Critic's Notebook

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!

Vincent Clouse, aka 1-natVson-1, has had a long journey from West Hollywood to a Kansas prison to a music career in Denver.

The Denver sludge-metal band shines a light on metaphysics on its new album, Lux.

La Cour owners and longtime partners Janet Poth and Joseph Monley are closing down their Denver jazz club.

“Pop culture is pop culture, but Red Rocks is unique in that the history of pop culture and Red Rocks go hand-in-hand.”

COVID-19 has forced another cultural event to be canceled.

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