Music
Three’s a crowd, but four’s a party
The Devil Makes Three has been together now for a decade, but guitarist/ singer Pete Bernhard says he feels the group is only now starting to hit its stride...
Americana deluxe
When Rob Ickes takes the stage at Boulder’s Chautauqua Community House with Trey Hensley on Dec. 4, the first few rows will likely be...
Don’t call it a comeback
Truth be told, Claudia Schmidt was a bit skeptical the last time she played Boulder. The strip mall location of the venue, Caffè Sole, which Schmidt will return to on Friday, Sept. 12, didn’t really inspire confidence from the outside...
Boulder Phil launches ‘Legends’ season with a bang
Opening night for the Boulder Philharmonic offers a real triple threat...
Suffering a success
Sitting in Tom Wasinger’s studio, surrounded by tens of thousands of dollars of guitars and other stringed delights, his three Grammys gathering dust on...
‘When things are made too easy, spirituality is lost’
Some years ago, pianist Mina Gajić found herself at Maison Erard in Amsterdam, staring at a teal 1835 Erard grand piano. She was enamored...
Let’s sing it out
During our conversation, Carlos Medina walks around Coyoacán, a “folkloric” neighborhood in Mexico City, known for its cobblestone streets, art galleries, Frida Kahlo Museum...
Celebrating LGBT culture
In March 1975, Boulder County Clerk & Recorder Clela Rorex granted the first same-sex marriage license in the United States...
Blast your ears off
BoomBox began as the meeting of two new souls in Muscle Shoals, the famous town in Alabama where Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones and others recorded albums. Producer Russ Randolph met singer/guitarist Zion Godchaux during a 2004 recording session for ...
‘The Dream of America’ comes to the Macky stage
The Boulder Philharmonic will devote its next concert, Saturday, April 27, to two works that reflect on the history of the United States and...
Edward Sharpe saves humanity via gypsy-folk
Up from Below, the debut full-length album from the ecstatic Los Angeles musical cult known as Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, is in many ways a revelation. The group’s aciddrenched science-fiction is a welcome throwback for older hippies (reformed and not) who ...
Strange train
Just a few days before Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros descend on the Boulder Theater, the band will be making an appearance at Austin’s South By Southwest festival to promote Big Easy Express, a new film directed by Emmett Malloy covering the troupe’s tour-by...
