Garth Brooks

Mitch Mayers, exec chef of Black Pearl, on Mohawks and Agio

Mitch Mayers Black Pearl 1529 South Pearl Street 303-777-0500 www.blackpearldenver.com This is part one of my interview with Mitch Mayers, exec chef of Black Pearl; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. Mitch Mayers wanted to cook; his parents insisted that he go to Cornell. He negotiate ... More >>

Katy Perry's "Kathy" the latest rockstar alter-ego

Is that you, Katy Perry?​It's no secret Katy Perry has a wicked sense of comedic timing. Remember when her Sesame Street appearance didn't air and she donned a skin-tight Elmo t-shirt and bounced around on Saturday Night Live as Maureen the sixteen-year-old who just hit puberty (and hard)? No ... More >>

Beatles on iTunes? Big deal. There's still a number of artists missing

​Last week, the Beatles finally caved into to the digital model, joining other once-holdouts like Pink Floyd and Metallica on iTunes. There are two reasons why artists are still withholding their music from iTunes: They want full-album/no-single purchases, and they want more money.

Never can say goodbye: Five acts who can say retired, but just can't seem to stay retired

Here's why some fans have reasonable doubts when they hear an artist say they're retiring.​With the regular football season getting ready to kick off, Brett Favre has once again pulled a fast one and decided to return for one more season. Sure, he can say retired; he just can't seem to stay re ... More >>

DJ Mu$a on living in Brixton, playing in Paris with Saul Williams and being an envelope-pusher

Paul Winner​ Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats (and kittens) behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumbl ... More >>

Delegating Denver #40 of 56: Oklahoma

Grizzly Rose

Country with a capital C.

Q&A With Cody Canada of Cross Canadian Ragweed

Taylor Swift

This songstress is the best underage songwriter to emerge from Music Row in decades.

myPod

Finding more local bang for the byte.

Darrell Scott

Sunday, July 23, Boulder Theater, Boulder, 303-786-7030.

And the Winners Are...

Feeling the love at the Westword Music Showcase Awards.

Cowboy Up

We just can't quit this countrified Karaoke.

Josh Gracin

Friday, February 24, Grizzly Rose, 303-295-1330.

The Beatdown

In which yours truly auditions for Gimme the Mike.

The Beatdown

The good, the bad and the ugly of neo-country.

Best Zoot Suits

Suavecito's

Youth of the Nation

Country-radio pros gather in Colorado to search for ways to seduce a younger generation.

Jorma Kaukonen

Blue Country Heart (Columbia)

Hank Williams III

Lovesick, Broke and...Driftin' (Curb)

Buddy & Julie Miller

Buddy & Julie Miller (HighTone)

Best Room With a View

The Dome

They Right the Songs

A group of area songwriters gathers to improve their tunes -- and take a shot at the bigtime.

Marty Stuart, Rodney Crowell, Billy Joe Shaver, the O'Kanes, Joy Lynn White, Shelby Lynne

Let There Be Country, Keys to the Kingdom, Life Is Messy, Salt of the Earth, The Only Years, Between Midnight & Hindsight, Epic Recordings (Lucky Dog)

That's Kinky!

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

Pop Goes the Country

Who's changed more -- Trisha Yearwood or country music?

Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time

Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time
Murder on Music Row
(Shell Point Records)

Time of the Season

This year's holiday CDs alternately inspire joy, nausea and terror. Which would you prefer?

Playlist

Puff Daddy, Leo Kottke, Prince, Garth Brooks as Chris Gaines

More Songs of the Century

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

Growing Up in Public

Mike Ness makes an album without so much Social Distortion.

Seasoned Performers

Salt-N-Pepa are still capable of spicing up your life.

Cool and Unusual Punishment

The Major and the Minor

A roundup of big-name recordings that live up (or down) to expectations.

Are You Sure Hank Done It That Way?

An essential boxed set shows what was right about Hank Williamsand what's wrong about country music today.

Night & Day

October 15 - 21, 1998

After Further Review

Putting the season's major releases to the test.

Feedback

Variety, Country Style

On two new reissues, a pair of C&W legends refuse to paint by the numbers.

Feedback

Sliding Home

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

Thrills for the week

Feedback

JUST SAY NOEL

THIS YEAR'S CHRISTMAS DISCS PROVIDE SOME ROUGH SLEDDING.

DIAL "M" FOR MEDIOCRE

WE'VE JUST LISTENED TO EVERY RADIO STATION IN DENVER--AND BOY, DO OUR EARS HURT.

PLAYLIST

ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SINGERS!

THE KINGS OF CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC BELIEVE THAT THEIR PRAYERS ARE ABOUT TO BE ANSWERED.

HONOR THY AUTHORS

PLAYLIST

HORSE SENSE

16 HORSEPOWER REVS UP THE LATEST IN COUNTRY PUNK.