Music
The only chip in the cookie
Vance Gilbert is black. Vance Gilbert plays the acoustic guitar. Vance Gilbert does not play the blues. Most of us assume a black man...
‘It doesn’t have to sound the same, it just has to...
Delvon Lamarr’s musical career started with a lie.
“I think it was in seventh grade, I ended up lying to the band teacher,” Lamarr, who...
The rebel we need
About a year ago, Tash Sultana had to press pause — the world was eating them alive, consuming the young Australian multi-instrumentalist’s talent as...
Chompin’ at the bit
Bonnie and Taylor Sims have been integral elements of the Front Range music scene for over a decade, lending their unique talents to just...
Shakedown Street is sticking around
My old buddy Len from Virginia called me on Derby Day last week. Len’s not really a horse racing enthusiast, but he calls me...
Funny how time flies
"How is beautiful Boulder?” asked Roland Orzabal a few weeks ago when connected for a brief phone interview.
It is quite common for touring musicians...
Time tells the truth
He may be one of this decade’s leading roots music artists, but Gregory Alan Isakov keeps one foot in the past. On his new...
Yoko Ono: I never influenced John’s art
An exhibit of John Lennon's art is coming to Boulder today. Read about the exhibit here. Boulder Weekly caught up with the late Beatle's widow, Yoko Ono, to talk about the exhibit...
The long strange trip abides
Call it Grateful Dead 2.0: How the counterculture became mainstream
A place for all of it
"You can make changes. Thus, you can change the world. Right?” It’s a bit of wisdom Mark Oliver Everett, who largely goes by the...
