Music

Slim Cessna’s Auto Club defined the so-called “Denver sound.”

After a heated liquor license hearing, the fate of the circa 1920s movie house is in the city’s hands.

Violinist and songwriter Alex Blocker has been steadily putting out music this past year for his project #BlockerOnTuesdays.

Andy Thomas, musician, music journalist and concert promoter, talks about his band Dust Heart’s new EP.

Denver Pridefest, Dressy Bessy and Anderson .Paak are some of the highlights Denver music this weekend.

Chris Brown, Rancid and Preservation Hall Jazz Band are coming to town.

Lettuce has been laying down the funk, the jazz and more since the group’s members first met in 1992.

Turvy Organ’s dropping a new record: The Ghost at the Feast.

Meet CHVRCHES, Jai Wolf, JAUZ, Bishop Briggs and the rest of the main stage acts at the 2019 Westword Music Showcase.

In the two decades since Dressy Bessy began, the Denver that they celebrated has become unrecognizable.

Fat Mike’s Punk in Drublic brings NOFX, the Bouncing Souls, Leftover Crack, the Lawrence Arms and more to Red Rocks.

Mandolinist Jacob Jolliff has many creative outlets.

Motion Trap went shopping online and bought a hologram. Now what?

The Colfax Museum is homeless again, and Jonny Barber, with help from Live nation, is trying to raise money to save it.

Anderson .Paak’s talks joy and drumming ahead of his Red Rocks concert.

Young the Giant and Fitz & the Tantrums, Mono and Rainbow Kitten Surprise play Denver concerts this week.

Before we talk about why Garth Brooks can pack 84,000 people into Broncos Stadium and play what he called the best concert of his career, let’s set the stage: We live in an age of bitter white men.

What do you ask when you have two minutes with Garth Brooks?

Nate Cook reflects on his time playing the Westword Music Showcase and the evolution of Denver’s music scene.

Paula Vrakas is opening Roxy Denver in the Syntax Physic Opera space. Sound familiar? Denver already has a Roxy.

Matt Morginsky, the frontman for the Christian ska band the O.C. Supertones, lost his home in a fire.