Chuck Berry

The Beatles' Please Please Me turns fifty

Fifty years ago today, the Beatles' electrifying debut album, Please Please Me was issued in the U.K. Designed to reproduce the manic intensity of an early Beatles' live performance and hastily produced to meet demand after the group's song of the same name rocketed to number-one on the British sing ... More >>

Ten Essential albums from the CBGB scene

It's easy to look at what's become of rock music over the last three and a half decades and find countless traces of the CBGB micro-culture and the fast-and-loud aesthetic it cultivated. During their now-legendary years at CBGB, bands like the Ramones, Talking Heads, Blondie and Patti Smith were dis ... More >>

Jinx Jones on playing in Denver in the '80s and performing with Roy Buchanan and Chuck Berry

A veteran of the Denver music scene of the '80s who's been living in California since 1989, rockabilly guitarist Jinx Jones has performed with Chuck Berry, Roy Buchanan, and his chops can even be heard on En Vogue's hit "Free Your Mind." As a leader, Jones has four albums under his belt, including h ... More >>

Is vinyl still a viable format or as obsolete as pager technology in the age of smart phones?

Today, the Denver Record Collectors Spring Expo is taking place at Ramada Plaza in Northglenn (I-25 and 120th). For a $2.00 admission, you can sort through a treasure trove of vinyl from over forty dealers from all over the country. While there will also be CDs, posters and other stuff available at ... More >>

R.I.P. Dick Clark, 11/30/29 - 4/18/12

See Also: Firefall's Jock Bartley on American Bandstand and the time Dick Clark called the band "Firefly" When Dick Clark died earlier this week from a massive heart attack at the age of 82, he left a musical legacy that's far too comprehensive and broad to easily sum up. Clark may have spent the l ... More >>

As Black History Month comes to a close, we reflect on the influential Sounds of Blackness

Black History Month 2012 has been a doozy. Beginning with the tragic and shocking death of Don Cornelius to dealing with equally troubling news of Whitney Houston's passing as the month wore on. Most interesting about this time is the ways in which the music healed us. When Whitney died, DJs played ... More >>

Ten Songs about masturbation

​Hanging the Hamster. The Five Digit Disco. Jerking the Johnson. There's a million terms for the ingratiating act of self-love. Look, if we're being real here, there's no shame in the game. After all, not everyone can be pleasured by super-fantastic lovers all day, everyday, and sometimes this ... More >>

Canada bans "Money for Nothing," but still missed a few offensive songs

​Yesterday the Canadian equivalent of the FCC decided to ban the Dire Straits' song, "Money for Nothing" from the radio because of the use of a certain slur. Fair enough, but it seems like they might be a little late to the party, as we're pretty certain Mark Knopfler and Sting could really ca ... More >>

Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records can't handle the truth

The Mating Game: Eric Halborg from the Swayback

David Booker

The Rap-Up: Apostle, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Mos Def, Beyonce

Thoughts on Five Songs While I Pretend to Work

Celebrity Bucket List

Amy Winehouse, Chuck Berry, Bobby Brown: Who'll be the first to go?

Flair Lounge

Richard Engel transforms a Stapleton bar into a live-music venue.

Delegating Denver #29 of 56: Missouri

Mile High Makeout, Scene 2: Skinning the Cat

Cellar Beware

Don't look in the basement.

Top Music Turkeys and Other Assorted Goodies

Duke Robillard Gets Around

This versatile guitarist plays more than just the blues.

Soda Pop Kids Return

Ex-members of Kill City Thrillers, Scott Baio Army and Call Sign Cobra come back for a sort of homecoming.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of 7/26/2007

Vampires of Moscow

Bob Weir and Ratdog

Friday, December 2, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

Retroactive

George Thorogood

Graham Parker

Friday, May 7, Lion's Lair, 303-320-9200.

Critic's Choice

Bo Diddley

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Feelin' Skanky

Four new discs show that reggae is bigger than just one mon.

Auto Iconography

Bad-boy skaters perpetuate their own myth in Dogtown and Z-Boys.

Off Limits

The Unkindest Cut

Backwash

Hemi Cuda's new CD is thick and tasty.

He's Got It Covered

Fans love Dustin Bogue's take on country music so much, they just might let him play a few songs of his own.

Various Artists

A trio of records from Triage

Rock and Roll Is the Question

With Pearlcopper, guitarist Mark Spiewak is already a legend in his own mind.

Hooked on Phonics

Deke Dickerson and the Ecco-fonics echo the happy days of Fifties rock.

Big Boss Lady

CRL knows how to buy friends and influence people.

More Songs of the Century

Part two of a pre-millennial trek through a hundred years of pop music.

A Whiter Shade of Pale

Eminem plays the race cardin reverse.

Classical Rock

A Blast From the Past

Onetime Blasters guitarist Dave Alvin makes tradition sound new again.

Off Limits

Feedback

Do the White Thing

Off Limits

Short Temper

A lobbyist faces censure even from lawmakers who agree with him.

THRILLS

OHIO OR BUST

THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM: GREAT IDEA OR SIGN THAT THE END IS NEAR?

ROGER WILCO

THANKS TO JEFF TWEEDY AND WILCO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE EMBARRASSED TO LIKE COUNTRY ROCK ANYMORE.

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