Music
The language of the people
In 1990, a lawyer named Craig Ferguson found himself in a hotel room in Chicago dreaming of a new phase of his life, one...
A ‘ma and pop rock ‘n’ roll album’
Dustin Moran and KR Nelson were on a set break during a gig last March in Austin, Texas, when they heard that South by...
The musical sandbox
Matt Butler is the conductor and focal point of an ever-rotating series of musicians that creates the Everyone Orchestra. The band itself is an improvised jam band created specifically for each show, with different combinations of musicians playing every performance...
Low profile, high standards
Brandi Carlile is one of those rare musicians who gets it. She’s not up on stage every night trying to be a rock star, the tabloids aren’t all that interested in her, and she’s not constantly making a ruckus or ticking people off with her grandstanding or childish ...
A live experiment
Plenty of musicians say the live show is where their music really comes alive and songs can take on a new life, evolving into something different — and often better — than the versions fans are accustomed to hearing on a record...
False ending
In 2020, Denver band FAIM hoped to take what they thought would be their final record to DIY venues all over the United States...
SLIDESHOW: Cut Copy and Washed Out at the Ogden Theatre, Oct....
Boulder Weekly's Jules Kueffer was at the Cut Copy show at the Ogden Theatre on Oct. 4. Enjoy a slideshow from the night's events.
BCO offers classical option for New Year’s Eve
Bahman Saless and the Boulder Chamber Orchestra offered their first New Year’s Eve concert two years ago. Saless saw an open niche and decided to fill it...
Rebuilding Coliseum
"It’s just like those people that got married at 18 and stayed together forever,” says Ryan Patterson, frontman of the Louisville, Ky., punk band Coliseum...
Call of the wild
Andy Thorn has always walked a fine line between tradition and experimentation. Even as a kid in bluegrass-obsessed North Carolina, watching banjo greats chop...
The passions of Bach
Bach’s St. John Passion is a dramatic musical work that tells the story of Jesus’ betrayal and crucifixion...


















