Kiernan Maletsky

Songwriter supergroup case/lang/veirs conspired with the Denver Botanic Gardens last night to produce some pretty bucolic moments. For example: Picture, during a performance of the group’s lovely tribute to the tragic life of Judee Sill, two little kids moving barefoot through some invented ballroom dancing steps before bursting into giggles...

Music fans in Denver are so spoiled. We have some of the most talented musicians in the world, more music venues than Austin and a governor who celebrates his inauguration with a concert featuring local artists. And he stands in the front row.   As Westword’s music editor, you get to...

Kelley Johnson did not win the recent Miss America pageant, where she was representing Colorado. She came in third, actually, but she's made a champion's round of appearances nevertheless — on Ellen and the Dr. Oz Show, for example. She earned her newfound celebrity in the talent portion of the competition, where...

Our sister paper in New York, the Village Voice, has a great story about Colorado's Gregory Alan Isakov. In it, writer Dacey Orr talks to Isakov about his career trajectory, songwriting style and, yes, his sheep, T-Swift ("We love Taylor Swift. Everybody does."). It's one of the inhabitants of the...

The Vanilla Milkshakes and front man David McGhee have had a long and rocky journey — one our Tom Murphy detailed earlier this year. Back then, the band had plans to record a new album with Calvin Johnson — the founder of K Records and the band Beat Happening.  That...