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Gil Asakawa, Westword's original music editor, remembers legendary promoter Barry Fey

By Gil Asakawa I first visited the offices of Feyline, Barry Fey's concert promotions company, in the early 1980s when I was music editor for Westword. I had become friends with Feyline's publicist, Mark Bliesener, and I would go over to the office to get the skinny on upcoming shows. That's when I ... More >>

The ten best concerts in Denver this week

JOE BONAMASSA @ BELLCO THEATRE | TUES, 4/23/13 Joe Bonamassa is a nouveau bluesman who favors a hybrid blues-rock sound that employs simple song structures and puts the emphasis on powerful fretwork, an approach that nods to a distinctive era of the 1960s, when British players such as John Mayall, J ... More >>

The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Are You Experienced turns 45

When he came storming onto the scene, Jimi Hendrix made weepy children out of the world's best guitar players, bringing a primal sexuality and grace to his playing that only a true master of the craft could muster. Guitarists like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Pete Townsend had spent nearly the whole ... More >>

White Rabbits: "It was more important to be emotionally visceral and in the moment'"

White Rabbits (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater) moved from Columbia, Missouri to Brooklyn within a year of forming in 2004. The group's music had, from the beginning, an ineffably energetic spirit that could be heard by broader audiences first with its 2007 debut album, Fort Nightly. But it was ... More >>

David Ellefson of Megadeth: "We had punk attitude with metal chops"

Megadeth (due tonight at the Fillmore Auditorium) may be one of the Big Four of thrash, but in many ways, its frontman Dave Mustaine is largely responsible for the sound and aesthetic of three of the Big Four. As a member of Metallica before that band recorded its first full-length, Mustaine's name ... More >>

The 54th Grammys: who will win (Adele) and who won't (Lady Gaga)

From power pop to power ballads, rock anthems to rap staples, the nominees of the 54th Grammy Awards, which airs this Sunday night, sees no dearth of great music. There's little doubt that it will be Adele's night, but others, like Kanye West and Mumford & Sons, could win big too. Continue reading f ... More >>

Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

​Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: Guns N' Roses is at 1STBANK Center in December, and in January, Wilco's at the Fillmore and the Jayhawks are due at the Ogden. Air Dubai, Gauntlet Hair, Ian Cooke and Jonny Barber & the Living Deads all got some spins on local rad ... More >>

Beaver Fever! Sherri Tippe gives a dam about Colorado's beaver population

Video: Sherri Tippie leads a beaver-trapping mission

Adam Stern

High Country Gentlemen
Self-released

Trombone Shorty on Backatown, growing up in New Orleans and touring with Lenny Kravitz

​ A year before Trombone Shorty (aka Troy Andrews) scored a number jazz album with his major label debut, he was already sparring with lions. Just check out the eight-minute YouTube clip of the young Shorty trading trumpet licks with Wynton Marsalis at the House of the Blues in New Orleans.

Jeff Beck, Katy Perry, Snow Ball Music Festival shows announced. Tix on sale this weekend.

​Les Paul has been a long-time inspiration for Jeff Beck, and last summer, Beck paid tribute to the legendary guitarist on what would have been Paul's 95th birthday. Beck's two performances at New York's Iridium Jazz Club, where Paul performed for fourteen years until his death of August 200 ... More >>

Cypress Hill, Willie Nelson, Natalie Merchant top sellers at local record stores

​While no specific artist dominated sales across the board at local record stores for the week ending April 25, Natalie Merchant's Leave Your Sleep, Cypress Hill's Rise Up Willie Nelson's Country Music claimed the top spots at Albums on the Hill, Independent Records and Twist & Shout, respect ... More >>

Flaming Lips, Rolling Stones top sellers at local record stores

​While the Flaming Lips and Stardeath & the White Dwarfs' fascinating interpretation of the Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon has been available on iTunes since December, the colored vinyl version, released on Record Store Day, took the top spot at Twist & Shout and came in third at Independe ... More >>

Bonnaroo 2010 lineup revealed: Chromeo with Daryl Hall, Stevie Wonder, the Avett Brothers, Against Me!, Kings of Leon, Dave Matthews Band and more...

As if we didn't already have enough reason to find our way to Tennesee to catch the Flaming Lips playing Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety, we now have even more incentive -- namely, Chromeo with Daryl Hall and Stevie Wonder!

"Add It Up" and Get Your Irish Up at Scruffy Murphy's

Mile High Music Fest Live Reviews: Day One

Aaron Thackeray See photos of Day One's fans on the slideshow page. It's here: The second edition of the Mile High Music Fest is underway, and our gaggle of writers and photogs are shvitzing their way around the grounds to bring you ongoing, as-close-to-live-as-my-fingers-allow coverage of Denver ... More >>

Mile High Music Festival Q&A: Davy Knowles

In an industry littered with tween pop stars and Disney Channel minions, it's refreshing to come across an artist whose work isn't a medley of foot-tapping drivel swathed with AutoTune. Equipped with awe-inducing guitar skills and a hauntingly intense wail, 22-year-old Davy Knowles is quickly making ... More >>

Q&A with the Church's Marty Wilson-Piper

Twenty-nine years into its career, the Church recently released Untitled #23, one of its most accomplished works in an already remarkable string of albums over the last decade. We had a chance to have a candid conversation about the band's music, the true meaning of artistic significance and its daz ... More >>

Friday Rap-Up: Scribble Jam, Run-DMC, Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z

Tavern 13

How to get chicks, in one easy lesson.

Joe Bonamassa

This blues revisionist insists that the genre must progress or die out.

Imogen Heap

This singer-songwriter is a child prodigy turned adult prodigy.

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Buddy Plan

Blues master Buddy Guy searches for a place in today's music industry.

Elliot Holden Group

Monday, February 20, Sancho's Broken Arrow, 1-866-464-2626.

Go Getters

Just because the Go hails from Detroit doesn't mean it's stuck in the garage.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Take Them On, On Your Own (Virgin)

Break Like the Wind

Spinal Tap tapped, the Folksmen turn it way down from 11.

Holidaze

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

The Sideman

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acknowledges Scotty Moore, the guitarist behind the King.

Rock and Roll Is the Question

With Pearlcopper, guitarist Mark Spiewak is already a legend in his own mind.

Getting Out of the Led

Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones goes it alone.

In His Life

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

Booker's Booking

Thanks to the swing trend, David Booker is very much in demand--again.

The Train Rolls On

Rockabilly innovator Paul Burlison is back from a forty-year hiatus.

Music for the Holidaze

Digging out from a blizzard of seasonal CD releases.

Trick of the Trade

Would someone please try to cheer up Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen?

The Missing Link

Link Wray virtually invented modern-rock guitar. So why haven't you heard of him?

No Regular Guy

The rise, fall and rise of blues guitarist Buddy Guy.

THRILLS

RUSH'S HOUR

THE TIME MAY FINALLY HAVE COME FOR OTIS RUSH.

MIX AND MATCH

HOW TO PICK THE PERFECT SUMMER CONCERT FOR YOU.

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