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David Booker's Remarkable Career

David Booker's Remarkable Career

John Denver Still Flying High, 25 Years After His Death

John Denver Still Flying High, 25 Years After His Death

New Frontiers: How the Jamgrass Genre Originated in Colorado

By Nick Hutchinson
Sep 15, 2023

From Hot Rize to Yonder Mountain to SCI, these ten bands from Colorado innovated jamgrass by blending rock and jam sounds with the traditions of bluegrass.
Living the Dream: The String Cheese Incident Celebrates 30th Anniversary, 50th Red Rocks Show

By Emily Ferguson
Jul 5, 2023

Make a joyful sound! The members of SCI discuss their humble ski-bum beginnings to making jam band history.
Dead & Co. Final Tour: The Grateful Dead's Colorado Connections

By Emily Ferguson
Jun 27, 2023

From John Barlow to Owsley Stanley's LSD labs to Jerry Garcia buying a guitar in Lakewood.
Soul Survivor: Hazel Miller's Journey From a Broken-Down Truck to Colorado Music Hall of Fame

By Cynthia Barnes
Jun 7, 2023

"I’m going to sing ’til I can’t do it anymore,” says Denver's Queen of Soul.
Peaches Still Has More to Teach Us

By Jed Murphy
May 26, 2023

Known for her hit "Fuck the Pain Away," she opens for M.I.A at Red Rocks on May 29-30.
Electronic Music Pioneer Morton Subotnick Made History In Colorado

By Alex Berryhill
Apr 28, 2023

Subotnik composed the first album of electronic music commissioned by a label, founded the California Institute of the Arts and now, at 90-years-old, he's playing the Lafayette Electronic Arts Festival on Sunday.
How the 303's Musical Legacy Is Defined by an Instrument That Shares Its Name

By Alex Berryhill
Mar 3, 2023

EDM is popular in the 303, thanks to the TB-303.
Black Joy Is Front and Center in Vintage Theatre’s Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies

By Toni Tresca
Jan 27, 2023

Honoring a jazz icon.
Hip-Hopology: Rapper Nipplife Has Lived the History of Hip-Hop

By Cleo Mirza
Dec 7, 2022

Joe Nipper is the definition of an O.G.
Denver Irish Band Avourneen to Cover the "Best Breakup Record," Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks

By John Bear
Nov 18, 2022

Irish music and Bob Dylan converge.
Elephant 6 Documentary Is a Visually Stimulating Look at the Mysterious Collective

By John Bear
Nov 9, 2022

The collective included Denver's Apples in Stereo and Neutral Milk Hotel.
The Rise and Fall of DORK

By John Bear
Oct 28, 2022

"Blink-183."
John McEuen Reflects on Will the Circle Be Unbroken in New Book

By John Bear
Jul 28, 2022

Fifty years later...
Explore the State Through the Colorado Historic Opera Houses Circuit

By Katrina Leibee
Jun 24, 2022

Five historic opera houses.
Denver's Unknown Rave Legacy, as Told by Freqish

By Alex Berryhill
May 25, 2022

Underground raves, police cut downs and more.
Fifteen Years Later, Sub.mission Is the Oldest Active Dubstep Promoter in the Country

By Alex Berryhill
Apr 13, 2022

Celebrate at the Black Box on Saturday.
Visual and Performing Arts Campus Named for Charles Burrell

By Claire Duncombe
Nov 19, 2021

The campus's vision is "arts integration."
Dazzle Celebrates Dizzy Gillespie's 104th Birthday With Longtime Bassist John Lee

By Jon Solomon
Oct 15, 2021

Dazzle celebrates the 104th birthday of trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie over three nights. Special guests include longtime Gillespie bassist John Lee.
Tomas Sen Melds Musical Influences and Eras on Listen!

By Claire Duncombe
Oct 6, 2021

Tomas Sen conjures music history on a new album.
Underground Music Showcase Founders Celebrate Twenty Years of Musical Discovery

By Kyle Harris
Aug 27, 2021

Join John Moore and Ricardo Baca for the Underground Music Showcase Founders Party at Grasslands.

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