Music

Taarka: Seeking Americana

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On Taarka’s fifth studio album, Adventures in Vagabondia, the band’s well-traveled sound puts down a few solid roots for the first time...

Verdi’s grand, operatic ending

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Verdi’s Falstaff is one of the great stories of opera...

Frozen Dead Guy Days rises again

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With the help of a beloved dead body, the town of Nederland will awaken once again from its cold slumber for the 12th annual Frozen Dead Guy Days...

Explorer of the voice

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Meredith Monk has accumulated many titles during her nearly 50 years as a performer...

Vintage sheen: Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside

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Sallie Ford says that growing up, she was more comfortable singing in groups than by herself. (Her sister, after all, was the one with the performance flair.) Ford was never one for the spotlight, she says...

Jersey Shore and beyond

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In the wake of the pitiless thrashing that Sandy delivered to Northern New Jersey and the NYC metro area last November, plenty of musical artists rallied together for benefit projects (most notably the 12/12 Concert) to aid families and towns along the coast. A few ...

The passions of Bach

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Bach’s St. John Passion is a dramatic musical work that tells the story of Jesus’ betrayal and crucifixion...

Cowgirl Radio looking to cross mediums

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Nothing happens quickly in Jerry Greene’s world, at least when it comes to developing and staging his erstwhile music project Cowgirl Radio. The Boulder-based guitarist has staged the band, with varying personnel, off and on at The Laughing Goat for a couple of years...

Poetry and music combine

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Assembling a work of art is like putting together a puzzle: Sometimes it’s a struggle to make the pieces fit, and sometimes they just fall into place...

Sam Bush, Del McCoury, Carolina Chocolate Drops crown lineup of 2013...

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The schedule for the 41st RockyGrass Festival, scheduled for July 26-28, is out. The music festival will be held at Planet Bluegrass Ranch in Lyons, Colo., and here is the final lineup of this year's acts...

BIFF 2013: A tale of hope and defiance during the Holocaust

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When Czech conductor Rafael Schächter was imprisoned in the Terezin concentration camp during World War II, one of the musical scores he brought with him was Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem...

Growing a new sound

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Tyler Grant has a National Flatpicking Championship under his belt, solo releases and a resume stacked with names of artists he’s worked with. Yet, even through his successes during his time in mythical Nashville, Tenn., the guitarist was always waiting for a chance ...