Music

Fearsome gravitational pull

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There is only one way to describe Big Gigantic’s success, and it doesn’t require a half-assed play on words. The duo’s highly anticipated show at the Fox Theatre, which sold out months ago nearly within a day, marks exactly two years since producer/saxophonist ...

Restless statesmen

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Sometimes, it’s the simplest advice that turns out to be the best...

All-star collaboration

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There’s a great moment from an audience video shot last October at the Rock ’n Roots fest in Amsterdam of Joe Satriani, Sonny Landreth and Davy Knowles gang-tackling the old blue-rock warhorse “I’m Going Down,” one of those easy-to-rehearse standby numbers that gets ...

Hip-hop Rok

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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 ...

Strumming the sacred steel

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Anyone who has followed the career of Robert Randolph & the Family Band knows that they love giving people a good time. From their legendary, epic shows at The Wetlands, to the insanely catchy groove of tracks like “Ain’t Nothing Wrong With That,” to the Sly & the ...

Jazz in threes

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Joshua Redman is drawn to collaboration. For his entire career, the tenor saxophonist has surrounded himself with the best musicians in modern jazz, creating a true give-and-take on the bandstand and breaking out of the standard leader-accompanist mold. Redman, who ...

Born to rap

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Jamming at the disco

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Marc Brownstein is waiting at the doctor’s office, hoping he doesn’t have a case of the “disco flu...

Boulder Philharmonic freaks out

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It seems like a typical night at the symphony: some light orchestral dances to open the program, a blockbuster piano concerto with a popular soloist and music by Frank Zappa...

Jeff Tweedy dominates the Boulder Theater

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How could one man possibly expect to carry the tightly knit...

Boulder Theater turns 75

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Attending a show at the historic Boulder Theater can...

Unity of style and identity

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It seems that every month brings a new article announcing the demise of classical music...