Thursday, December 6,2012
Group brings classical take to tavern music
By Michael Callahan
A dozen opera singers walk into a bar. It may sound like the setup to the punch line of an old joke, but in this era of micro-brewed entertainment, any place can be a stage.
Thursday, November 29,2012
Skeptics beware: 24th Studio C album a treat
By David Accomazzo
Every holiday season, KBCO releases its famed Studio C album. Since 1991, the radio station has released compilations of performances done by touring musicians who stop by the station’s studio and donated the proceeds to charity.
Thursday, November 29,2012
Band reflects on old album
By Alan Sculley
“It basically was just the foundation of the start of our career,” says Dutkiewicz (known by his nickname “Adam D” to many fans). “I guess after that record was released and everybody started talking about it, we just felt things really pick up and things just really blossomed after it."
Wednesday, November 21,2012
Canadian indie rockers look to extend success into the States
By David Accomazzo
I don’t know much about Saskatchewan, but judging from its general flatness and its central location, I imagine it must be Canada’s super-polite version of the Kansas- Nebraska area, just with a different accent and more snow.
Thursday, November 15,2012
In 'Basilisk and Ankh,' orchestra makes symphonic gold
By Peter Alexander
If you mix the right ingredients, you will get pure gold. That was the belief of the medieval alchemists, and it is the belief of Bahman Saless, who mixes the musical ingredients as director of the Boulder Chamber Orchestra.
Thursday, November 15,2012
Hotel, music venue wins prestigious blues award, will close in 2014
By David Accomazzo
The Boulder Outlook Hotel has won the Blues Foundation’s 2013 Keeping the Blues Alive award for a club — the only recipient in a nationwide contest. It’s bittersweet news, since by 2014, the hotel will most likely be demolished and converted into student housing.
Thursday, November 15,2012
Singer-songwriter has done it all in the music biz
By Dave Kirby
For a large segment of the pop-music audience who graduated from the waning days of MTV video dominance, Richard Marx will probably be forever associated with a lengthy catalog of late ’80s and ’90s hits.
Thursday, November 15,2012
Predictions can´t forecast RNDM chemistry
By Michael Callahan
Like bipartisan support for Amendment 64 or Tim Tebow winning a playoff game, we may not know how things work together, but we enjoy the sum of the parts. Such is the case with RNDM, who despite their moniker are virtually certain to appear Nov. 18 at the Fox Theatre.
Thursday, November 8,2012
Pro Musica Colorado follows the travels of young Mozart
By Peter Alexander
Cynthia Katsarellis likes to travel. In fact, the director of the Pro Musica Colorado chamber orchestra likes travel so much that she has organized the group’s 2012-13 season as a series of musical journeys, starting with “Mozart Travels to London” Friday and Saturday in Denver and Boulder.
Thursday, November 8,2012
Funko Moderno unites local jazz luminary with group of eclectic herdsmen
By Michael Callahan
Haven’t we heard it all before? I know you’re thinking political ads, but the same is often said about music. The response to that question is a local sextet unlike anything you’ve ever listened to before. And if you think you have, just wait five minutes for your mind to change. Or melt.