Tina Turner

The Late Ike Turner Speaks

Grammy Suckfest Celebrates Half Century of Lameness

Delegating Denver #47 of 56: Tennessee

Look of the Day -- Traci Kern

Pussy Whipped

The pulchritudinous charms of Nashville Pussy.

He's Big in Japan

Keyboardist Bernie Worrell doesn't want America to lose its funkiness.

Rock of New Ages

Keyboardist Bernie Worrell doesn't want America to lose its funkiness.

The Janis Fund

When it comes to Janis Joplin's music, there's not all that much to rediscover.

Endless Lionel

Lionel Richie is back. Make your plans accordingly.

Snake Appeal

Call Sign Cobra has sharpened its sprawling rock to a vicious edge.

Top Ten Latin Music Albums of 2008

Over 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.Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to le ... More >>

The Best Laid Plans

Over 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.Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to le ... More >>

Fast work

Over 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.Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to le ... More >>

Mini Reviews

Over 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.Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to le ... More >>

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Capsule reviews of current shows

This Is Your Life

African American Lives 2 remembers America's past.

Sound Bites

Brief reviews of recent releases

Good Company

Everything Old Is New Again is renewed by great performances.

Leon Russell

Wednesday, May 31, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.

Nashville Pussy

Get Some (Spitfire)

Dan Treanor and Frankie Lee

African Wind (Northern Blues)

The Gossip

Tuesday, November 9, Fox Theatre, 303-443-3399.

High School Confidential

Sing it Loud, sing it proud.

Aria Ready?

Upstart opera company clears its throat

The Message

The Voice

Hit Pick

Erica Brown

Off Limits

Taking it to the mats

Critic's Choice

The DT's

The Sound and the Fury

Combustible soul punks the BellRays avoid stereotypes, studio trickery and stupid people.

Critic's Choice

Bellrays

A Sperm's Tale

How CSNY reproduced again.

Rough and Ready

Riff Raff at The Ralph Waldo Emerson Center.

What's Ike Got to Do With It?

Ike Turner doesn't say he's innocent, but he swears he's not as guilty as you think.

Playlist

Ike Turner doesn't say he's innocent, but he swears he's not as guilty as you think.

It Was Twenty Years Ago

Ike Turner doesn't say he's innocent, but he swears he's not as guilty as you think.

Leading the Attack

England's Massive Attack is still making the Nineties more interesting.

A Star Is Boring

England's Massive Attack is still making the Nineties more interesting.

Feedback

England's Massive Attack is still making the Nineties more interesting.

Feedback

England's Massive Attack is still making the Nineties more interesting.

Thrills for the week

England's Massive Attack is still making the Nineties more interesting.

Quiz Show

Before you declare yourself a Grammy expert, let Backbeat test your skills.

Feedback

Before you declare yourself a Grammy expert, let Backbeat test your skills.

COURTING DISASTER

Before you declare yourself a Grammy expert, let Backbeat test your skills.

NO ALTERNATIVE

A LOOK AT THE MODERN-ROCK SONGS DENVER RADIO IS DOING TO DEATH.

Over the weekend: Jolie Holland at the Walnut Room

Adam Perry​Jolie Holland, with Matt Bauer The Walnut Room Saturday, October 10, 2009 Better Than: Walking from Market St. Station to Walnut & 31st in the cold No one shines like Brooklyn-based indie-folk goddess Jolie Holland. Just as Neil Young was the depth and edge of CSNY, Holland was the ... More >>

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

Tuesday, March 16, Boulder Theater, 303-786-7030.

Dan Maes calls Tambor Williams "establishment conservative" at lieutenant governor press event

Tambor Williams.​At a press conference today, Dan Maes announced Tambor Williams as his lieutenant governor choice -- and according to Westword's Johnny Molfetta, who attended the event and took the photos here and below, the tone was much more somber than at John Hickenlooper's introduction o ... More >>

Five infamous monuments named after musicians of questionable moral character

Kurt Cobain​How do you honor a musician when awards and certifications aren't enough? By naming something in his honor, of course -- be it a bridge, a street, an asteroid or even a whole day after the guy. But in naming something after a musician, it's easy to forget that while in some cases t ... More >>

Beyoncé's "Party" will make you forget B's last video, plus a breakdown of this week's charts

Forget "Countdown" -- Beyoncé is here to party.​What do you do if you release a music video and get slammed with plagiarism accusations? If you're Beyoncé, you release another video. And then another. First Beyoncé released a video for "Countdown," her third official single (after "Run The ... More >>