Cole Porter

Jewel: "I've never held back because I'm a woman. I feel like I can accomplish anything a man can accomplish in my field.""

Since having her son, Kase Townes Murray, last summer, Jewel might have taken time off the road, but she's still busy at home with a number of things, including working on a new Christmas album. Her free solo acoustic show this Saturday night at the Colorado Convention Centeras part of the Women's ... More >>

DPS: Should district push back first day of school to September to avoid the heat?

Flickr.​ Update below: Today -- gloriously breezy today! -- Denver Public Schools students will finally get a respite from the oppressive heat that has marked the end of August. And since most city schools don't have air-conditioning, many parents and school district officials have been left w ... More >>

Owen Wilson plays a "Woody Allen type" in Midnight in Paris

Flickr.​ Update below: Today -- gloriously breezy today! -- Denver Public Schools students will finally get a respite from the oppressive heat that has marked the end of August. And since most city schools don't have air-conditioning, many parents and school district officials have been left w ... More >>

John Eldredge wanted to inspire men to find their inner warrior, not a Mexican drug cartel

Flickr.​ Update below: Today -- gloriously breezy today! -- Denver Public Schools students will finally get a respite from the oppressive heat that has marked the end of August. And since most city schools don't have air-conditioning, many parents and school district officials have been left w ... More >>

Easy Virtue Q&A with Stephan Elliott and Sheridan Jobbins

Ben Barnes and Jessica Biel in "Easy Virtue." Easy Virtue, which opens today at the Esquire Theatre, marks a return for Stephan Elliott, who directed the film and co-wrote the screenplay with fellow Australian Sheridan Jobbins, who accompanied him during a recent publicity trip to Denver and took p ... More >>

Britney Spears: a tribute

Hot on the heels of yesterday's announcement of Denver's finest hip-hop acts paying tribute to the finest in that genre's storied history, The Denver Art Rock Collective is paying tribute to the musical mastery of the one and only Britney Spears. Come again, now? Yes, that is right. Saturday, June ... More >>

Q&A with once and future Fleetwood Mac leader Lindsey Buckingham

Hot on the heels of yesterday's announcement of Denver's finest hip-hop acts paying tribute to the finest in that genre's storied history, The Denver Art Rock Collective is paying tribute to the musical mastery of the one and only Britney Spears. Come again, now? Yes, that is right. Saturday, June ... More >>

Trumpeter Nate Birkey returns to his roots at Nissi's

Hot on the heels of yesterday's announcement of Denver's finest hip-hop acts paying tribute to the finest in that genre's storied history, The Denver Art Rock Collective is paying tribute to the musical mastery of the one and only Britney Spears. Come again, now? Yes, that is right. Saturday, June ... More >>

Over the Weekend...Jason Vigil, Rob Drabkin, Reed Foehl, Joshua Novak, Gregory Alan Isakov, John Common, Tito del Barrio Malaga and Greg Harris Vibe Quintet @ Westword Music Showcase

Hot on the heels of yesterday's announcement of Denver's finest hip-hop acts paying tribute to the finest in that genre's storied history, The Denver Art Rock Collective is paying tribute to the musical mastery of the one and only Britney Spears. Come again, now? Yes, that is right. Saturday, June ... More >>

Best of Westword Winners: 1989

Hot on the heels of yesterday's announcement of Denver's finest hip-hop acts paying tribute to the finest in that genre's storied history, The Denver Art Rock Collective is paying tribute to the musical mastery of the one and only Britney Spears. Come again, now? Yes, that is right. Saturday, June ... More >>

Swift Response

Hot on the heels of yesterday's announcement of Denver's finest hip-hop acts paying tribute to the finest in that genre's storied history, The Denver Art Rock Collective is paying tribute to the musical mastery of the one and only Britney Spears. Come again, now? Yes, that is right. Saturday, June ... More >>

Humming Along

Abstracts from show tunes at William Havu, and abstracts with show tunes at Sandra Phillips.

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Impolitic Levity

The Avenue Theater uses The Fourth Wall as laffy taffy.

Cine Bon!

Remembering the films that heated up cinemas this year.

Encore

Remembering the films that heated up cinemas this year.

Encore

Remembering the films that heated up cinemas this year.

Lounge Wizard

Sondre Lerche puts plenty of fizz into his sophisticated brand of pop.

Jessica Williams/Bruce Barth

All Alone (MAXJAZZ)
Live at the Village Vanguard (MAXJAZZ)

You Must Remember This

Holy smokes! Only those with burning ambition will survive the 2002 Year in Review quiz.

Quarter-Century Recap

The DAM celebrates curator Dianne Vanderlip's 25-year reign.

Cheeky Fun

A high-spirited collection of sketches makes When Pigs Fly soar.

Elvis Costello

My Aim Is True

This Year's Model

Reexamine: Selections From My Aim Is True, Spike and All This Useless Beauty (Rhino)

Taking Flight

Legendary drummer Roy Haynes sings Bird's praises while creating his own legend.

Raise the Rufus

Rufus Wainwright thinks the world could use a little romance right now.

Cultural Stew

Danilo Perez rocks the Boulder Theater, while a local girl makes good at the Grammys.

Everything but the DJ

With Lazy Dog, English songwriter Ben Watt gets a modish makeover behind steel wheels.

Not Bryan's Songs

Roxy Music veteran Bryan Ferry sets the way-back machine for the 1930s.

Songs of the Century

Part one of a pre-millennial salute to the music that made America sing.

Practice Makes Perfect

Part one of a pre-millennial salute to the music that made America sing.

Feedback

Part one of a pre-millennial salute to the music that made America sing.

Feedback

Part one of a pre-millennial salute to the music that made America sing.

Chemistry Class

Part one of a pre-millennial salute to the music that made America sing.

Letters

Part one of a pre-millennial salute to the music that made America sing.

From Canada With Love

Ray Condo and His Richochets aren't Americans, but they love American music.

Lighter Than Air

On its new long-player, Helium gets ethereal.

Feedback

On its new long-player, Helium gets ethereal.

Striking Oil

The curative effect of the New Wizard Oil Combination.

Heavy, Man.

The ten worst concept albums of all time.

HOW SWELL IT IS

DENVER'S LOUNGE LIZARDS WERE ALL DRESSED UP WITH NO PLACE TO GO. ENTER THE KIT KAT CLUB.LET'S DO LOUNGE SINATRA SONGS, COCKTAIL PARTY CLOTHES AND CHAT GALORE--THEY'LL DRINK TO THAT.

WHINERS BEWARE

DENVER'S LOUNGE LIZARDS WERE ALL DRESSED UP WITH NO PLACE TO GO. ENTER THE KIT KAT CLUB.LET'S DO LOUNGE SINATRA SONGS, COCKTAIL PARTY CLOTHES AND CHAT GALORE--THEY'LL DRINK TO THAT.

TONY! TONY! TONY!

TONY BENNETT IS GETTING OLDER--AND BETTER.