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Rebecca Folsom on cover of Women's Magazine

Boulder singer-songwriter, Rebecca Folsom, also one half of the duo known as Rhythm Angels, whose disc was reviewed in last week's issue, is slated to appear on the February cover of Women's Magazine, a publication based in the People's Republic that focuses on -- you guessed it -- women. Folsom and ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, January 21 edition

You sure about that? Today in Backbeat Online: • The Fluid at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey. • Wiretap documentary tells story of jailed Colorado hip-hop producer. • 3Oh!3 gets key to the city. • The Dead announces Denver date. • Rebecca Folsom on the cover of Women's Magazine. Toda ... More >>

Week in review: 1/19/09 - 1/23/09

From Leftover Salmon's Bill McKay being arrested to Swayback adding Adam Tymn from Vaux to its line-up to Frontside Five and 29th St. Disciples landing record deals, there was tons happening this week. The biggest and perhaps most stunning item of the week, however, has to be news of the unfortunate ... More >>

Asked and Answered

Do you have what it takes to beat the brainiacs?

Rhythm Angels

Girls Like Us
High Horse Records

The Little Station That Could

Boulder's KGNU finds a way to survive in the cutthroat radio world.

Cash Crop

Walk the line with Rusty Evans.

Kill the Messenger

The tragic death of one of America's most important investigative journalists

Westword Music Showcase 2006

Be there or be square!

Diamonds in the Rough

Rick Rubin put the polish on Neil Diamond's new disc. Who's next?

All Balled Up

The shootout between CU and CSU erupts again this Saturday.

Bringing Down the Brotherhood

Inside the feds’ war on the country’s deadliest prison gang: 16 murders, 21 death-penalty cases, and snitches galore.

Off Limits

Walk softly and carry a big shtick

Rebecca Folsom

Shine

Letters to the Editor

From the week of April 8, 2004

Justice, Boulder Style

The county will soon have its first new DA in 28 years. But in order for justice to be done, former cop Steve Thomas thinks the office needs a complete overhaul.

Judgment Day

Backbeat contributors offer up their favorite recordings of 1999.

Honky-Tonkin'

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

Music by the Pound

The Pound Boys' DJ Dealer is keeping the beat in Denver and beyond.

On the Good Foot

Funkster Rick James learns how hard it is to remain hip.

Feedback

Funkster Rick James learns how hard it is to remain hip.

Feedback

Funkster Rick James learns how hard it is to remain hip.

Thrills for the week

Funkster Rick James learns how hard it is to remain hip.

Feedback

Funkster Rick James learns how hard it is to remain hip.

THRILLS

Funkster Rick James learns how hard it is to remain hip.

THRILLS

Funkster Rick James learns how hard it is to remain hip.

MILKING THE RAMS

CSU SHOPS AROUND FOR WAYS TO STUFF ITS PIGSKIN WALLET.

MCCARTNEY'S GREATEST HITS

CSU SHOPS AROUND FOR WAYS TO STUFF ITS PIGSKIN WALLET.

OFF LIMITS

CSU SHOPS AROUND FOR WAYS TO STUFF ITS PIGSKIN WALLET.

It takes a Village...

​ Why am I here? I'm squeezed into a booth, my eyes reduced to bloodshot slits staring into the middle of nowhere. I can't be here for the food or the atmosphere. I have no real connection with the place and don't especially care about its history, so I'm not here for any of those reasons, eit ... More >>

Aurora terror suspect lawyers up, gets media-friendly

Najibbullah Zazi as he appeared on 9News.​Yesterday, following raids on a number of residences in Queens, New York, word surfaced that an Aurora man was the focus of a federal terrorism probe. No one would have been surprised if the suspect, Najibbullah Zazi, a cab driver based in Aurora, had ... More >>

Malcolm Gladwell hates Denver's One Book selection

​The selection of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird for this year's "One Book, One Denver" city-wide book club program must have seemed like a safe bet politically. The book's long been entombed in the shrine of high literature, a staple among middle-school curricula everywhere. Plus, this ye ... More >>

A half dozen prison songs for Charlie Sheen's "Aspen vacation"

​With Charlie Sheen's upcoming jail sentence for domestic abuse getting whittled down by the minute, the Two and a Half Men star may wind up with a slap on the wrist for slapping his wife. The latest report says that Sheen could possibly serve his 30-day sentence for felony menacing, misdemean ... More >>

Rebecca Folsom's home thus far spared by Fourmile Canyon fire

​Earlier this week, there was some fear and uncertainty as to whether local singer-songwriter Rebecca Folsom was one of the unfortunate folks to have lost her home to the devastating and still burning Fourmile Canyon Fire. Evidently, Folsom was told initially that her house was one of the one ... More >>

Rebecca Folsom reflects on the "Smoke and Tears" of the Fourmile Canyon Fire

​Received a heartening update from Rebecca Folsom, whose plight we first shared during the devastating Fourmile Canyon fire a few weeks ago. Folsom and her family, as you might recall, faced moments of uncertainty during the fire when early word seemed to indicate that her home was destroyed b ... More >>

Rebecca Folsom, Mary Huckins and Hazel Miller collaborate on Wild Women of the West

​When Rebecca Folsom began working on fundraisers with Blue Sky Bridge, an advocacy group for abused children, the event she played was called Acoustic Harvest. "That was probably about ten years ago," Folsom notes. "I came in as a musician and ended up being pretty blown away by what these gu ... More >>

Review: Roger Daltrey at 1STBANK Center, 10/16/11

Chip KalbackRoger Daltrey last night at 1STBANK Center​ROGER DALTREY at 1STBANK CENTER | 10/16/11Shortly after Roger Daltrey belted out the last note during his full performance of the Who's 1969 album Tommy in Broomfield last night, the legendary frontman summed up the record's significance. ... More >>

Tossa opens today in Boulder

​Boulder has welcomed several wood-fired pizza joints in the last couple of years, and it's not exactly short on Italian restaurants, either. So we were curious how Tossa, which signed a lease on a place near Folsom and Arapahoe two months ago, would differentiate itself from the rest.

Kenneth Cline allegedly crashed drunk in truck with STAYCLN license plate

Big photo below.​A vanity license plate reading STAYCLN hints at several possible interpretations. A desire to keep the vehicle nice and shiny, perhaps, or maybe a suggestion to others to watch their language. But if Kenneth Cline also saw it as a sign to stay sober, he may have to reconsider ... More >>

Colorado's smallest ski companies are going big

Big photo below.​A vanity license plate reading STAYCLN hints at several possible interpretations. A desire to keep the vehicle nice and shiny, perhaps, or maybe a suggestion to others to watch their language. But if Kenneth Cline also saw it as a sign to stay sober, he may have to reconsider ... More >>

Hipp-E and Greg Eversoul: "When we tag-team, it comes out in our sound and in what we do"

Hipp-E​Arguably the biggest DJ ever to come out of Denver, Eric Galaviz aka Hipp-E made his bones promoting and deejaying at some of the earliest raves in Colorado. After leaving his indelible mark on our city, he moved to San Diego in the '90s, where he became an influential part of the West ... More >>