Dwight Yoakam

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That's Kinky!

Kinky Friedman is an author/musician/Jewish cowboy like no other.

Jim Lauderdale

The Other Sessions (Dualtone Nashville)

Always a Bridesmaid

Skirt-chasing Vince Vaughn is Wedding Crashers' master of ceremonies.

Dwight Yoakam

Population Me (Audium Entertainment)

Arabian Bar

Not everything has changed in Highland.

Muzak to My Ears

Elevator music is looking up.

Dwight Yoakam

Tomorrow's Sounds Today (Reprise)

The 'Rail Thing

The Derailers bring the Bakersfield sound into the Nineties.

Slight Club

Stuck in the Panic Room, David Fincher takes us to a most familiar place.

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

He Will Bury You

Tommy Lee Jones keeps his promise to Melquiades Estrada.

Down-Home Delights

Ten of the best from Nashville and elsewhere.

Moot Davis

Thursday, December 9, Bender's Tavern, 303-861-7070; Friday, December 10, Oskar Blues Brewery, Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Tony Furtado

These Chains (Funzalo Records)

Full Circle

After a year of renewal, Hall-of-Famer Jim Ibbotson gets down to the Nitty Gritty.

That's a Wrap-Up

Backbeat writers sound off on a few of their favorite musical things from 2002.

That's the Spirit

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

The Latest Noels

'Tis the season to rate another avalanche of holiday discs.

Feel His Pain

Billy Bob has a simple plan: to sing about life and lovin' his wife.

Onward Through It All

Jim Lauderdale has fought his way through the dregs of Nashville and emerged as a country keeper.

On the Records

Backbeat contributors reflect on the releases that helped them survive the year 2000.

Ransom Notes

Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their “free” music?

Various Artists

Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe
(Skaggs Family Records)

Long Way Back

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

Judgment Day

Backbeat contributors offer up their favorite recordings of 1999.

Honky-Tonkin'

Two-steppin' through a slew of recent country releases.

Playlist

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

Less Than Zero

The Minus Man doesn't equal the sum of its parts.

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.

Music for the Holidaze

Digging out from a blizzard of seasonal CD releases.

Sliding Home

Lee Roy Parnell thought that slide guitar had a place in country music. He was right.

Slice of Life

Lee Roy Parnell thought that slide guitar had a place in country music. He was right.

Straight From the 'Harts

How the Dalhart Imperials have become roots-music royalty.

Feedback

How the Dalhart Imperials have become roots-music royalty.

Playing the Classics

How the Dalhart Imperials have become roots-music royalty.

The Shed Spread

This summer's outdoor-concert season was the weakest in years. Doesn't anyone want to hear music outside anymore?

Thrills for the week

This summer's outdoor-concert season was the weakest in years. Doesn't anyone want to hear music outside anymore?

The Rebirth of Emmylou Harris

The vocalist reinvents herself on a new album.

THRILLS

The vocalist reinvents herself on a new album.

THRILLS

The vocalist reinvents herself on a new album.

When music meets movies: Ten Great Hollywood Decisions

​All right, a few weeks ago we offered up our take on the ten worst moments of crossover disaster, ill-advised efforts to mate movies with music. Now it's time to look at the flip side of the coin, the ten movies in which music and Hollywood made great bedfellows, outstanding cinematic turns that ... More >>

The Skylark doubles your pleasure with twenty beers

​All right, a few weeks ago we offered up our take on the ten worst moments of crossover disaster, ill-advised efforts to mate movies with music. Now it's time to look at the flip side of the coin, the ten movies in which music and Hollywood made great bedfellows, outstanding cinematic turns that ... More >>

Byrne, Baby, Byrne

​All right, a few weeks ago we offered up our take on the ten worst moments of crossover disaster, ill-advised efforts to mate movies with music. Now it's time to look at the flip side of the coin, the ten movies in which music and Hollywood made great bedfellows, outstanding cinematic turns that ... More >>

Skiing for Dummies

​All right, a few weeks ago we offered up our take on the ten worst moments of crossover disaster, ill-advised efforts to mate movies with music. Now it's time to look at the flip side of the coin, the ten movies in which music and Hollywood made great bedfellows, outstanding cinematic turns that ... More >>

This Weekend In Stoke: Top five reasons to load your ski gear and head for the hills

​Why should you get out of Denver and head for the hills this weekend? Let me count the ways.

Mark Chesnutt

Friday, June 10, Grizzly Rose, 303-295-2353.