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2000 Stories by Marty Jones

• Hit Pick

  published December 28, 2000

  Over the past two years, Yonder Mountain String Band, Saturday, December 30, and Sunday, December 31, at Boulder's Fox Theatre, has... More >>

• Country Breakdown

  published December 21, 2000

  Any musical uprising worth raising a fist for must have its own battle cry. For today's alternative-country camp, Robbie Fulks's anti-Nashville... More >>

• Dwight Yoakam

  published December 21, 2000

  With his latest release, Dwight Yoakam continues his reign as the King of Contemporary Country. Tomorrow's Sounds is a brilliant collection... More >>

• Alone on the Range

  published December 7, 2000

  For the musician, the romance of life in Colorado comes with a price, because the state's geographic gifts -- the Rocky Mountains, snow and the... More >>

• The Pickin's Good

  published November 30, 2000

  When Armando Zuppa's wife suggested it was time for her Italian-born husband to get out of Rome, he agreed that it was a good idea. "She came... More >>

• Judith Edelman

  published November 9, 2000

  Edelman's third release is a wondrous, acoustic collection, packed with unflinching accounts of adult life that carry the Americana form to new... More >>

• Common Ground

  published October 26, 2000

  These days, John Common is pretty happy. During the past year or so, his band, Rainville, has become widely regarded as one of the more thrilling... More >>

• Critic's Choice

  published October 19, 2000

  Bob Tyler, Friday, October 20, at the Bug Theatre, is a hands-down winner for best supporting musician in a local music scene. Over the... More >>

• Say That You'll Be True

  published October 12, 2000

  Many an artist has enjoyed an entire career -- and a lifelong income -- from the lasting appeal of one smash, a single tune that somehow buried... More >>

• Beer Here

  published October 5, 2000

  Beer geeks know him as the world's leading author of beer-related prose, the Bard of Beer Journalism. Unfortunately for Michael Jackson, there are... More >>

• All The Kings Men

  published October 5, 2000

  For many musicians, having fans hear their decades-old music is as scary as having a potential partner view long-out-of-fashion high school... More >>

• He Done It

  published September 28, 2000

  Each year, the annual Country Music Association awards broadcast holds a few surprises, little drama and zero controversy. Unlike the Grammys or... More >>

• Nashville Rag

  published September 28, 2000

  While Larry Cordle's "Murder on Music Row" has become an unlikely C&W hit, songs about Nashville's musical pitfalls are nothing new. Over the... More >>

• He's Got It Covered

  published September 14, 2000

  I hope this doesn't sound too weird to you," says local country artist Dustin Bogue, "but if I ever do make it, I want to make a movie about my... More >>

• Roll in the Hay

  published September 7, 2000

  The Haywoods have one obvious connection to the Front Range music scene: Their debut release, Drinkin' Cryin' & Moanin', appears on... More >>

• Hit Pick

  published August 31, 2000

  Siúcra, Thursday, August 31, at Trilogy in Boulder, is an act with a deceiving handle. Siúcra is an Irish word meaning... More >>

• Long Way Back

  published August 24, 2000

  Maybe it's his rubber-tight britches -- pants so snug they'd make the Michelin Man squirm. Or maybe it's his countrypolitan image and those... More >>

• Mann in the Middle

  published August 17, 2000

  At first glance, Aimee Mann's return to the airwaves seems like the final scene in some topsy-turvy Hollywood movie. In the mid-'80s, she became... More >>

• 3 Twins

  published August 17, 2000

  Colorado, it's safe to say, isn't known for its soul men. But by creating some of the most stirring music to emerge from this state, Denver native... More >>

• Critic's Choice

  published August 10, 2000

  Nathan Hamilton, Tuesday, August 15, at Quixote’s True Blue and Wednesday, August 16, at the Dark Horse Saloon in Boulder, is on a rol... More >>

• A Joyful Noise

  published August 3, 2000

  These days, Rachael Lampa's schedule is not typical of that of most fifteen-year-old kids from Monarch High School in Louisville, Colorado. Of... More >>

• The Dead Zone

  published July 27, 2000

  The members of Dark Star Orchestra might take issue with those who say you cannot bring the Dead back to life. For the past three years, this... More >>

• The Road Less Traveled

  published July 20, 2000

  Bradford Lee Folk, guitarist and lead vocalist of local bluegrass group Open Road, has just finished another shift at a dairy farm outside of Fort... More >>

• Business Unusual

  published July 6, 2000

  When the String Cheese Incident began six years ago in Telluride, it was a band with a plan. "From the very beginning," says SCI bassist Keith... More >>

• They Grow on You

  published June 22, 2000

  When you hail from Oxford, Mississippi, and your band's handle is "Kudzu Kings," you'd better be damn good. The title is a volatile moniker given... More >>