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Robert Johnson

  • Music

    April 16, 1998

    A Taste of Honeyboy

    David Honeyboy Edwards wrote the book on blues in the twentieth century.

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2007

    Best 2007 - Houston: Teeing Off with Scarface

    David Honeyboy Edwards wrote the book on blues in the twentieth century.

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2008

    Live Review: The Shuffletones at Dazzle

    David Honeyboy Edwards wrote the book on blues in the twentieth century.

  • Calendar

    April 16, 1998

    Night & Day

    April 16 - 22, 1998

  • Music

    July 1, 1999

    Songs of the Century

    Part one of a pre-millennial salute to the music that made America sing.

  • Music

    July 1, 2004

    The Beatdown

    Sights and sounds of the Westword Music Showcase

  • Music

    July 10, 2008

    Mugison

    Mugiboogie
    Ipecac Recordings

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    The polarizing picks of 3OH!3: Ten pop albums that should be listened to all the way through

    JensenBlare Magazine. Familiar? Yeah, us neither. Regardless, the site (blog?) recently posted a list that struck us as fairly interesting: ten pop albums that Nate Motte thinks should be listened to all the way through. We stumbled onto the link via AbsolutePunk.net, where a number of folks express ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 6, 2008

    Down to Business

    JensenBlare Magazine. Familiar? Yeah, us neither. Regardless, the site (blog?) recently posted a list that struck us as fairly interesting: ten pop albums that Nate Motte thinks should be listened to all the way through. We stumbled onto the link via AbsolutePunk.net, where a number of folks express ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 21, 2008

    Little Shop of Horrors

    Crazed caper feeds our appetite for laughs.

  • Music

    January 25, 2007

    Joe Bonamassa

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

  • Music

    October 12, 2006

    The Killers

    Sunday, October 15, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

  • Music

    December 11, 2003

    Hit Pick

    Mary Flower

  • Calendar

    September 25, 2003

    Classic Revisited

    Colorado Ballet's Don Quixote rides again

  • Calendar

    September 18, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Colorado Ballet's Don Quixote rides again

  • Music

    June 12, 2003

    Critic's Choice

    Black Keys

  • Music

    May 22, 2003

    Kings of the Hill

    Ten years in and two MCs deep, Hilltop Klick aims for a higher state.

  • Music

    May 15, 2003

    Hat Trick

    The Tin Hat Trio defies description -- even by its own members.

  • Music

    June 20, 2002

    Hit Pick

    John Davis

  • Music

    February 1, 2001

    Bluer Than the Blues

    Otis Taylor gets the break he deserves without putting on a happy face.

  • Music

    March 2, 2000

    Steeling Souls

    The Campbell Brothers make divine use of the steel guitar.

  • Calendar

    November 26, 1998

    They're Not Kidding

    The Campbell Brothers make divine use of the steel guitar.

  • Music

    June 4, 1998

    Snake Charmers

    Denver's Boa and the Constrictors squeeze new life out of jump blues.

  • Music

    September 11, 1997

    Feedback

    Denver's Boa and the Constrictors squeeze new life out of jump blues.

  • Calendar

    July 10, 1997

    Thrills for the week

    Denver's Boa and the Constrictors squeeze new life out of jump blues.

  • Music

    May 15, 1997

    No Regular Guy

    Denver's Boa and the Constrictors squeeze new life out of jump blues.

  • Music

    April 24, 1997

    Just in Kase

    Denver's Boa and the Constrictors squeeze new life out of jump blues.

  • Music

    August 29, 1996

    John Hammond's Blues

    Denver's Boa and the Constrictors squeeze new life out of jump blues.

  • Calendar

    August 29, 1996

    Thrills for the week

    Denver's Boa and the Constrictors squeeze new life out of jump blues.

  • Music

    June 21, 1995

    THE CASSANDRA CROSSOVER

    CASSANDRA WILSON MAKES JAZZ MEANT FOR THE MASSES--AND SHE KNOWS IT.

  • Calendar

    June 21, 1995

    THRILLS

    CASSANDRA WILSON MAKES JAZZ MEANT FOR THE MASSES--AND SHE KNOWS IT.

  • Calendar

    June 14, 1995

    THRILLS

    CASSANDRA WILSON MAKES JAZZ MEANT FOR THE MASSES--AND SHE KNOWS IT.

  • Music

    July 20, 1994

    CRITIC'S CHOICE

    CASSANDRA WILSON MAKES JAZZ MEANT FOR THE MASSES--AND SHE KNOWS IT.

  • Calendar

    July 20, 1994

    THRILLS

    CASSANDRA WILSON MAKES JAZZ MEANT FOR THE MASSES--AND SHE KNOWS IT.

  • Calendar

    June 15, 1994

    THRILLS

    CASSANDRA WILSON MAKES JAZZ MEANT FOR THE MASSES--AND SHE KNOWS IT.

  • Calendar

    April 13, 1994

    THRILLS

    CASSANDRA WILSON MAKES JAZZ MEANT FOR THE MASSES--AND SHE KNOWS IT.

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Q&A with Time

    ​Time, aka Chris Steele, has been involved in the Denver hip-hop scene for over a decade, and his current and future collaborators include Sole of the Anticon collective, Talib Kweli, Drake, Kool Keith and C-Rayz Walz. The snarkier hip-hop aficionados refer to the form Time writes and performs as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Ghostand Observatory, Jonathan Tyler on 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?" 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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Michael Jackson, and why we liked him so much more after he was dead

    ​ Since time immemorial, we've liked our artists deceased. The fame, the money, you may experience those in your lifetime. But the respect, that only comes after you die--preferably young and in an unexpected way. From Vincent van Gogh to Robert Johnson, the list on artists who passed on to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    NPR's "All Songs Considered" dumps its collection into a new radio station

    ​ If you're anything like us, streaming music services like Pandora or lastfm don't ever seem to really get things right. They're always cool for a little bit, but inevitably, they end up repeating things to the point we get bored. We'll turn on the radio here and there as well, but even our f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Robert L. Johnson: Bomb scare turns bizarre when body of 80-year-old found in trunk (30)

    Larger photo below.​Update: The strange story of Robert L. Johnson keeps getting stranger. We knew that after showing up at the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office on a warrant, he prompted a bomb scare before ACSO representatives discovered a dead eighty-something man in the trunk of his Dodge s ... More >>

  • Music

    November 11, 2010

    Musketeer Gripweed

    Dyin' Day
    Self-released

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Elton John, Ray LaMontagne, Iron & Wine shows announced. Tickets on sale this weekend.

    ​Elton John is performing at the Wells Fargo Theatre on Tuesday, April 12 to benefit the Matthew Shepard Foundation, founded by Dennis and Judy Shepard in memory of their 21-year old son, Matthew, who was murdered in an anti-gay hate crime in Wyoming in October 1998. Tickets ($49-$149) go on s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    New releases from DeVotchKa, The Frantix, Nicki Minaj top sellers locally this week

    ​DeVotchKa's excellent 100 Lovers, released last week on Anti, debuted at number one at both Albums on the Hill and Twist & Shout and rounded out the top five at Wax Trax. Two Rick Kulwicki-related releases, meanwhile, The Frantix's My Dad's a Fuckin' Alcoholic and the Fluid's Purplemetalflake ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Rory Block on the struggles and triumphs that happen When a Woman Gets the Blues

    ​Rory Block (due April 21st at Rock and Soul Café in Boulder and on April 22nd at Swallow Hill in Denver) was fortunate to be at the epicenter of the roots music explosion of the late '50s and early '60s as a child in Greenwich Village. Block rubbed shoulders not just with Bob Dylan and Pete ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Mile Highlights: This week's concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

    ​ Here's what's good in the Mile High City this week: On the concert front, we've received word that Death Cab for Cutie is due at Red Rocks in August with Frightened Rabbit, preceded by O.A.R. in July, while Ben Folds stops by the Ogden in July and Queensryche plays the Theatre in September. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Colorado beer calendar: Deschutes is in Boulder; Pliny's in Aurora; the Wynkoop's Beers of the Year; and a Dry Dock milestone

    Woody drops by Westword.​Oregon's Deschutes Brewing is blitzing Denver this week as part of an eleven-city tour that promotes such staples as Mirror Pond Pale Ale, Inversion IPA and Black Butte Porter, as well as seasonal specialties like Jubelale, Hop Trip and the Abyss. The Deschutes reps st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Colorado beer calendar: Odell Frieks out; Halloween freakouts; Rackhouse gets freaky

    Odell Brewing​Yes, it snowed. Get used to it. Better yet, take advantage of it. The Rackhouse Pub, which celebrates its two-year anniversary later in the week, is marking the time-honored tradition of calling in sick on powder days by offering a free pint to anyone who shows up with a lift tic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    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, shows from Red Hot Chili Peppers and Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks featuring Atmosphere, Common, Greives Budo and Get Cryphy were announced; the Swayback, Fierce Bad Rabbit, Monroe Monroe and Juno What ... More >>

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