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Caught in the Act

Q&A With Marco Benevento of the Benevento Russo Duo

Q&A with James Lumb of Electric Skychurch

Making the Waves

Christmas Packages

The best holiday discs, as well as others that will make you pity the yule.

Turkish Delight

Bandleader Sam Bivens brings six decades of jazz history to Turk's Supper Club.

Taking Flight

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

Beyond Playlist presents Xmas-rated, part four: Variety Packs

This year, we've wrapped our roundup of holiday albums a bit differently. Instead of delivering it to you in one big lump (like coal), we're parceling out the reviews online, with a blog each weekday through December 24 devoted to recordings in a different category. Part four features "Variety Pac ... More >>

Best chanteuse

This year, we've wrapped our roundup of holiday albums a bit differently. Instead of delivering it to you in one big lump (like coal), we're parceling out the reviews online, with a blog each weekday through December 24 devoted to recordings in a different category. Part four features "Variety Pac ... More >>

Q&A with Adele

British singer-songwriter Adele Adkins, who's in town for a sold-out show at the Bluebird Theater tonight, is having a moment. She's been nominated for four Grammy awards, including Song of the Year and Best New Artist, in conjunction with 19, an album named for her age upon the time of its releas ... More >>

Jessica Williams/Bruce Barth

British singer-songwriter Adele Adkins, who's in town for a sold-out show at the Bluebird Theater tonight, is having a moment. She's been nominated for four Grammy awards, including Song of the Year and Best New Artist, in conjunction with 19, an album named for her age upon the time of its releas ... More >>

Ayo Awosika

Hearts, Words and Other Forgotten Things
Self-released

Despite four Grammy nominations, Adele is figuring out how to be herself

Hearts, Words and Other Forgotten Things
Self-released

The Soundies of Yesteryear

The music that time forgot is in a warehouse in Colorado Springs.

The Jeff Hamilton Trio

Friday, December 12, and Saturday, December 13, Dazzle, 303-839-5100.

Bringing in the Reeves

With her own star on the rise, Dianne Reeves honors Sarah Vaughan in a rare hometown concert.

Club Directory

With her own star on the rise, Dianne Reeves honors Sarah Vaughan in a rare hometown concert.

City Sounds

A look at local recordings.

O'Day in the Life

Discover jazz singer Anita O'Day in an entertaining documentary.

Bygone Days

Discover jazz singer Anita O'Day in an entertaining documentary.

Night & Day

June 11 - 17, 1998

Sanity Claus

Separating holiday-music gifts from seasonal disorders.

Jazz It Up

Separating holiday-music gifts from seasonal disorders.

Westword Music Showcase 2006

Be there or be square!

Just One of Those Biopics

The songs are immortal, even if Porter pic isn't.

Just One of Those Biopics

The songs are immortal, even if Porter pic isn't.

Stop, Look, and Listen

The sounds of jazz erupt in quilted form

Bite Me

The Good, the Bad and the Uni

The Voyage Out

Jazz singer Nnenna Freelon has touched the “devil's music” with her own world-class style.

The RH Factor

Death comes calling jazz's legendary players.

Beyond Burns

A look at screen gems from the Denver Jazz on Film Festival.

Holidaze

Unwrapping our annual roundup of musical season's greetings -- and beatings.

Lady Sang the Blues

Monica Janzen had a great voice, a solid band and a new record. She also had breast cancer.

Judgment Day

Backbeat contributors offer up their favorite recordings of 1999.

Not Bryan's Songs

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

Red Alert

Red Rocks may or may not be sliding down the hill, but Friends of Red Rocks’ trust in the city is slipping away.

Who Stole Denver Burglar Alarm?

Stew Jackson let one of Denver's oldest family-owned businesses slip away, but his bands play on.

Stompin' at the Savoy

Stew Jackson let one of Denver's oldest family-owned businesses slip away, but his bands play on.

Good Kitty

Stew Jackson let one of Denver's oldest family-owned businesses slip away, but his bands play on.

Little Big Man

Sparks are flying between sculptor Ed Dwight and a former employee.

Christmas Seasoning

Hark! The Herald Angels are practically the only group without a holiday CD this year.

Taking Cake

Hark! The Herald Angels are practically the only group without a holiday CD this year.

Giving Until It Hurts

Great musical moments in Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon history.

Off Limits

Great musical moments in Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon history.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS

THE CITY OF DENVER HAS SUNK MORE THAN $2 MILLION INTO THE HISTORIC ROSSONIAN HOTEL. BUT CHECK OUT ITS ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

Q&A with Elizabeth Zilman of Elizabeth & the Catapult

​Elizabeth & the Catapult is a Brooklyn-based trio playing the kind of jazz-inflected pop music that is simultaneously soothing and thought provoking. The act's debut album, Tall Children, bears favorable comparison to the more adventurous pop songwriters of recent years like Suzanne Vega and ... More >>

Another restaurant world obit: Ben Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl

​ Ben Ali, co-founder and namesake of Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C., died Wednesday night at the age 82. Thursday morning, his joint -- the one that he has run for 51 years with his wife, Virginia, and their extended family, the one that has fed everyone from politicians, actors and r ... More >>

Here Comes Santa Claus

​ Ben Ali, co-founder and namesake of Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C., died Wednesday night at the age 82. Thursday morning, his joint -- the one that he has run for 51 years with his wife, Virginia, and their extended family, the one that has fed everyone from politicians, actors and r ... More >>

Lilly Scott joins Haeley Vaughn as Colorado's great American Idol hopes

Based on the edition of American Idol focusing on Denver auditions, we declared Fort Collins' Haeley Vaughn to be Colorado's great American Idol hope. (Of course, Bikini Boy Ty Hemmerling made a different kind of impression.) But last night's episode marking the beginning of Hollywood Week (and the ... More >>

American Idol: Lilly Scott and Haeley Vaughn move on to round two

America finally got a look at Ms. Lilly Scott last night on Idol. She got the nod from Simon Cowell and company to move forward to the next round of cuts after wowing them with a sterling rendition of "Lullaby of Birdland," a tune made famous by Ella Fitzgerald. If you ask us, Lilly did Ella justice ... More >>