Music
The pleasures of being a professional innovator
Warren Haynes is hardly an unknown quantity. The last two decades he’s gotten around enough to take over for Verizon’s “Can you hear me now?” guy. Playing with the Allman Brothers, Gov’t Mule and the post-Jerry Garcia Dead, Haynes has established him- self as one of ...
Surprise funk
Keller Williams’ new CD, Funk, is being touted as something of a surprise album. Considering that Williams is known for playing acoustic music that often has leaned toward folk, that’s understandable...
Boulder Phil launches ‘Legends’ season with a bang
Opening night for the Boulder Philharmonic offers a real triple threat...
All roads lead to Rowan
Peter Rowan is one of those risk-takers who’s so dexterous in his abilities as a bluegrass guitarist that he can play with just about anyone, under any circumstances. And it’s this versatility that placed him in the middle of some of those legendary moments in the ...
Gallery: Sharon Jones, Grace Potter rule Ogden Theatre
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...
Unity of style and identity
It seems that every month brings a new article announcing the demise of classical music...
The anguish of slavery
For many, the word “Klezmer” conjures up images of Jewish brides in chairs being hoisted in the air by friends and family while “Hava Nagila” plays in the background, or perhaps the scene in Fiddler on the Roof where men dance with bottles on their heads. But a group...
The subdudes close the cycle
Summoning imagery from real American mythology, especially the mythology of the Old West, is the kind of legerdemain usually out of reach for most popular music franchises. And it should probably stay that way...
Music as Glue
If the goal of music truly is to bring people together, then eTown may be the ideal music program. A combination of live performances and artist interviews (as well as a few other goodies thrown in along the way), eTown has been breaking down walls between artists ...
