Subject: Mariah Carey

• Delegating Denver #36 of 56: New York

  March 24, 2008

• Q&A with Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson of the Roots

  May 28, 2008

• Monolith Festival Live Blog, Day 2

  September 15, 2008

• Rap Gets Puffy

  Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs fathers a return to hip-hop pop.

  October 2, 1997

• Keep On Rockin', Baby

  Guitarist Shannon Curfman brings something new to the teen craze. It's called talent.

  February 24, 2000

• He Done It

  His song dares to challenge the Nashville money machine. Somehow, though, songwriter Larry Cordle has gotten away with Murder.

  September 28, 2000

• Hunger Strike

  Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

  December 6, 2001

• Q&A with Adele

  British singer-songwriter Adele Adkins, who's in town for a sold-out show at the Bluebird Theater tonight, is having a moment. She's been nominated for four Grammy awards, including Song of the Year and Best New Artist, in conjunction with 19, an album named for her age upon the time of its release. But in the following Q&A, conducted for this week's Westword profile, she doesn't put on airs. Indeed, she's consistently funny, boisterous and down to earth enough to admit that she enjoys the tho

  January 22, 2009

• Off Limits

  September 27, 2001

• Backwash

  May 29, 2003

• Jessica Simpson

  July 15, 2004

• The Beatdown

  August 5, 2004

• Despite four Grammy nominations, Adele is figuring out how to be herself

  January 22, 2009

• After Further Review

  Putting the season's major releases to the test.

  December 18, 1997

• Rockumentary

  Music biopics Hollywood won't make.

  December 14, 2006

• Midtown Beat/Armida’s

  Indulge your inner songbird.

  December 7, 2006

• Satoshi Tomiie

  The Church

  March 9, 2006

• Critical Fatwa

  Mariah Carey

  October 27, 2005

• How to Survive...Being Stuck in I-70 Traffic

  Entertain yourself -- if not others -- with these handy roadside games.

  June 2, 2005

• Kaskade

  Tuesday, May 24, Vinyl, 303-860-8469.

  May 19, 2005

• Think Distinct

  This summer's movies could withstand the drought.

  June 12, 2003

• An Either Ore Situation

  Titanium, the king of metals, scraps for a home in Denver.

  April 11, 2002

• Bang to Hype

  At SXSW, it's all about the buzz, not the Buzz Band.

  March 28, 2002

• Holidaze

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

  December 14, 2000

• Lady Sang the Blues

  Monica Janzen had a great voice, a solid band and a new record. She also had breast cancer.

  December 7, 2000

• Join the Club

  Any Dick or Harry can get funky with the Tom Tom Club's first recording in eight years.

  October 19, 2000

• A Joyful Noise

  Golden pipes -- not a genie in a bottle -- helped fifteen-year-old Rachael Lampa land a lucrative record deal and a rare position in the world of Christian pop.

  August 3, 2000

• Getting Martinized

  Your friends and neighbors have caught Ricky fever. Are you next?

  December 2, 1999

• More Songs of the Century

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

  July 8, 1999

• Playlist

  January 21, 1999

• Getting Big

  Ex-Denver DJ Big Jon Platt on how to succeed in business by really, really trying.

  October 22, 1998

• Damn (Good) Yankees

  July 30, 1998

• Music for the Holidaze

  Digging out from a blizzard of seasonal CD releases.

  December 11, 1997

• Feedback

  June 6, 1996

• THE ENVELOPE PLEASE

  HERE'S WHAT GRAMMY HOPEFULS SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR.

  January 17, 1996

• JUST SAY NOEL

  THIS YEAR'S CHRISTMAS DISCS PROVIDE SOME ROUGH SLEDDING.

  December 13, 1995

• THE UGLY TRUTH

  THE ROCK-AND-ROLLERS WHOSE FACES COULD STOP A CLOCK. UGLY A LOOK AT THE MOST FRIGHTENING FACES IN ROCK AND ROLL.

  January 4, 1995

• YULE'S GOLD

  THE GOOD, THE BAND AND THE UGLY CHRISTMAS ALBUMS FOR 1994.

  December 21, 1994

• SHLOCK OF THE NEW

  November 2, 1994

• SHE AIN'T HEAVY

  SHE'S THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES' N'DEA DAVENPORT, A SOUL SONGSTRESS FOR THE NINETIES.

  August 17, 1994

• When Rock 'n' Roll meets Hollywood: Ten Awful Decisions

  ​ Taking Woodstock is in theaters Friday. Maybe it will be really good, or maybe taking a stand-up comedian and sticking him in a semi-dramatic movie about Woodstock that doesn't feature any -- any! -- musical performances is a terrible idea. Still, rock 'n' roll and Hollywood have been ugly, messy bedfellows since both things started, and Taking Woodstock would have to work pretty hard to do worse than any of these moments of crossover disaster. You may notice an overabundance of selec

  August 27, 2009

• Mariah Carey grabs top spot at Independent Records

  ​Mariah Carey's Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, released last week on Island, grabbed the top spot at Independent Records for the week ending October 4. Black Give Way to Blue, Alice in Chain's first album with new singer William DuVall, and Dethklok's Dethalbum II claimed the second and third slots, while Fiver Finger Death Punch's War is the Answer and Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  October 7, 2009

• Avett Brothers top seller at Bart's CD Cellar

  ​The Avett Brothers' I and Love and You, released last week on American Recordings, grabbed the top spot at Bart's CD Cellar for the week ending October 4. Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 and Alice in Chains' Black Gives Way to Blue nabbed the second and third slots while Mariah Carey's Memoirs of an Imperfect Angels and Trick Daddy's Finally Famous rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  October 8, 2009

• Jay-Z back on top at Independent Records

  ​After holding on the top spot for a weeks in a row and then moving down to the fifth spot last week, Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 is back on top at Independent Records for the week ending October 11. Mariah Carey's Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, which grabbed the top spot last week, moved down to the second slot while Ghostface Killah's Wizard of Poetry came in at number three. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  October 13, 2009

• Avett Brothers on top again at Bart's CD Cellar

  ​The Avett Brothers' I and Love and You grabbed the top spot at Bart's CD Cellar again for the week ending October 11. Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 and Alice in Chains' Black Gives Way to Blue nabbed the second and third slots while Mariah Carey's Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel and Lil Boosie Superbad rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  October 14, 2009

• Jay-Z top seller at Independent Records again

  ​Jay-Z, who's been dominating Independent's charts for the past two months with The Blueprint 3, was on top again for the week ending October 18. Mario's D.N.A., released last week on J Records, debuted at second while Drake's So Far Gone came in at third. The Flaming Lips' Embryonic and Five Finger Death Punch's War is the Answer rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  October 20, 2009

• Rammstein top seller at Independent Records

  ​German industrial metal band Rammstein nabbed the top spot at Independent Records with Liebe Ist Für Alle Da, the band's sixth studio effort released last week on the Vagrant imprint. Jay-Z, who had been at number one for the last few weeks with Blueprint 3 was knocked down to the second slot while Mario, Five Finger Death Punch and Drake rounded out the top five for the week ending October 25. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  October 26, 2009

• Tech N9NE top seller at Independent Records again

  ​Tech N9NE's latest effort, K.O.D., grabbed the top spot at Independent Records for the second week in a row, while Slayer's new disc, World Painted Blood, came in second and Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 grabbed the third slot. Michael Jackson's This is It and Say Anything's new self-titled album rounded out the top five for the week ending November 8.

  November 10, 2009

• Opening night at the Starz Denver Film Festival: Dialed down but still Precious

  "Precious" director Lee Daniels got emotional. Not fake emotional. Real emotional.​It's been a tough year for the Denver Film Society. Not only has the economy wreaked havoc on the organization, necessitating shortened hours of operation, but internal turmoil boiled over in June, when executive director Bo Smith, on the job for less than a year, was sacked following a mutiny among staff members; as many as 21 offered their resignations. Even though most of these folks eventually returned,

  November 13, 2009

• Precious

  November 19, 2009