Concerts

John Hickenlooper wants people to know he’s a music man. Here’s why that matters.

After getting kicked out of his band after alcoholism consumed him, Brian Johanson is back nearly a decade later as one-half of Sugar Britches.

Anderson .Paak, Earl Sweatshirt, Thundercat, The Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Johnny Depp, and Calpurnia have all announced Denver concerts.

Blake Brown & the American Dust Choir are dropping their new song, “Hanging by a Wire.”

Firsttimers can’t get enough of the Lion’s Lair.

Color Red isn’t your average record label.

Jam-band fans with a lust for luxury: Leftover Salmon has created a weekend for you.

Slipknot has announced a new album and a North American tour.

The 2019-2020 season will include 49 titles and 92 events, a year-long celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birthday and more.

It’s a good week for rap with Meek Mill at the Fillmore Auditorium on Tuesday, Noname at the Ogden Theatre on Wednesday and Lil Mosey at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom on Thursday.

Andy “Rok” Guerrero reflects on nearly twenty years in the Denver music scene and how the Westword Music Showcase has played a part in his career.

“Best album of the year.”

Known for unpredictability, the Providence-bred noise band Daughters reaffirmed that reputation with its latest release, You Won’t Get What You Want.

“The Lollygags operate a little like the Avengers,” says Denver native and band founder Jonathan Snyder when contemplating personnel changes since his group’s inception in 2011.

Artopia and more…

When local luthier John Starrett gave Neil Haverstick a nineteen-tone guitar thirty years ago, the latter was faced with a challenge: what to do with seven additional notes per octave?

Denver R&B artist Zach Maxwell has released a new single, “Candyman With The Blues,” his first since his 2018 debut record, Music for Life.

John Fogerty, Zedd and Alice in Chains are in the mix.

The Denver Botanic Gardens, which has managed to provide some of the freshest programming of any large institution in town, announced its first-round of artists who will be headlining the venue’s summer concert series in 2019.

Weeks prior to finishing his third record as Covenhoven, Joel Van Horne’s brother tragically passed, completely altering the singer-songwriter’s world and music.

Founder of Vocal Coaltiion Travis Branam talks about why ethnocentrism is harmful to children’s choirs and how he is changing music education in 2019.

Sometimes a musician has to start small.