Music

Things with wings

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The narrative goes something like this: You have your whole life to prepare for your first album, and usually less than a year to prepare for your second...

Classical and klezmer

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Boulder`s Colorado Music Festival (CMF) at Chautauqua wraps up this week with several programs. Two led by CMF Musical Director Michael Christie — Sunday (Aug. 1) and the Festival Finale concerts Thursday and Friday (Aug. 5 and 6) — stand out for their adventurous ...

Crooning classics

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If there’s one guy who’s become almost synonymous with Texas, it’s Lyle Lovett. Not only has he sung more rhapsodies to his home state than he can count — including the famous made-for-tourism tune, “That’s Right (You’re Not From Texas),” the chorus of which contains...

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, ...

All roads lead to Rowan

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Peter Rowan is one of those risk-takers who’s so dexterous in his abilities as a bluegrass guitarist that he can play with just about anyone, under any circumstances. And it’s this versatility that placed him in the middle of some of those legendary moments in the ...

Recording the next chapter

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As the soul-streaked strains of Todd Park Mohr’s voice laments the laws of love and justice on the band’s new single “Beautiful,” carried on the wings of one of modern rock’s most effortlessly nimble rhythm sections, it feels as if the Monsters are back again...

State of the union

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Jesse Elliott — lead singer of the band These United States — has been coming out to the same little cottage in the woods of Michigan, a handful of yards from the shore of Lake Michigan, every year since his birth, so a number of experiences there have helped give ...

Dead Weather electrify the Ogden

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The Dead Weather wowed a packed house at the Ogden Theatre Saturday night (July 17) with a stellar performance and infectious stage presence...

Astroland offers Boulder a DIY space

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The first trick is just trying to find the place. No bright marquee calls attention to the location of Boulder’s Astroland; rather, a single dim light hangs outside the darkened, tucked-away North Boulder warehouse.Astroland opened January 1, 2010, but the concept of...

Paul McCartney charms the Pepsi Center

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It doesn't get much more legendary than an ex-Beatle. Paul McCartney put on a hell of a show for what looked like a sold-out crowd at the Pepsi Center. He kicked off the night with some well-known post-Beatles stuff before breaking into "All My Loving," to the wild...

That Devil Music

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 "It was one of his funny little remarks after we got off the stage,” says former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, explaining how Jerry Garcia gave the Grateful Dead’s percussion section its name. “It was like, ‘You guys sound like devils. You’re rhythm devils.’ It...

Musical lightning

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“I would say it’s magic,” Dead Weather singer Alison Mosshart says when asked how her fledgling band has created two critically acclaimed albums in less than a year. “The whole fact that there’s this band now called the Dead Weather is pretty bizarre to all of us, ...