Email Author Michael Roberts

Awards

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 11, 2008

  "The Rocky Mountain News is Going Down"

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1996 Stories by Michael Roberts

• HIT PICK

  published January 17, 1996

  Sherri Jackson, with Sweet Water Well, Thursday, January 18, at the Bluebird Theater, doesn't need much to make her music: a guitar and a couple... More >>

• THE ENVELOPE PLEASE

  published January 17, 1996

  The annual announcement of nominees for the Grammy awards is usually as lovingly anticipated by people who know and love music as their next... More >>

• VIVA LAS VEGAS

  published January 17, 1996

  Several years ago a friend of mine set out to assemble a tape of Elvis Presley songs under the title "Good Elvis/Bad Elvis." The idea seemed... More >>

• CRITIC'S CHOICE

  published January 17, 1996

  Tim O'Brien, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Friday, January 19, at Swallow Hill Music Hall, is a local boy who continues to make his mark beyond this... More >>

• PLAYLIST

  published January 10, 1996

  Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks Orange Crate Art (Warner Bros.) Part two of Brian Wilson's latest comeback can't help but fall short... More >>

• ALL IN THE FAMILY

  published January 10, 1996

  On a late December night at the Mercury Cafe, a dozen or so people wander on and off the stage. Some fiddle with various instruments--guitars,... More >>

• CRITIC'S CHOICE

  published January 10, 1996

  Warren Zevon, Monday, January 15, at the Bluebird Theater, has a sense of humor twisted enough to appreciate the downturn in his commercial... More >>

• SPECIAL EFX

  published January 3, 1996

  In the pop-music universe, three years is a long time--but not that long. A megahit album can keep spewing singles for much of that span, and even... More >>

• HIT PICK

  published January 3, 1996

  Bleecker Street, Friday, January 5, at Cheers, is one of those bands that's easy to overlook; its predominant qualities (reliability, good... More >>

• CRITIC'S CHOICE

  published January 3, 1996

  Steve Forbert, Tuesday, January 9, at the Little Bear in Evergreen, enjoyed a brief vogue in the late Seventies and early Eighties: He earned... More >>