Entertainment
Paramount aims for franchises with ‘Jack Reacher,’ Jack Ryan
The CEO of Viacom, parent company of Paramount film company, says its strategy will begin shifting by the end of this year toward strengthening franchises and developing its brand. The strategy will start, Philippe Dauman says, with its upcoming Tom Cruise action-...
Oscar-nomination winners (Streep, ‘Hugo’) and losers (Spielberg)
Meryl Streep has to be hoping that the 17th time will...
Found Sounds — Nov. 17, 2022
Can Queen Taylor be dethroned? That’s the question emerging in this week’s batch of bestsellers from Paradise Found Records & Music. Swift’s Midnights continues...
Rocky Mountain breakdown
The Revivalists were supposed to be on the main stage at the 2015 Telluride Blues & Brews Festival in less than an hour, and...
Hip-hop Rok
Denver rapper Mane Rok, real name Sam Baron, has been cutting his teeth in the Colorado hip-hop scene for more than a decade. Whether it was competing in rhyme battles, organizing shows and events or releasing albums with his group, ManeLine, Mane has proudly ...
Comrades in axes
It’s been a long ride for Dr. Dog. The band got its start about 15 years ago playing parties in Philadelphia before becoming the beloved underground band that rock stars (including Jim James) longed to be in, and then a national touring phenomenon, after the Abbey ...
Greensky Bluegrass: All grown up
Maturity is a term some musicians prefer not to see associated with themselves or their bands. After all, music is considered a young person’s...
Rusty Anderson firmly grounded for latest album
Rusty Anderson has been an unsung hero of popular alternative music in the last 20 years. He’s been Paul McCartney’s right hand man and lead guitarist since 2001. He’s worked with Willie Nelson, Elton John and Regina Spektor. He even contributed the now-famous guitar...
A slight case of accidental murder
The rocky, seaside village of Easter Cove, Maine, does not look like the kind of place you’d want to spend a winter. The snow...
Things looking up for Colorado Shakespeare Festival
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival has had a financially difficult decade, at one point relying on the University of Colorado Boulder for nearly $1 million in assistance. With Shakespeare Santa Cruz (a California festival focused on the Bard) and the North Carolina ...
