Music
Out of the void
The concept of Shoshin arose from the teachings of 13th-century Buddhist priest and philosopher Dōgen Zenji. Practitioners of the ancient discipline are taught to...
Westerns, whiskey and ‘Little Silver Hearts’
Similar to the rule that says you have to kiss under mistletoe, legend has long had it that if you go to a Lucero...
Daydream believers
Demi Demitro and Baby Pottersmith, singer-guitarist and co-drummer in the local rock trio the Velveteers, have been mostly inseparable since bonding over a reggae...
Blues traveler
What’s the sound of a page turning? For music artist Samantha Fish, the answer comes on her latest album Faster. Released in September 2021,...
Head space
For Jake Leventhal, perception in the music world is damn near everything. How does the average fan perceive their favorite artist? How does that...
Higher power
When Colorado country-punk icon Slim Cessna drove from his home in South Park recently to be interviewed in Boulder, where he grew up, he...
Found Sounds: Dec. 19 (Holiday edition)
What do the holidays sound like to you? We posed this question to the hardworking staff at Paradise Found Records and Music, who responded...
Record year
By the end of every year, I end up with a stack of new books about music so tall I end up needing more...
Space cowboy
Ted Thacker grew up in Boulder, so he’s seen the town change from its weird punk-rock past to its idyllic-yet-complicated present. The 56-year-old singer-songwriter’s...
‘This magic moment’
Lisa Siciliano has certainly grown up from the days when she first fell in love with music as a kid in Ohio — having...
‘Is it really so strange?’
The last couple years have been strange for Bartees Leon Cox Jr. After his 2020 debut album Live Forever caught fire in the early...