Music

Fourteen years, give or take, is a long time to be the guy off to one side, but Dave Rawlings, the guitarist/songwriter who’s been accompanist to Gillian Welch since the mid-’90s, is a studiously pragmatic musician. Welch’s voice and restless fluency in any ...

William Boughton does not believe the concert hall should be a cathedral of high art...

The hottest headphones on the market right now are without a doubt Dr. Dre’s signature Beat by Dre headphones. Coming in at $120 or more for the in-ear headphones and up to $400 for the over-the-ear headphones, Beats by Dre boast the best audio for in-studio use or ...

Cynthia Katsarelis, the director of the Pro Musica Colorado Chamber orchestra, is wearing a black leather jacket as she explains the subversive nature of the orchestra’s next concert, “Epic Seasons...

There’s a nostalgic element to the term “psych-rock” that harkens back to the tie-dyed, patchouli-scented dorm rooms that spun the records of The Doors, Jefferson Airplane and Velvet Underground. Calling something “psychedelic” invokes a sort of free-love, tripped-...

To equate Mayer Hawthorne to an old soul is more accurate than most would even realize. While Hawthorne’s fans recognize it as an allusion to a sound oft-compared to legendary sounds of yore like Isaac Hayes, Barry White or Curtis Mayfield, it’s also a proper ...

Hilary Hahn wanted to be a river guide...

This November and December Killswitch Engage is spending a month looking back at a key point in its career, marking the 10-year anniversary of the release of the band’s second album, Alive Or Just Breathing...

The Boulder Philharmonic’s next concert (Saturday in Macky Auditorium and Sunday in Lakewood) is called “Boulder Sensations,” but the subject is rhythm...

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...

Pro Musica Colorado gets ‘Epic’ Cynthia Katsarelis, the director of the Pro Musica Colorado Chamber orchestra, is wearing a black leather jacket as she explains the subversive nature of the orchestra’s next concert, “Epic Seasons...

The metamorphosis of folk trio The Waifs, who play at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons this weekend, is equal parts gritty survival story and enchanting fairy tale. Beginning in 1992, sisters Vikki and Donna Simpson, selftaught guitarists, began traipsing...