Music
Kansas City’s Tech N9ne prepares for music industry supremacy
Even for a guy named after a gun, Tech N9ne is aggressive...
The cat’s meow
Truth be told, Brooklyn musician John Jagos is a little peeved no intrepid music reporters have ever asked him about the psychedelic band he started in high school...
Making waves
The Boulder Philharmonic opens its 53rd season at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11, in Macky Auditorium with a program titled “Heroic Portraits...
Spooking the horses
A name like Riot Fest isn’t subtle. And back in July, neither were the residents of Byers, Colo...
Stomp that thang
Blake Rooker, lead singer and guitarist from the Boulder-based West Water Outlaws, responds a little cautiously when we press him to share some highlights from the band’s recent swing through the steamy Southeast, a sure sign that the big noise/big beat blues-rock ...
Boulder Philharmonic freaks out
It seems like a typical night at the symphony: some light orchestral dances to open the program, a blockbuster piano concerto with a popular soloist and music by Frank Zappa...
Channeling John
Guitarists have this way of talking about their new guitars like proud parents. So after apologizing briefly to Bill Frisell a few weeks ago for intruding on his pre- London flight time with a phone interview — the publicist told us to call at that time, and that’s ...
Sia kills Denver with cuteness
For those who are unfamiliar with Aussie singer-songwriter Sia and her music, she’s the type of artist that dig deeps and delivers emotional, soul-searching, introspective lyrics over subdued electronic beats and melodies. Listening to her music, you’d think that ...
Worldwide rhythms
%uFFFDSomali-Canadian rapper K’naan just had one of the best summers of his career. Earlier in the year his song “Waving Flag” from his sophomore album The Troubadour was adopted by Canadian producer Bob Ezrin and the Young Artists for Haiti to raise funds for ...
moe. money, fewer problems
Al Schnier, guitarist/singer of moe., recognizes the irony of his band signing a deal with Sugar Hill Records...
Still Super
Supergroup is a rather overused term. Publicists throw it around every time a number of musicians come together under a new identity or project. The New Pornographers might have it backwards, but they’ve nonetheless become such an entity all the same...
Filling the gap between Medeski, Martin and Wood
Bassist Chris Wood was taking some midday chill time in Athens, Ga., when we caught up to him last weekend, cooling his heels before his gig that night with The Wood Brothers band, his six-year project with his brother, guitarist and singer Oliver. The Wood Brothers ...
