Bakersfield

Beyond Playlist: Dwight Yoakam and More

Thoughts on Five Songs While I Pretend to Work

Q&A with David Marion from Fear Before the March of Flames

Backwash

The All Night Honky Tonk All Stars crank it up at the Fox Theatre.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of October 31, 2002

Channel 7's Byron Grandy: new title, more work

Byron Grandy. In today's financial environment, TV stations don't have a lot of extra cash to offer executives. But they can usually afford to shift around folks already on the payroll -- which explains today's announcement about Channel 7's Byron Grandy. As pointed out in the September 2008 blog " ... More >>

Dwight Yoakam

Population Me (Audium Entertainment)

The Way He Lives Now

As his fourth film in a decade arrives in theaters, the movies' most enigmatic leading man reveals the method behind his on-screen madness.

In life and death, tattoo artist Kauri Tiyme made her mark

As his fourth film in a decade arrives in theaters, the movies' most enigmatic leading man reveals the method behind his on-screen madness.

Discmania

Backbeat writers revisit their favorite albums of the year.

The 'Rail Thing

The Derailers bring the Bakersfield sound into the Nineties.

Pro and Con

Amadeus Harlan has spent his life playing everyone around him — but not as a Denver Bronco.

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Say What?

The top WTF moments of 2005.

Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys

Empty House (Bloodshot)

Now Hear This

Empty House (Bloodshot)

On the Road

The Honky Tonk Hangovers

The Show(case) Must Go On!

The Honky Tonk Hangovers

Hit Pick

The Dalhart Imperials

Green-Light Specials

If the FCC loosens its rules, will media giants go on a radio-and-TV shopping spree? Absolutely.

The Heart of Country

Still a big thinker, Dallas Wayne holds out for honky-tonk.

That's the Spirit

The Honky Tonk Hangovers make country music that will go to your head.

Critic's Choice

Merle Haggard

Student Projections

A student film festival tries to launch careers from Denver.

The Haunting

Troubadour talent Richard Buckner awakens ghosts and senses on a stunning new album.

Robo News

Channel 7 readies a new computer system that makes the newspeople behind the scenes all but obsolete.

Merle Haggard

Roots Volume 1 (Anti-)

Soul on Ice

Legendary sideman Moris Tepper fronts his own vision, with chilling results.

Their Train Keeps A Rollin'

The Railbenders' take on traditional country is gaining momentum.

The Loose Screw

How the hell did Dan Daru get on Denver TV?

Touché!

In the sport of fencing, nothing is beside the point.

Long Way Back

Dwight Yoakam's new acoustic retrospective casts a shining light on the preeminent alt-rocker.

White on White

So what really happened to Frosty and Frank?

Playlist

The Aluminum Group, Patricia Barber, Schneider TM, The Souvenirs

Year-End Close-Out

We've got 1998's best albums in stock, but they're going fast.

Size Matters

It'll take more than preconceptions to lick Candye Kane.

Straight From the 'Harts

How the Dalhart Imperials have become roots-music royalty.

Old Hag

A Merle Haggard boxed set serves as a welcome reminder that country music can be dangerous.

They Might Be Giants

For Clydesdales, life on the run can be heavy going

DOOM AND DOOMER

DR. NORM AND THE REST OF PATRIOT RADIO FACE THE APOCALYPSE. NOW.

GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN

DR. NORM AND THE REST OF PATRIOT RADIO FACE THE APOCALYPSE. NOW.

Flobots winter tour dates announced

​All right, break's over, kids. Time for the big takeover. Looks like the Flobots are getting back to work -- and it's about damn time, for chrissakes. While the rest of us slept in intervals as a result of our efforts to diligently invest our time in such noble, productive pursuits as drinking ou ... More >>

Rock N' Roll Denver Marathon aims to live up to its name

​So the organizers of the Rock 'N' Roll Denver Marathon evidently take the name of the event very seriously. So much so that they've convinced the members of Semisonic -- you know, the dudes who did that song "Closing Time" -- to get the old band back together, man, just for the occasion. Wise ... More >>

Zi Fusion's Rhett Songer on the F-word, racism and sexism and eating a puppy...dog

Lori Midson​Rhett Songer Zi Fusion 7340 South Clinton Street, Englewood 720-934-6402 www.ziasian.com This is part one of Lori Midson's interview with Rhett Songer, the executive chef of Zi Fusion. Part two of Songer's interview will run in this space tomorrow. "It's absolutely silly that it ... More >>

Social networking: Denver ranked 3rd in U.S. by Men's Health (eat our hashtags, Portland!)

​Congratulations, Denver: You have officially been swallowed up whole by the Matrix. Men's Health recently came out with its list of the country's most socially networked cities, and Denver, of all places, came in third. Do we get a prize for this? Like a new FarmVille animal or something?

7News, Azteca America affiliates in CO for sale: McGraw-Hill looks to peddle broadcasting group

​Update below: KMGH-TV, better known as 7News, is on the block -- and so are Azteca America affiliates in Denver, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs, according to an announcement by McGraw-Hill, the stations' parent company. Officially, the move is part of a "portfolio review" -- but the real ... More >>

The Epilogues' story has a happy ending

​Update below: KMGH-TV, better known as 7News, is on the block -- and so are Azteca America affiliates in Denver, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs, according to an announcement by McGraw-Hill, the stations' parent company. Officially, the move is part of a "portfolio review" -- but the real ... More >>

7News, Azteca America sold: Scripps back in CO two years after Rocky Mountain News closure

Rich Boehne.​In February 2009, E.W. Scripps shut down the Rocky Mountain News, seemingly ending its major participation in the Colorado media market. Now, however, Scripps is back thanks to the purchase of KMGH-Channel 7 and three Azteca America stations in the state, which went on the block i ... More >>

Review: Social Distorion at the Ogden Theatre, 12/3/11

Eric GruneisenThe unmistakable guitar of Mike Ness of Social Distortion, last night at the Ogden Theatre.​SOCIAL DISTORTION at the OGDEN THEATRE | 12/3/11Early on in Social Distortion's Friday night show at the Ogden, the first of a three-night stand, frontman Mike Ness thanked the crowd for c ... More >>