Critic's Notebook

The Denver band plays fuzzy, medium-tempo songs that segue violently into short bursts of crossover thrash, death and even black-metal.

Max Bessesen is getting into Trouble on his latest album.

The Denver hip-hop band just dropped the music video for its new song, “Elevator.”

The avant-garde clarinet player is in his musical laboratory, breaking old habits and creating new ways of playing.

The band’s latest album is a compilation of B-sides and forgotten tracks.

The Denver DJ on why successful DJs are rarely assholes and how Denver needs to appreciate what it’s got.

Despite the title of its latest album, the musicians behind the Colorado art song group have plenty going on.

Greece inspired the Denver singer-songwriter’s hip-hop- and jazz-infused new album, Ellada.

There are a handful of small concerts still happening at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and they are entirely acoustic.

The family band has been at it for more than five decades.

Ethan Lee McCarthy is neck deem in this depressing year.

The Big Gigantic sax player has been exploring his jazz roots from quarantine.

The Denver rapper’s song, which he never meant to write, takes on police violence.

The Denver trumpeter just dropped his first album with the India-based label Subcontinental Records.

The Colorado musician wants to be the face of the state’s music.

Hero Trio offers listeners a chance to take a load off.

The New York-based jazz drummer was raised in and inspired by Denver.

A supergroup of Denver rappers got together to write a song remembering George Floyd.

Hector Fredrick Garcia, who performs as Spoke in Wordz, has been rapping about police violence since the killing of Michael Brown.

Former Rhythm + Flow contestant and Denver rapper Old Man Saxon released a music video for “Oh, You Ain’t Know?”

The Greeley jazz program is giving East Coast conservatories a run for their money.

Greeley-based rapper Rev. da IV is dropping his debut EP, Oh YAWP!