Music
Wish We Were Floyd bring Pink Floyd classics back to life
Maybe it’s an occupational hazard, but it can be a little...
Pilgrims of the stage
For me, folk music is a drug, a truth serum of sorts. It has the ability to make me see my life for not only what it is but also what it could and should be. I suspect I’m not alone. The side effects of such inward clarity can’t be taken lightly. Too much of the ...
The humanity in Of Monsters and Men
Images of mythological creatures and fanciful creations move through a sea of clouds in the music video for “Little Talks,” the chart-topping single that catapulted the Icelandic indie-pop band Of Monsters and Men into the U.S. mainstream in 2011. But with the ...
Digital building blocks
In between a few club dates and an appearance at Australia’s renowned Rainbow Serpent Festival, the electronic music producer, known by his stage alias...
The Record of a year
Working from home has its advantages. For singer-songwriter, husband-wife duo The Weepies, a home studio allows for inspiration to strike at any time...
Boulder all-stars
Artists work their whole lives to develop and maintain an identity. It’s important externally — it helps form a following...
REVIEW, SLIDESHOW: Amon Tobin at Boulder Theater, Oct. 18
Bravo, Amon Tobin. That is how you put on a transcendental light show. I feel like I just witnessed Berlioz conducting his Symphonie Fantastique.The ISAM installation is a gorgeous and unprecedented display of technological mastery featuring Amon Tobin. With Tobin ...
True love and music
Nicki Bluhm has a lot going for her. Her country-rock vocals recall the rootsy strut of Linda Ronstadt, while sweet and smooth like a crème brûlée. Her guitarist/husband Tim Bluhm is leader of longtime Bay Area indie-folk icons The Mother Hips, providing a built-...
Band geeks rule
In an online event description, the City of Louisville has this to say about March Fourth Marching Band: “This is impossible to explain, you’ll just have to be there...
Blast your ears off
BoomBox began as the meeting of two new souls in Muscle Shoals, the famous town in Alabama where Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones and others recorded albums. Producer Russ Randolph met singer/guitarist Zion Godchaux during a 2004 recording session for ...
