Muddy Waters

Homebrew

Fourth and Long
MojoHand Records

Crossing Borders

Tavern LoHi is coming to Highland, and hipsters panic over parking

I live in the belly of the beast, Denver's hottest restaurant neighborhood: Lower Highland, or LoHi, as developers have dubbed it. (In response, I refer to my particular block as SoLola -- south of Lola.) And with the news that Tavern Hospitality Group plans to put a Tavern LoHi here, the area isn't ... 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 >>

Various Artists

Live From Ebbets Field Vol. 4
Listen Up

Otis Taylor to give trance blues workshop

​One of the finest blues players to come of out of these parts, Otis Taylor has won blues album of the year awards from Downbeat for four of his albums, and he's jammed with Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and many other legendary players. Over the years, he's mastered a sparse and hypno ... More >>

Air Dubai, Lil Wayne and DJ Krush fill our playlists this week

​As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, "What are you listening to right now?" Whether you're looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we've compiled a list of al ... More >>

Five facts about T-Model Ford you should know

Peter Lee​ T Model Ford is sweet tea spiked with moonshine -- something simple and sweet but with a hell of a kick. In the late 1990s Fat Possum Records discovered him and put out his first album, Pee-Wee Get Your Gun. Since then, he's recorded five more albums, including his latest, I'm a La ... More >>

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of March 8, 2010

​As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, "What are you listening to right now?" So whether you're looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we've compiled a list of ... More >>

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of August 31, 2009

​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of ... More >>

Delta Sonics

Never Enough
Self-released

Slinging Mud

Muddy’s proprietor Bill Stevens tells all.

Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records can't handle the truth

Live Review: The Shuffletones at Dazzle

Beyond Playlist: The Jonas Brothers and More

Mile High Makeout: Going to the Theater

Mini Reviews

Over the Weekend...Reverend Dead Eye @ Continental Club

Lonely at the 'Top

Pinetop Perkins is among the last survivors from the classic era of the blues.

Flair Lounge

Richard Engel transforms a Stapleton bar into a live-music venue.

The Best of Denver Winners from 1985

Swift Response

Letters to the Editor

From the week of 7/26/2007

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

JJ Grey & MOFRO

Nothing scarier, wilder or more attractive to JJ Grey than a strong woman.

Joe Bonamassa

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

Charlie Musselwhite

Thursday, May 25, Walnut Room, 303-292-1700.

Best Jukebox

Gabor's

Nas

Street's Disciple (Sony Urban Music/Columbia)

Next Best Thing

If you weren't at this landmark blues concert, Lightning in a Bottle will do.

Pinetop Perkins

Thursday, May 13, Soiled Dove, 303-299-0100

Author, Author

Suzan-Lori Parks speaks in many voices

Best Jukebox

Lion's Lair

Classic Revisited

Colorado Ballet's Don Quixote rides again

Critic's Choice

Pinetop Perkins

Polo Montañez

Guajiro natural (Lideres)

The Band

The Last Waltz (Warner Bros./Rhino)

Judgment Day

Backbeat contributors offer up their favorite recordings of 1999.

He's the Piano Man

Pinetop Perkins can't return to his blues roots -- because he never left them.

Feedback

They're Not Kidding

Mouthing Off

No Regular Guy

Going to the Wellses'

Meet harpist Junior Wells--and the woman who keeps him in line.

No Regular Guy

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

Thrills for the week

THRILLS

CRITIC'S CHOICE

CRITIC'S CHOICE

MUSSEL MAN