Music
‘West Side Story’: 61 years old and still as relevant as...
Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story opened on Broadway just over 61 years ago — Sept. 26, 1957 — but for Leigh Holman, the story...
Seicento celebrates Scarlatti and son
Evanne Browne, artistic director of the Baroque vocal ensemble Seicento, wants you to know that she is excited about their next concert. Very excited.
“I...
Cleaner and meaner
If there’s one moment that captures the sonic leap of Nashville-based music artist Sophie Allison over the last half-decade, it comes right in the...
Killin’ it
It’s hard to tell whether Tyler, the Creator is a complete ass or a total genius. However, it is safe to say he’s probably a little bit of both. Born Tyler Gregory Okonma, the 24-year-old mastermind behind hip hop collective Odd Future Wolfgang Kill Them All is on ...
The composition of carbon
The reason why Ryan Fechter, the bassist for Denver/ Boulder-based indie-rock band Carbon Choir, makes music is a unique one...
Dance like your life depends on it
‘Space Samba (Disco Volador Theme),’ by The Orielles
Though released in February, “Space Samba” screams summer from the first sun-bleached, flanged-out strum of Henry Carlyle...
Age is just a number
As the Drive-By Truckers continue their touring cycle this winter behind their new release American Band — one of their best, most lyrically provocative...
From grades to the Gothic
Balancing high school, extracurriculars and college prep is hard enough — until you throw in band practice, late shows and planning a tour. But somehow, the members of Hatrick Penry can do it all...
DJ Shadow at Boulder Theater: An exercise in evolution
Josh Davis, better known by his elusive moniker, DJ Shadow, has enjoyed a kind of staying power few artists experience. A San Francisco DJ and producer with a famous affinity for record collecting, he forever influenced the world of hip-hop in 1996 with Endtroducing...
Mark Vann Benefit celebrates eight years of charity
Very few banjo players possess enough talent to influence a music scene so powerfully as the late Leftover Salmon banjoist Mark Vann. But when Vann lost his battle with melanoma in 2002 at age 39, some of his fellow bandmates came up with an idea to memorialize their...
House concerts bring community and culture to a living room near...
Depending on which Saturday night you decide to stop by Dan Fairchild’s house, you could be treated to a string quartet, a Brazilian guitar trio, or a Balkan brass band. Fairchild is one of several hosts of house concerts in Boulder and has been bringing artists and ...
