Music
Deep in the grain
Talking with guitarist/songwriter Oliver Wood about his collaboration with brother Chris Wood last week, we couldn’t help but summon the legacy of (in)famous brother gigs in pop music history. The Davies … the Gallaghers … the Knopflers … Well, OK, it was the knock...
Paradise Found
When Paradise Found Records & Music opens on April 1 at the corner of 17th and Pearl, it’ll be a homecoming of sorts.
Pearl Street...
Homeward bound for Pretty Lights
It might be a shame that Pretty Lights hasn’t enjoyed the same self-congratulatory media coverage given to fellow Colorado acts (cough, 3Oh!3, ahem) with a vapid “Look, they’re from Colorado!” type of praise. It would only be a shame if producer Derek Smith ever ...
Zappa on Zappa
There’s a common misconception that Frank Zappa’s music was closer to Weird Al Yankovic’s than Beethoven’s, but those really in the know understand there’s more sophistication in Zappa’s body of work than one might imagine. Granted, with album titles like Burnt Weeny...
Heavy Rotation — New Releases
“New York Summer,” by Generation Lost — A fun instrumental pop song sets the tone for a laid-back summer from the German trio’s wealth...
Renowned composer Jake Heggie works on his newest opera
It’s a wonderful life for Jake Heggie right now.
As the composer of two highly successful operas, Dead Man Walking (2000) and Moby Dick (2010),...
A certain kind of magic
Hana Elion and JJ Mitchell, of the Brooklyn-based duo Overcoats, stare at each other across a split screen, both wearing oversized white T-shirts, their...
Pretty Lights Music clowns around at the Fox
Pretty Lights Music is loaded with solo electronic acts, so it’s refreshing to see that as lead man Derek Smith (Pretty Lights) has shed drummers over the years, Pretty Lights Music as a label is increasingly inclusive...
Digging in the vaults
Pasadena´s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is not usual résumé material for orchestral maestros. But Bahman Saless, who leads the Boulder Chamber Orchestra (BCO) in concerts Friday, Feb. 11, and Saturday, Feb. 12, is not your usual maestro...
1stBank Center’s new management delivers
For a slideshow of the March 5 Furthur concert as well as photos of the 1stBank Center, click here...
