Music

Musician Santigold discusses how her art has evolved.

Denver indie-pop duo OptycNerd is writing an album about growing up.

The Offspring, Bad Religion, the Vandals, Black Flag, Strung Out, Dwarves and more are part of the Sabroso Festival, Pardon My French featuring DJ Snake, Tchami X Malaa and Mercer is at Red Rocks Amphitheatre tonight and FoCoMX takes over Fort Collins.

Looking for a deal? Live Nation just announced its fifth annual National Concert Week, in which fans can get $20 tickets to 2,800 concerts.

Mary J. Blige and NAS, Social Distortion and Flogging Molly, and Wiz Khalifa all announced concerts in Denver this week.

After Pitchfork wrote a mixed review of Lizzo’s new album, Cuz I Love You, the diva took a shot a music writers who don’t make music, saying they should be unemployed. Twitter blew up.

In 2012, musician and author Donna F. Brown received an unexpected phone call, a connection that set in motion an unimaginable series of events and brought her life’s journey – and her ’70s band Medusa – full circle.

“It was bright and sunny when the world’s first Dungeons & Dragons tribute band headed to Bishop Castle.”

Nate Cook of The Yawpers lives on the brink of implosion. The Denver-based songwriter says he needs it that way to make the kind of music that heals him and, in turn, his fans.

Taylor Scott honed his playing with Otis Taylor and Los Lobos. Now, the Denver guitarist is dropping his first album.

The 33-year-old musician, who helped make it acceptable to strum an acoustic guitar while singing on the popular series and who won the ninth season in 2010, grew up in Illinois admiring the music of classic folk artists including Cat Stevens and Paul Simon.

Black Label Society, the 69 Eyes, Alice Merton, Oh, Sleeper and Dermot Kennedy play Denver this week.

Gregory Alan Isakov, who started his career as a singer-songwriter playing coffee shop gigs and open mics in Boulder, built himself a career as staple in Denver area music scene.

Five Points Jazz is back with a stellar lineup.

Joan Osborne reimagined Bob Dylan at Nederland’s Caribou Room, a venue that is one of Colorado’s best kept secrets.

This is a bluegrass anthem for Colorado’s pioneering cannabis industry.

Ahead of its release show, Denver soul-folk band The Copper Children’s Zea Stallings spoke to Westword about the new record, doing taxes and maturing.

Pitbull, the Raconteurs and Levitt Pavilion all announced new concerts this week.