Music

Special folk

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Richard Thompson is the guitar player’s guitar player, one of those described with hushed reverence by those who know. Some years ago, Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü, Sugar) commented that watching Thompson play made him want to mothball his instrument...

Black Mountain don’t surf

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Soundtrack albums are usually little more than cheerfully anachronistic artifacts of the unholy alliance between Big Film and Big Music — the major labels used to use them as a roll-of-the-dice jet pack for their prospect acts, hoping that a box-office smash would ...

Home base

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Boulder likes to think of itself as a tolerant community. Local musician DJ Chive would — respectfully — disagree...

Christmas music through the centuries

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Tired yet of “Frosty,” “White Christmas” and “Jingle Bells...

Rhapsody in Tweedy

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Over the course of Wilco’s seven previous studio albums, singer/guitarist Jeff Tweedy has been viewed as the musical brains behind the critically acclaimed band...

Gallery: Sharon Jones, Grace Potter rule Ogden Theatre

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Tuesday night at the Ogden Theatre in Denver was a night for iron-lunged female singers armed with voices so powerful they should be regulated by the Department of Defense...

No boundaries

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While there have been times when singer-songwriter Sarah Jaffe has been able to let go and give her songs over to someone else, she...

’Tis the seasons

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The next performance of the Boulder Chamber Orchestra (BCO) will transport listeners to 18th-century Venice and 20th-century Buenos Aires, and several points in between...

Cowgirl Radio looking to cross mediums

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Nothing happens quickly in Jerry Greene’s world, at least when it comes to developing and staging his erstwhile music project Cowgirl Radio. The Boulder-based guitarist has staged the band, with varying personnel, off and on at The Laughing Goat for a couple of years...

Country in a Custer mustache

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The Kissaway Trail isn’t breaking barriers but they’re enjoyable

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Here’s the deal, snobs: There’s this Danish quintet called The Kissaway Trail that gathered some steam back in 2007 after they released their debut and performed at music festivals and supported bands like The National and Interpol. They’ve got a great sound, tight ...

Back from the brink

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Rose Hill Drive almost dissolved 17 months ago, when members became disillusioned with the direction their career was taking. Now, they’ve added bassist Jimmy Stofer and they’re gearing up for a second run, reincarnated as a four-piece...