Concerts

About halfway through Jonathan Richman’s hour-long set at the Bluebird Theater on Tuesday night, he proclaims, “We don’t do concerts; we do parties.”

When UC Boulder professor Adam Bradley, alongside co-editor Andrew DuBois, released the book The Anthology of Rap in 2011 and, one year earlier, put out Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip-Hop, he sought to prove rap lyrics had literary value. Likewise, his “Hip-Hop in the Classroom” course has been…

Currently, 18 of the first 30 songs listed on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart are electronic music, hip-hop, or contain some element of either. This year, the 19th edition of Ultra Music Festival was a reflection of that. The main stage, headlined by the biggest names in EDM — DJ…

Music has always been a way to escape, and dance music embodies this mission more than any other genre. Following the “disco sucks” movement of 1979, marginalized groups — black, Latino, and gay — were once again pushed outside the mainstream. Genres like house and techno were born in the warehouses in which these groups sought refuge.

Building a career on blending traditional blues and hip-hop for a college audience, G. Love & Special Sauce emerged in 1992 and stumbled upon a winning formula.

Up here in the Rocky Mountains, the popularity of country music seems like a given.

Things haven’t been easy for a local nonprofit that serves refugees, Project Worthmore, in the current political climate.

Sunday night, Ultra Music Festival let downtown know that its three-day party was over with a fireworks display at the end of DJ Snake’s set on the main stage. Condo dwellers breathed a sigh of relief knowing they would finally be free once again to roam the city.

In 2001, Russian-born singer-songwriter Regina Spektor released the 11:11 debut album, a self-released effort recorded while she was performing in colleges and amid the downtown New York City anti-folk scene.

Phish is making a tradition of playing Denver’s Dick’s Sporting Goods Park over Labor Day weekend, and this year is no exception. And while Colorado has always had a soft spot for the band’s jams, legal weed may be making our state’s shows all the more enticing, even heavenly.

Want to see music this weekend? Here’s your agenda.

Emma Ruth Rundle’s solo music may be inspired by folk, but that hasn’t stopped her from touring the country with black-metal act Deafheaven and post-rock band This Will Destroy You.

Widespread Panic returns to Red Rocks for a three-night run from Friday, June 23, through Sunday, June 25; tickets ($65) go on sale on Friday, March 24, at 10 a.m.

Jessica Rabbit, the provocatively titled new offering by Sleigh Bells, is both an aural blast and a declaration of independence for musical partners Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller, who headline at the Gothic Theater on March 24.

LaRissa Vienna and the Strange plays music that is honest, emotional and poetic — and more than a little strange.

Jam-band fans, brace yourselves: Phish has announced three Colorado concerts.

Pop-star Daya has been busier than most high schoolers over the past two years.

Reverb and the Verse entered the Denver hip hop scene in 1999. Jahi Simbai, who performs as Providence “the Verse,” and Shane Etter are the founding members.

Intimacy is rarely associated with pop stars, on-stage or otherwise. For Bebe Rexha and her fans, last Friday, March 17, her show at the Larimer Lounge was one of extreme intimacy.