Leo Kottke

Live Review: Animal Collective at Cervantes'

Review: Animal Collective @ Cervantes

How Playing the Guitar Saved Leo Kottke's Life

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Birds of a Feder

Classical acoustician Janet Feder takes flight with a flock of musical surprises.

This Just In 11/27-12-3

Shawn Colvin joins Hot Rize and Leo Kottke at the RootsFest.  Not too much shaking this week with concert announcements, but there's good news for acoustic and bluegrass fans: tickets for Swallow Hill's RootsFest (known as the Denver Folk & Roots Music Festival for the past two years) conce ... More >>

Irish I May, Irish I Might

Phil Coulter doesn't just wear green on St. Patrick'd Day.

Leo Kottke, Shawn Colvin highlight RootsFest

Swallow Hill just released the lineup for its third annual RootsFest, coming Saturday, March 28, to the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. The highlights of the show are the legendary Leo Kottke and Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Shawn Colvin. Also appearing are the Boulder Acoustic Society, Hot Rize, T ... More >>

Rickie Lee Jones co-headlines RootsFest tomorrow

Rickie Lee Jones was just tapped to co-headline Swallow Hill's RootsFest with Hot Rize and Leo Kottke tomorrow night at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Shawn Colvin, who was originally scheduled to perform, had to back out due to an unforeseen family emergency. Other acts at the fest include Tallest ... More >>

Night & Day

August 27 - September 2, 1998

Kelly Joe Phelps

Friday, September 14, Swallow Hill Music Association, 303-777-1003.

Meet a Real Guitar Hero

Leo Kottke’s unmatched technique confounds and delights.

Hemi Cuda Is Back on the Streets

Karen Exley and Anika Zappe’s badass new album will drive you wild.

Westword Music Showcase 2006

Be there or be square!

How to survive...a long, hot summer

Thirteen weeks of quirky, offbeat, gloriously Colorado entertainment.

Critic's Choice

Robert Eldridge

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

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Cold Fusion

Colder Than Fargo's brittle compositions thrive in spite of the frozen terrain that frames them.

Dry Wit

Leo Kottke keeps on pluckin'

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Leo Kottke keeps on pluckin'

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Keller Williams

Phish Out of Water

Jon Fishman gets swept up in Pork Tornado.

Business Unusual

The String Cheese Incident's sunny music has earned it fans all over the world. Its six companies have earned millions.

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

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

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

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

Thrills for the week

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

Music Showcase, Take Three

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

Thrills for the week

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

Letters

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

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

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

WALKER ON THE WILD SIDE

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

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

KOTTKE IN THE ACT

GUITARIST LEO KOTTKE COMES TO BOULDER TO PERFORM HIS NEXT ALBUM.

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GUITARIST LEO KOTTKE COMES TO BOULDER TO PERFORM HIS NEXT ALBUM.

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GUITARIST LEO KOTTKE COMES TO BOULDER TO PERFORM HIS NEXT ALBUM.

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GUITARIST LEO KOTTKE COMES TO BOULDER TO PERFORM HIS NEXT ALBUM.

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GUITARIST LEO KOTTKE COMES TO BOULDER TO PERFORM HIS NEXT ALBUM.

Widespread Panic, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Pretty Lights shows announced

​Another half dozen new shows were added to the Red Rocks schedule, including John Mayer, Paramore, STS9, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Pretty Lights and Widespread Panic, who will be at the venue from Friday, June 25 through Sunday, June 27, a month after its eleventh studio album, Dirty Side Down, hit ... More >>

Mile Highlights: Shows announced/on sale this week, local radio playlists and top local sellers

​ Here's what's good in the Mile High City this week. On the concert front: Besides the back-to-back Mumford & Sons dates we told you about yesterday, we have word on the Cars and Taylor Swift shows, as well as Hudson Gardens and Mishawaka's summer lineups. Meanwhile on local radio, Veronica, ... 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: On the concert front, December shows by Beats Antique and Pretty Lights were announced. On local radio specialty shows, Veronica, Vices I Admire, INCA and Hazel Miller all got some spins. Meanwhile, at our local record stores, new and re ... More >>

Weekend's best live bets: Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks and more

Atmosphere makes history tonight by headlining Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks, the first wintertime concert in the history of Red Rocks. Are you ready? This is a weekend to remember. Tonight for the first time ever, the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre will add to its renown by hosting the first ever ... More >>

Leo Kottke: "I just never thought it would be a job but it turned into one"

Photo courtesy Jan Martin Leo Kottke (due tonight at the Boulder Theater) is a legendary and beloved master of finger picking guitar and a gifted raconteur. He got his start with John Fahey's Takoma Records in the late '60s, and he's been releasing noteworthy albums of some of the most inventive an ... More >>