Jerry Lee Lewis

Grammy Suckfest Celebrates Half Century of Lameness

Live Review: The Ideal Fathers, I’m a Boy, the Bluebird Equation at Larimer Lounge

Color Him Bluegrass

Del McCoury is one of the masters of a great American art form.

Monster Mash

For Monster Magnet's Dave Wyndorf, sex, drugs and rock and roll never went out of style.

Good Girls Do

Hard-rocking Kittie specializes in smashing expectations. Starting with yours.

Feast of Reason

Pleasure Forever indulges the senses in a dark, debauched sound.

Best Sunday Church Service Without the Church

Reverend Leon's Revival

Freeloader

The best in legitimate, artist-approved downloads.

Look Ahead

D.A. Pennebaker doesn't make history, but he's captured so much of it.

Soda Pop Kids Return

Ex-members of Kill City Thrillers, Scott Baio Army and Call Sign Cobra come back for a sort of homecoming.

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Leon Russell

Wednesday, May 31, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.

Hello, He's Not Johnny Cash

Walk the Line never strays from the dull telling of a tall tale.

Dresden Dolls

Wednesday, October 12, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Song Cyclist

Marshall Chapman spins a yarn

That's the Spirit

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

Say That You'll Be True

Dale Hawkins remains faithful to “Susie Q” and roots rock. No matter what the cost.

Playlist

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

A LaFave Rave

Jimmy LaFave upholds American musical tradition one song at a time.

Playlist

Jimmy LaFave upholds American musical tradition one song at a time.

Fight, Team, Fight!

Jimmy LaFave upholds American musical tradition one song at a time.

No Synthetics Allowed

The musical fabric of the Ray-Ons.

A Blast From the Past

Onetime Blasters guitarist Dave Alvin makes tradition sound new again.

Cash on the Barrelhead

After a period of obscurity, Johnny Cash is once again a wanted man.

He's Got His Mojo Workin'

How onetime Denver resident Kirby McMillan Jr. was transformed into Mojo Nixon.

Off Limits

How onetime Denver resident Kirby McMillan Jr. was transformed into Mojo Nixon.

Not-So-Young Turks

The New Bomb Turks are hitting harder because they're hitting slower.

Mystery Man

Who is Ralph Gean, and why is he the latest hero of Denver's musical underground?

Feedback

Who is Ralph Gean, and why is he the latest hero of Denver's musical underground?

Rock's Roles

Hardrock Gunter: From rockabilly pioneer to insurance agent to rock-and-roll legend.

THE LAZY COWGIRLS GET BUSY

Hardrock Gunter: From rockabilly pioneer to insurance agent to rock-and-roll legend.

THRILLS

Hardrock Gunter: From rockabilly pioneer to insurance agent to rock-and-roll legend.

SPENCER FOR HIRE

LIGHTING IT UP WITH THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION.

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LIGHTING IT UP WITH THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION.

ALL HAIL DICK DALE

THE KING OF THE SURF GUITAR IS BACK ON THE BOARD.

Bree Davies attempts to Justify My Love of R. Kelly

Terry Richardson​Okay, we all have some skeletons in our closet, shit we dig -- be it music, movies or television shows -- that we'd just as soon nobody else knew about. "Guilty pleasures" is what most people term these sort of inclinations. Well, here at Backbeat, there's no shame in our game ... More >>

Five careers Jack White could help revive next

​Jack White has been a busy bee lately, producing records for Loretta Lynn, Wanda Jackson and now, Jerry Lee Lewis. We're starting to get the feeling he might view himself as a sort of Rick Rubin-type character, but instead of making older musicians darker and more introspective, he's just mak ... More >>

Five infamous monuments named after musicians of questionable moral character

Kurt Cobain​How do you honor a musician when awards and certifications aren't enough? By naming something in his honor, of course -- be it a bridge, a street, an asteroid or even a whole day after the guy. But in naming something after a musician, it's easy to forget that while in some cases t ... More >>