Music

Janiva Magness draws strength from turmoil

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When listening to blues vocalist Janiva Magness, there are a lot of words that come to mind that could describe her sultry and lilting interpretations. Whether uplifting or drifting into darkness, one word that never comes across when hearing her voice is “fake.” ...

A busy classical weekend

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In September, there were two the same day; now Boulder will see three ensembles launch their seasons in the city’s crowded classical-music calendar on...

Snoop Dogg takes his pimp strut to the executive office

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Believe it or not, it’s been 18 years since Snoop Dogg stepped into the world of music. The launch of his career began with a little ditty called “Deep Cover” with producer extraordinaire Dr. Dre, but Snoop has been far from deep cover since then...

Sway

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Boulder Symphony’s family affair

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The opening of the Boulder Symphony’s 2015–16 season features three members of Boulder’s legendary musical family, the Lehnerts, playing Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. And it all got started at the farmers’ market...

Still playing folk guitar

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If Stephen Stills isn’t doing cartwheels across the stage and jumping off of amplifiers this summer on his tour with Crosby, Stills & Nash, he’ll have a good excuse...

‘The twain shall meet’ at The Dairy

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"East is East and West is West,” Rudyard Kipling famously wrote, “and never the twain shall meet.” Kipling never met Reena Esmail. A composer who...

‘Subversive, seditious, bawdy proto-feminist’

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Conductor Nick Carthy says that Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro is “the first great proto-feminist opera, and on top of that it’s subversive, it’s...

Fever dream

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Schedule a video call with Karin Dreijer, and you might not know what to expect on the other end of the screen. The enigmatic...

Free from the bureaucracy

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Haunted musical magic

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Western sounds have filled the iconic Stanley Hotel on frozen January nights for nearly the last decade. Crowds in suits and gowns spill into...

Letting go of balance

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It started in a Guitar Center in Long Beach, California, where one half of the acoustic rock band This Wild Life met the other. Kevin...