Music
Heavy Rotation
Documenting Charley Crockett’s influences is like a history lesson in mid-20th century music. From the pioneer of electric blues to swamp pop to one...
Stepping outside the country box
Phil Vassar found out that country music is still a play-it-safe genre when the song “Bobbi With An I” was floated to radio as a first single off of his current CD, The Traveling Circus...
Charlie Faye spends a month in Boulder as part of her...
Life on the road is a necessary evil for professional musicians. Recording an album means not just a commitment to studio time, gut-wrenching writing sessions and endless rehearsals, but a commitment to a year on the road, playing shows in towns you’ve never heard of...
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...
Strings sing in the park
Sounds of Lyons, the quirky chamber-music-festival-that-could in Lyons, returns this year in a brand new format...
All in the balance
Ani DiFranco is a social activist, feminist, independent music pioneer and a consistently challenging folk-pop singer, songwriter and performer...
From the schoolyard to the stage
Phrases like “head start” or “early jump” fail to adequately capture the story behind The Big Motif. After all, the seasoned Denver trio average less than 20 years of age among them, yet they’ve been playing together since 2005...
Punching back in
When she moved from San Diego to Boulder in 2007 my partner, Irene, was hoping to discover Colorado musicians who moved her as much as the reggae-tinged San Diego-based alt-folkie Beth Preston had. So one can imagine Irene’s surprise when she went grocery shopping at...
Seizing the reins
The year 2010 was tough for many, but musically, Louisville singer-songwriter and coffee shop staple Jeremy Dion has been having a career year...
NedFest reboots
Kristen McFarland, acting event coordinator for this year’s NedFest up in Nederland, has spent the last nine months keeping the festival alive, on schedule and, with some help at the box office, on budget. But despite the fact that she was one of Michigan Mike Torpie...
