s head while stripping out a song...
Batons at the ready
When the Colorado Music Festival gets underway Sunday (7:30 p.m. in Chautauqua Auditorium), many of the festival’s familiar features will be in place...
One-handed piano
When pianist Leon Fleisher and the Irish Chamber Orchestra (ICO) comes to Boulder next Tuesday, be prepared for fireworks...
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...
Calling all nerds
Lorin Ashton, better know as Bassnectar, has not cut his hair since he was 19 years old. The Santa Cruz, Calif., native has been growing it out for nearly two decades. It all started with his love of death metal, the only genre of music he could connect with as a ...
Alabama memories
You might say Jason Isbell’s third studio album Here We Rest began at his grandparents’ house in Alabama. It’s there that he first learned his love of music, and it’s to that area that he returned to recharge his batteries. It’s reflected in the album’s quiet, oft ...
Black Friday for record shops
In the age of the Internet, buying an album is about as personal as checking the weather. Gone are the days of awaiting the next release of your favorite band before buying a copy at your local music store and popping a copy into your player at home...
Spring Creek comes down the mountain for gig
It's been a long climb for Spring Creek, the first Coloradans ever signed by the blue-chip bluegrass label Rebel Records, and the first band ever to win both the Telluride and the RockyGrass festivals back to back. The band's fast-ascending status lives up to their ...
