When the Black Crowes went on hiatus in 2011, frontman Chris Robinson formed his own group, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, and he equated his new project to building a temple brick by brick. “In our case, our temple is one of sound and experience so every show is another brick into…

After more than two decades of living in Athens, Georgia, Drive-By Truckers frontman Patterson Hood moved to Portland, Oregon. Since moving last summer, Hood says he’s written more there than he’s written in the last fifteen years – both songs and otherwise. “I think any time you go through a…

Long before Ellis Marsalis Jr. had six sons — four of which went on to be accomplished jazz players, including Wynton, Branford, Delfeayo and Jason — the elder Marsalis played clarinet as a kid while growing up in New Orleans. He switched to tenor saxophone when he got into high…

Long before Lee Aronsohn got into producing and writing for a number of sitcoms like The Big Bang Theory and Two and Half Men (which he also co-created), he was a student at the University of Colorado Boulder in the early 1970s — and a huge fan of the band Magic…

The members of Yo La Tengo knew that the 25th anniversary of Fakebook, an acoustic-driven album largely made up cover songs, was approaching — and they also knew they didn’t want to wait as long as they usually do between albums. So they decided to follow up 2013’s Fade with Stuff…

Globe Hall, a Texas-style smokehouse and dive bar in Globeville, started serving barbecue and pouring drinks yesterday, and will kick off its music programming in the attached music hall this weekend with free shows featuring Gasoline Lollipops and Casey James Prestwood & The Burning Angels on Friday, as well as Jen…

Renowned clarinetist, saxophonist and composer Don Byron, who recently moved to Denver from New York to be a full-time faculty member at Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Department of Music, in the Jazz and American Improvised Music program, is showing his students the value of getting nerdy. “I’m talking about…

Slim Cessna’s Auto Club has been delivering riveting, high-octane sets for more than two decades, earning a sizable international audience along the way. And for nearly half that time, some members of the Denver-based group have been part of a much quieter quartet called DBUK. “It’s a different experience,” says…

While it’s clear that guitarist and singer Jonny Barber, also known as the Velvet Elvis, has a strong affinity for Elvis Presley, the guy’s fondness for Colfax Avenue runs just about as deep. He’s been webmaster of ColfaxAvenue.com for over a decade, chronicling America’s longest street. Two years ago, Barber…

The building at 4040 East Evans Avenue was destroyed by fire last Friday afternoon. The space was home to various night clubs over the last decade (including Midtown Beat, Posh Ultra Lounge, Skin, Club Next and most recently Step Nightclub), but it was best known as the former home of…