Music
Spooking the horses
A name like Riot Fest isn’t subtle. And back in July, neither were the residents of Byers, Colo...
Christmas music through the centuries
Tired yet of “Frosty,” “White Christmas” and “Jingle Bells...
America’s sweethearts
Combing through the seemingly endless constellation of articles about Oklahoma City noise rock band Chat Pile since their full-length debut God’s Country crashed into...
Musical lightning
“I would say it’s magic,” Dead Weather singer Alison Mosshart says when asked how her fledgling band has created two critically acclaimed albums in less than a year. “The whole fact that there’s this band now called the Dead Weather is pretty bizarre to all of us, ...
CU’s Eklund Opera presents a Victorian-era ghost story
The next production of the University of Colorado Eklund Opera Program, Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, is a Victorian-era ghost story. Whether...
That Devil Music
"It was one of his funny little remarks after we got off the stage,” says former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, explaining how Jerry Garcia gave the Grateful Dead’s percussion section its name. “It was like, ‘You guys sound like devils. You’re rhythm devils.’ It...
Nikki Hill
Thursday, January 2: Nikki Hill. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel & Home of the Blues, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322...
Along the way
It only seems appropriate that John Craigie is on a road trip when he takes my call. The California-born, Portland-based singer-songwriter is known as...
Lissie’s new EP: Strong start, weak finish
Folksy bordering on irritating at points, newcomer indie singer/songwriter Lissie's [Lissie Maurus] EP Why You Runnin', out Nov. 10 on Fat Possum Records, makes an unstable but positive debut with her new label...


















