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Denver's ten best jukeboxes

More and more, you've probably noticed an influx of Internet jukeboxes, the kind that offer a seemingly endless assortment of songs, cropping up in bars. But there are still a handful of spots rocking old school CD jukeboxes that require a bit of taste-making. Here's the ten best, including this yea ... More >>

Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy turns forty

Led Zeppelin was already a record-setting global powerhouse when Atlantic Records released their fifth album, Houses of the Holy, on March 28, 1973. The English quartet had laid down the basic tracks for the record in the spring of 1972 at the Rolling Stones' mobile recording studio at Stargroves, a ... More >>

The five best jail-inspired musician memoirs

Pop culture incrementally improved the chances that books would outlive CDs when news spread that Lil Wayne had inked a deal to write a memoir about the eight months he spent locked up on gun charges. Titled Gone 'Til November, the book is scheduled to be released in May. While the hip-hop blogosphe ... More >>

Ten best concerts in Colorado this weekend, Friday, August 31, through Sunday, September 2

Welcome to the (long) weekend! As the summer heat continues, so do the shows. There's a great variety to choose from over the next few days, a healthy mix of imports and exports. We have them all listed in our massive concert calendar. If you're feeling industrious, print that bad boy out and break ... More >>

Black Joe Lewis: "I always just figured I'd play the type of music I enjoy listening to."

Black Joe Lewis (due tomorrow at the Westword Music Showcase on the mainstage) isn't one to make fancy comparisons to the musical legacies of blues giants and soul progenitors. Lewis and his band, formerly known as the Honeybears, have earned comparisons to everyone from Howlin' Wolf to Muddy Waters ... More >>

Denver's ten best jukeboxes

Just as music collections say a lot about people, a jukebox can do the same for a bar; it often reflect the place's personality. A lot of times, variety is key to a well-stocked jukebox, and 3 Kings Tavern, this year's winner in the Best of Denver, had that with balls, to boot. Here's a look at the ... More >>

Review: Social Distorion at the Ogden Theatre, 12/3/11

Eric GruneisenThe unmistakable guitar of Mike Ness of Social Distortion, last night at the Ogden Theatre.​SOCIAL DISTORTION at the OGDEN THEATRE | 12/3/11Early on in Social Distortion's Friday night show at the Ogden, the first of a three-night stand, frontman Mike Ness thanked the crowd for c ... More >>

Ooh, la la! How Paris on the Platte became the "rive gauche" of Denver

​We'll always have Paris. Paris on the Platte will be celebrating its 25th anniversary all weekend, with two days of music and memories starting at 8:30 p.m. tonight, and continuing tomorrow. In anticipation of the celebration, DT has already shared his memory of learning to smoke at Paris, r ... More >>

Review: Willie Nelson at Red Rocks, 6/21/2011

​WILLIE NELSON at RED ROCKS | 06.21.11"While Willie Nelson is still a solid player and performer, seeing him these days is about nostalgia for a lot of people. These aren't the best versions of songs like "Crazy" and "Aint It Funny," but seeing Nelson up on stage performing them is as heartwar ... More >>

RIP Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart

​The music world is a little less surreal this week. Don Van Vliet, better known to fans as Captain Beefheart, died from complications tied to multiple sclerosis in California on Friday. He was 69 years old. Beefheart is survived by his wife of forty years, Jan Van Vliet -- and by a musical le ... More >>

The Heavy's Kelvin Swaby talks about the band's music, Jim Jarmusch and Marmite.

Joshua BradleyThe Heavy appears tonight at the Bluebird with Wallpaper​ The Noid isn't just that pesky pizza-chilling character from old Domino's commercials from the '80s. It's a region of England from which the neo-soul, garage rock band known as The Heavy hails. Fronted by the charismatic ... More >>

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

The Rap-Up: Apostle, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Mos Def, Beyonce

Red Holloway Takes Center Stage

From Sonny Stitt to Jack McDuff, this saxman has played with some of jazz's finest.

Best 2007 - Houston: Teeing Off with Scarface

Delegating Denver #17 of 56: Illinois

Best of Westword Winners From 1986

K-os

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

Buddy Plan

Blues master Buddy Guy searches for a place in today's music industry.

Westword Music Showcase 2006

Be there or be square!

Two Woodies

A Medeski, Martin & Wood member branches out.

Reel to Real

Live From Ebbets Field brings classic concerts back to life.

Bluesman Walking

Consummate sideman Eddie Turner steps into the spotlight.

Junkman Cometh

Bluesman Willie Houston turns a junkyard into a juke joint.

The Beatdown

Damn right, Brendan's has got the blues.

The Power of Tri

Mexico City's El Tri gives its fans the goods.

Muzak to My Ears

Elevator music is looking up.

Consumed

Chuck E.'s in Love

Onward Through It All

Jim Lauderdale has fought his way through the dregs of Nashville and emerged as a country keeper.

Master of the Universe

Mix Master Mike wants you to know how the tables turn.

Good Times, Gangsta Style

The Hard Knock Life tour puts on a happy face.

Still Burning

Jon Spencer and Alec Empire want you to get a sample of R.L. Burnside.

Hot Rod

Rod Piazza isn't your average blues harmonica player.

Feedback

Say What?

The Very Reverend Dr. D. Wayne Love of A3 preaches the American gospel in a rather foreign tongue.

Etc.

Outstanding in His Field The recordings of Alan Lomax dig up the roots of American music.

A Blast From the Past

Onetime Blasters guitarist Dave Alvin makes tradition sound new again.

Sliding Home

Lee Roy Parnell thought that slide guitar had a place in country music. He was right.

Thrills for the week

The Prize Patrol

The biggest musical winners from 1996.

Last Call

Nobody played the blues like Bobby Hornbuckle. Now he's living them to the end.

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NEXT STOP, GREENWICH VILLAGE

PARIS BLUES

EXPATRIATE LUTHER ALLISON IS FINALLY APPRECIATED IN THE LAND OF HIS BIRTH.

RUSH'S HOUR

THE TIME MAY FINALLY HAVE COME FOR OTIS RUSH.

THRILLS

IS HE BLUE?

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

FEATS OF CLAY

WHO CARES?