The Dixie Chicks

The Grandma Awards

Unintentional moments of RNC-related hilarity

Rearview: The Week in Review (8/29/08-9/5/08)

Saints Preserve Us

The Pin Downs are in it just for the chicks.

Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time

Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time
Murder on Music Row
(Shell Point Records)

Q&A with Jonathan Coulton

Geek icon and Internet rock star Jonathan Coulton is set to make his first appearance in Denver on January 17, at the Soiled Dove. In anticipation of his first concert in the Mile High city, Coulton was kind enough to sit down with us to talk about his beginnings as a code monkey, his inspirations ... More >>

Tammy Cochran

Tammy Cochran (Epic)

Buddy & Julie Miller

Buddy & Julie Miller (HighTone)

Backwash

Start me up: The Stones came to town — and everyone knew it.

Backwash

Fear of a hip planet? Austin swarms with the übercool during SXSW.

Backwash

Pearl Jam accuses the Rocky Mountain News of uneven flow.

Jonathan Coulton is what happens when a computer geek starts making music

Pearl Jam accuses the Rocky Mountain News of uneven flow.

Time Tripping

Deadheads pick up the tie-dyed banner

Corinne Bailey Rae

Tuesday, April 10, Wells Fargo Theatre, 303-830-8497.

Chick Flick

Tuesday, April 10, Wells Fargo Theatre, 303-830-8497.

What a Country!

Ten reasons to tune in country radio in 2006.

Dixie Chicks

These Lone Star ladies have no plans to just Shut Up & Sing.

Shut Up and Sing

Natalie Maines is one radical Chick.

Ante Up

The Riverboat Gamblers haven't cashed in yet.

Darrell Scott

Sunday, July 23, Boulder Theater, Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of June 22, 2006

Westword Music Showcase 2006

Be there or be square!

Cowboy Up

We just can't quit this countrified Karaoke.

Quiet Riot

The Very Hush Hush come back to Denver with music to die for.

Toby Keith

Friday, November 5, Pepsi Center, 303-830-8497.

Steve Earle

The Revolution Starts...Now (Artemis)

What's My Line?

Get ready for Denver's close-up.

Hacked Off

Bubbling beneath the sweet-sounding hill music of the Hackensaw Boys is a wellspring of political discontent.

Body Rock the Vote

Berliner Paul van Dyk tests the politics of the American dance floor.

Sing Out

Denver Gay Men's Chorus tunes up the First Amendment

For the Record

For national releases, 2003 wonked as much as it rocked.

Year in Review: Pop Quiz

Consider this your final exam on the past year. Cheating is encouraged, bribes will be accepted -- and grades will be posted at City Hall.

The Message

Brave New World

Pop Quiz

Blame Conifer!
April 10, 2003

50 Cent

Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)

That's a Wrap-Up

Backbeat writers sound off on a few of their favorite musical things from 2002.

Bang to Hype

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

American Why

Not Another Teen Movie is just that, and it's the worst one ever.

Onward Through It All

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

Watch Your Mouth

Two local radio personalities get scorched by their own words.

They Right the Songs

A group of area songwriters gathers to improve their tunes -- and take a shot at the bigtime.

Holidaze

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

Various Artists

Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe
(Skaggs Family Records)

A Little Help From Friends

Making music helped Cindy Bullens face her daughter's death. Now she's helping others do the same.

Honky-Tonkin'

Two-steppin' through a slew of recent country releases.

Rock and Roles

Lilith Fair touts women, but reinforces their traditional place in music.

Slaid Back

Austin’s Slaid Cleaves rests a while at Swallow Hill.

Wyclef Jean: Haiti's next president? Here are five musicians we think should run in the U.S.

​Yesterday, CNN reported that Wyclef Jean has entered himself into the bid for president in Haiti. This doesn't mark the first time a celebrity has run for office, and while we wish him the best of luck, we have to wonder what qualifications he has other than being a member of the seminal '90s ... More >>

All the albums we could find in one afternoon from Denver's Bandcamp pages in one place

​Bandcamp is gaining quite a bit of traction here lately with Colorado bands. It has (thankfully) begun to replace Myspace as a primary outlet for bands to network, distribute music and sell albums without the hassle of setting up their own website. If you have all kinds of time on your hand ... More >>

Adele saves the music industry (for this week, anyway)

​Adele, the soulful British pop diva who's had this coming for a long time, has the first blockbuster album of 2011 with 21. She's atop the Billboard charts this week, having sold 350,000-odd copies. This is a welcome development no matter how you look at it: Take a tour through her recent bar ... More >>