For MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer, the phrase “kick out the jams” means the same these days as it did five decades ago, when the proto-punk band recorded its muscular live debut album, Kick Out the Jams, in its hometown of Detroit in 1968.
Leo Kottke, who’s playing October 19 at the Paramount Theatre with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, is weird in the best possible way. And his career has been, too.
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When it comes to Denver bands – and this city has many great ones – they struggle to be recognized outside the confines of this square state. Just look to the South by Southwest Music Festival’s initial lineup for proof.
Mothers frontwoman Kristine Leschper was like most fifteen-year-olds in America: She just wanted to be cool.
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is still considered a Colorado band, even though none of its current members live in the state. But singer, guitarist and Colorado Music Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Hanna thinks that’s appropriate.
As Denver begins to descend into winter and music fans scurry indoors, it’s never too soon to start fantasizing about the 2019 Red Rocks season.
Powerful music executive Big Jon Platt talks about his Montbello roots and industry rise with help from famous friends such as Jay-Z.
Jordan Brandenburg is, literally, the son of a preacher man. The singer and mandolin player for Denver’s Turkeyfoot is also a devout believer in the gospel of pickin’ and grinnin’.
Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr says he and guitarist Charlie Burchill are always working on songs.
Some first concerts are addicting.
The frontman of the Night Sweats explains his stance on preventing gun-violence.
The Colorado Music Hall of Fame announced its 2018 inductees: 97.3 KBCO and AEG Rocky Mountain Presents CEO Chuck Morris.
Ahead of the band’s concert at Globe Hall, A Place to Bury Strangers drummer Lia Braswell talks about live shows, her wacky mom, and the group’s new record.
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When Foo Fighters showed up in Denver and rocked hard on October 10, frontman Dave Grohl made sure everybody in the crowd knew just how much he loved being there.
The Simon & Garfunkel Story, a play about the glory years of the famous musical duo, is coming to Paramount Theatre on October 15.
“We got a lot of songs we got to play tonight. Right? You want 25 years worth of shit tonight? I can do that.”
Tech N9ne, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and Dillon Francis are among the best acts playing Denver this weekend.
Ten years after massive success and the founding of Flobots.org, the Flobots’ original lineup is reuniting to celebrate the group they started that is now called Youth on Record.
DeVotchKa’s “Empty Vessels,” from the quartet’s new album This Night Falls Forever, is slated to be used on the long-running ABC TV series Grey’s Anatomy.
What started as Ryan Young visiting Chuck Coffey and Denver for a weekend has turned into a music festival called Anxious Little Friends at the hi-dive.
