Music
Delta blues
The great Mississippi River flood of 1927 began when more than 100 levees broke early in the year. It resulted in more than 27,000 square miles of land being flooded, lasted for almost eight months, and is the most destructive flood in the history of the United ...
Blasters from the past
I saw Man or Astro-man? perform in 2001, and am still recovering from the experience. There were strobe lights, video projections, costumes and blisteringly loud surf-punk riffs by the score...
Prieto programs favorites for festival
The Mexican conductor, the second of three candidates for the position of music director of the festival, will lead the full Festival Orchestra in a program of early 20th-century ballets on July 17 and 18, and the Chamber Orchestra in a program of 18th/19th-century ...
Nine Inch Nails
Monday and Tuesday, July 21-22: Nine Inch Nails Live at Red Rocks Amphitheater. 7 p.m. 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison. After a hiatus from 2009-2013, industrial rock pioneers Nine Inch Nails came back in the fall of last year with its eighth album release, ...
Lungs of gold
Thursday, July 17: Devotchka, Gregory Alan Isakov & Elephant Revival with The Colorado Symphony. 7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, 720-865- 2494...
Livers of stone
Saturday, July 12: Colorado Brewers Guild presents 18th Annual Colorado Brewers Rendezvous. 1 p.m. Town Park, 146 East Sackett St., Salida, 877-772-5432...
Rick Rubinesque
Fans that head to The Avett Brothers for any of the shows during its three night stint at Red Rocks Friday, July 11 through Sunday, July 13 expecting the kind of stripped-down, acoustic performance that was the group’s trademark will be in for a surprise...
Off on a light note
William Boughton does not believe the concert hall should be a cathedral of high art...
Voices of a generation
Denver singer Marnie Ward’s grandfather fought in World War II. Her father fought in Vietnam. She wasn’t a military kid per se, but that family history did instill in Ward an appreciation for the sacrifices service members make...
Chameleons
Joel Cummins admits that Umphrey’s McGee is not a band whose sound can be described in an easy to digest, cookie-cutter fashion...
Jazz-Hands
Friday, July 4-5: Boulder Art and Jazz Festival. 10 a.m. Pearl Street Pub & Cellar, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-939-9900...
Swing-fingers
Thursday, July 3: Blair Crimmins and The Hookers. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl Street, Boulder...
