Music

Sex, drugs and tango

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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...

Interview: Jeffrey Nytch

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Peter Alexander: My first thought when I heard about this work was, knowing the scope of time in which geologists think, you will really have to compress things in the symphony! Yes, the earth has rhythms, but…Jeffrey Nytch: Well, that’s right, in fact in the work ...

This bird has flown

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The wooden birds on the cover of violinist K. Ishibashi’s new album, Omoiyari, hold a tiny sliver of Colorado history — tiny, but powerful.  You...

Heavy Rotation

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“Future Power Sources,” Marlowe When Seattle beat-architect L’Orange teams up with North Carolina wordsmith Solemn Brigham, the result is loop-digging, old-school hip-hop in the vein...

Beating the heat: Dead Winter Carpenters at the Fox Theatre

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As June has given way to July, the heat index has inched up around Colorado. Boulder and Denver have seen their first handful of 90-degree days, with many more on the way. But coming from Phoenix, the Dead Winter Carpenters will kindly take Colorado’s summer sun...

‘Ya-Ka-May,’ Galactic’s latest, is a blast

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Just like the album’s cover, Ya-Ka-May by the New Orleans band Galactic and released on...

The tradition lives on

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Perhaps the most beautiful thing about bluegrass music — more beautiful, even, than a southern accent over a banjo twang — is the way the genre blurs the line between audience and performer. Songs are passed down and shared and swapped so freely that it’s often hard ...

Playing through the pain

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Katie Herzig reflects back on everything she had to endure before making her new record, Walk Through Walls — especially the death of her mother in 2011, as she was preparing for her last tour. Herzig is candid about one of her biggest fears...

Menomena slices and dices another great album

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Few bands have ever had the relationship with their music that Menomena has. Few other bands have pushed the envelope without going out of their way like Menomena has. In fact, it’s safe to say that there have been few bands like Menomena, and on their latest album, ...

Heavy Rotation

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‘Final Days (Bonobo remix),’ Michael Kiwanuka London-based singer/songwriter Michael Kiwanuka’s self-titled 2019 album is full of anxiety and doubt delivered with a bit of sugar...

Ruess’ new band is brash, effervescent on debut CD

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It ain't the fall that gets you; its the landing...

Celebrate

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The BaoBao Festival...