Muddy Waters

Swift Response

The Best of Denver Winners from 1985

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

Beyond Playlist: The Jonas Brothers and More

Mile High Makeout: Going to the Theater

Live Review: The Shuffletones at Dazzle

Polo Montañez

Guajiro natural (Lideres)

Best Jukebox

Lion's Lair

Pinetop Perkins

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

Best Jukebox

Gabor's

Slinging Mud

Muddy’s proprietor Bill Stevens tells all.

Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records can't handle the truth

Mini Reviews

Cadillac Records can't handle the truth

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.

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.

K-os

After conquering the Great White North, this Canadian MC has his sites set on America.

Joe Bonamassa

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

Charlie Musselwhite

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

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.

Author, Author

Suzan-Lori Parks speaks in many voices

Classic Revisited

Colorado Ballet's Don Quixote rides again

Critic's Choice

Pinetop Perkins

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

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

They're Not Kidding

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

Mouthing Off

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

No Regular Guy

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

Thrills for the week

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

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

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

IS HE BLUE?

G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE PLAY THE BLUES THE NEW-FASHIONED WAY.

THRILLS

G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE PLAY THE BLUES THE NEW-FASHIONED WAY.

CRITIC'S CHOICE

G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE PLAY THE BLUES THE NEW-FASHIONED WAY.

CRITIC'S CHOICE

G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE PLAY THE BLUES THE NEW-FASHIONED WAY.

MUSSEL MAN

G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE PLAY THE BLUES THE NEW-FASHIONED WAY.

Delta Sonics

Never Enough
Self-released

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Various Artists

Live From Ebbets Field Vol. 4
Listen Up

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 ... More >>