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Top 10 Country Albums of 2008

Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergOver the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM. Two young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Car ... More >>

Tim McGraw

Wednesday, July 14, Coors Amphitheater, 303-830-8497.

The Beatdown

The good, the bad and the ugly of neo-country.

The Beatdown

In which yours truly auditions for Gimme the Mike.

Phil Vassar

Friday, December 7, Grizzly Rose, 303-295-1330.

Republicans weren't the only ones who took a beating in 2008

Friday, December 7, Grizzly Rose, 303-295-1330.

Jorma Kaukonen

Blue Country Heart (Columbia)

Tift Merritt

Wednesday, February 9, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

The Flobots rise and shine

Wednesday, February 9, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Up On the Mountain

At 75, Ralph Stanley is beginning his career anew.

A Run for the Border

We spend a day on Denver's dividing line: Sheridan Boulevard.

Taylor Swift

This songstress is the best underage songwriter to emerge from Music Row in decades.

Charlie Brown’s Bar and Grill

Y'all come back, now, y'hear?

Americana Pie

Grab a slice of 2004's best roots music while it's still hot.

Hell of a Catch

Friday Night Lights goes deep -- a rare route for football movies.

Nelly

Sweat

Suit (Universal)

Pop Quiz

March 6, 2003

Xmas Marks the Spot

A guide to new holiday discs, from surprise presents to Tannen-bombs.

They Right the Songs

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

Five Alive

The country revisionists behind BR5-49 play Nashville's numbers game.

Honky-Tonkin'

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

Playlist

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

Playlist

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

This Just In: Country Megaticket, Disco Biscuits, Phoenix shows announced

​In addition to a number of shows announced this week, Live Nation is offering the 2010 Country Megaticket, which includes four shows at the Comfort Dental Amphitheatre including, the Country Throwdown featuring Montgomery Gentry, Little Big Town and more on Sunday, June 13, Tim McGraw with Lady A ... More >>

This Just In: Rush, Social Distortion, Sheryl Crow shows announced

​As this summer's Red Rocks schedule begins to fill in, a few more were added this week, including Rush, who will be performing its epic 1981 album Moving Pictures in its entirety for the first time ever on the Time Machine Tour, which kicks off in June. The band, who is currently working on i ... More >>

Top 10 weirdest musical duets

A couple of nights ago, we had the absolute pleasure of seeing William Shatner and Lin Yu Chun do a rendition of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" on Lopez Tonight that made our hearts cream with loving ecstasy. We have no clue what to actually think of Lin Yu Chin (other than that the internet seems t ... More >>

Country Strong is legitimately unintentional camp

A couple of nights ago, we had the absolute pleasure of seeing William Shatner and Lin Yu Chun do a rendition of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" on Lopez Tonight that made our hearts cream with loving ecstasy. We have no clue what to actually think of Lin Yu Chin (other than that the internet seems t ... More >>

Taylor Swift & Kenny Chesney music scared a bear?: Guess it wasn't a country bear (VIDEOS)

He woulda stayed.​Music supposedly has the power to soothe a savage beast -- but it can also annoy the hell out of one. That's the lesson recently learned by personnel at Boulder Community Hospital. When they found a bear hibernating under a building on hospital property, they managed to driv ... More >>

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 >>

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 Kings of Leon is slated for a two-night stand at Red Rocks with Band of Horses, Tony Bennett is due at Ellie Caulkins and Symphony on the Rocks will feature Sarah McLachlan, among others. Meanwhile, ... More >>

Kelly Clarkson, Rammstein, Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw shows announced

Catch Rammstein at the Denver Coliseum on 5/20/12​A bunch a new shows to let you know about this morning: In support of its career retrospective, Made In Germany 1995-2011, Rammstein has announced a date at the Denver Coliseum on Saturday, May 20. Tickets go on sale on this Saturday, November ... More >>

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 Rammstein, Kelly Clarkson, Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw, Kraddy, Peter Frampton, Umphrey's McGee and Henry Rollins were announced; Caleb Slade, Force Publique, My Body Sings Electric and the Outfit ... More >>

Win tickets to see Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw at Sports Authority Field at Mile High

​Pre-sale tickets for the Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw's Brothers In the Sun Tour stop at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Saturday, July 21 just became available at TicketMaster (promo code: ORANGESUN). The official onsale date is this Saturday, December 10 at 10 a.m. Somehow, we manage ... More >>

Review: Brad Paisley at the Pepsi Center, 1/21/12

Eric GruneisenBrad Paisley last night at the Pepsi Center.BRAD PAISLEY @ THE PEPSI CENTER | 1/21/12 It's about three-quarters of the way through "Waiting on a Woman" during Brad Paisley's blues-inflected lead that you arrive at a startling realization, a conclusion that many other far more astute f ... More >>

Madonna upstaged by M.I.A. and Cee Lo Green during the Super Bowl halftime show

Cee Lo Green outsings Madonna during the "Like A Prayer" portion of the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show.​Forget the New York Giants and Eli Manning. The true winner of yesterday's Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis was pop music. Heralded in by Queen Madonna herself, the halftime show was truly an ... More >>