Joan Baez

Joan Baez on her time in Denver and what it took to finally get over her stage fright

It took decades, but Joan Baez has finally overcome her stage fright. The legendary folk singer and activist, who initially found fame during the folk renaissance of the 1960s, partnering with Bob Dylan on stage and fighting for a wide range of causes into the '70s, '80s and '90s, says she's discove ... More >>

New Denver shows: Keith Urban, Lamb of God, John Mayer, Ke$ha and Pitbull and more

The biggest show announcement this week actually came last week -- talking about Prince at the Ogden, of course -- but there's a whole bunch of other new shows to let you know about this week, including Keith Urban at Red Rocks, Lamb of God at the Boulder Theater, John Mayer at Red Rocks and Ke$ha a ... More >>

Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Newcombe on Beck, living in Germany and Bright Channel

The Brian Jonestown Massacre (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater) has been through ups and downs since 1990. But through it all, singer and primary songwriter Anton Newcombe, has steered the band through releasing more great albums per decade than most bands have across entire career. For the unini ... More >>

Five misinformed rock songs

Of all the occupations listed on Bono's resume (humanitarian, hotel owner, British Knight, world bank advisor, anathema to any rock fan under thirty), one that has never been considered was historian. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 44 years ago today, an event the U2 singer attempted to ... More >>

R.I.P. Earl Scruggs, 6/26/24 - 3/28/12

Redefining an instrument and creating a new genre are rare musical feats, creative accomplishments that come once in a generation, at best. The death of Earl Eugene Scruggs on Wednesday at the age of 88 marked the passing of such an innovator, an American artist who built a brand new sound out of fo ... More >>

Harry Tuft on being inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame

Harry Tuft, slated to be inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame this Sunday, February 12, opened the Denver Folklore Center in 1962 and started promoting concerts a few years later, bringing in Joan Baez to Denver for the first time in 1964 and later bringing her to Red Rocks. In the early ... More >>

Review: Judas Priest at the 1STBANK Center, 11/5/11

Eric GruneisenRob Halford of Judas Priest: Still going strong after nearly 40 years. More Judas Priest Denver photos.JUDAS PRIEST, THIN LIZZY, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY At the 1STBANK CENTER | 11/5/11Somewhere early in the set, Rob Halford told us that the band was going to play material from all roughly ... More >>

A $10,000 Led Zeppelin shirt? The next ten highest-selling band T-shirts

​Grab the Guinness Book of World Records, because we've got a ridiculous tale to tell. Earlier this week, a man in Australia purchased a Led Zeppelin T-shirt for $10,000, making it the largest sum anyone has paid for a vintage band shirt. That doesn't mean there aren't shirts that are valued h ... More >>

Ringing of Revolution

Ladies of the Brown: The semi-secret history of a great hotel

​Evalyn Walsh McLean was famous for the blowouts she threw on short notice at the Brown Palace for Denver's society swells -- ice elephants filled with caviar, Bollinger '26, dance bands, the works. But in the depths of the Depression she took the Hope diamond to pawnshops to try to keep her p ... More >>

Neovak: Joshua Novak's Dead Letters is lush and sparkly

Grant Gordy's folk songs rely on a global palette of sounds

Tom Petty, KS107.5 Summer Jam, Chautauqua Auditorium shows announced

This year's Red Rocks line-up has been filling in rather nicely, and there's been a few more additions this week, including a second Sting date that's been added, Blues Traveler's annual Fourth of July show, the Barenaked Ladies, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Reggae on the Rocks, Celtic Woman and To ... More >>

Q&A with Jonson Kuhn of Jonny Woodrose & the Broken Hearted Woodpeckers

​In the short time Jonny Woodrose & the Broken-Hearted Woodpeckers have been together, the outfit has grown from being a bit of a joke band vehicle for singer Jonson Kuhn's humorous storytelling into one of the most engaging and fun Americana bands in the scene. The project's early shows consi ... More >>

This Just In 8/28-9/3

The Watson Twins

Monday, July 21, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Richie Havens

Thursday, December 13, Boulder Theater, Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Like a Complete Unknown

I'm Not There and the changing face of Bob Dylan on film.

Mavis Staples On The Main Line

Live Review: Dylan 66 at the Oriental

Live Review: Dylan 66 at the Oriental

Weed Killer

Hell to the Chief

Joan Baez

Greg Brown

Friday, December 16, and Saturday, December 17, Swallow Hill, 303-777-1003.

Cape of Good Hope

Black History Speaks

Shadow Theatre's Paul Robeson restores an American giant.

Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em

Politics enters the ring with Stories on Stage

Various Artists

The Folk Years: A Singers and Songwriters Collection (Time Life Music)

It Takes a Pillage

Bring me men! Okay, and some women, too.

War on War Songs

Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest

That's a Wrap-Up

Backbeat writers sound off on a few of their favorite musical things from 2002.

The Circle Is Unbroken

O Brother's success revealed Norman Blake's genius to a wide audience. Bluegrass fans have seen it all along.

Turn, Turn, Turn

Former Byrd Roger McGuinn wants to keep folk aloft.

Rock and Roll for Dummies

A recently exhumed handbook reveals the secrets to playing music and staying happy.

Night & Day

September 10 - 16, 1998

Letters

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Night & Day

April 30 - May 6, 1998

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The Gospel According to Ben Harper

A gifted performer reveals how to become a better musician: Work at it.

Fiddling About

The Fiddlin' Foresters are at home on the range.

Media Dar-ling

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Thrills for the week

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WOODSTOCK REDUX