Critic's Notebook

Rapper and Denver native WesDawg talks about the Denver hip-hop scene, his fascination with the Mafia, and his upcoming show at Your Mom’s House.

After studying jazz at Denver School of the Arts and at the Manhattan School of Music, Rico Jones is returning home to play Dazzle.

Brian Polk of Joy Subtraction talks playing with Victims Family.

Electro-pop musician vox is speaking up about wellness.

The Denver band – which mixes blues rock and doom – finds inspiration in Norse culture.

The Greek jazz musician talks about becoming a master of the double bass.

Blood Incantation’s telling the Hidden History of the Human Race on its new album.

The organizers behind Denver’s Juneteenth celebration will debut the First Friday Five Points Jazz Hop.

“This might sound weird, but when I think of my music, I think of country-Western fused with classic R&B with sort of a techno twist to it.”

The Colorado emo rapper talks disco, the end of the world and why he wants to be the voice of a TV cartoon character.

Mile High DJ Supply is bringing together Front Range turntabalists for weekly scratch sessions.

Randall Frazier remembers fireworks at his first show in the Denver DIY scene.

The Denver rapper discusses second chances, surviving a gun battle, the power of the DIY music scene, and his latest album, #Underrated.

The Colorado Daily music journalist Wendy Kale covered Boulder’s club scene for nearly three decades.

Ahead of his new residency at Beta 2.0, Squizzy Taylor talks about the future of Denver hip-hop.

Ed Battle, a longtime Denver musician and actor, is in hospice care. Dazzle’s throwing a show in his honor.

A music video on Youtube jumpstarted FBP Moe’s career.

Leslie Herod and the rapper Common encourage Colorado’s 11,000-plus parolees to vote in the November 5 election.

The December 3 induction follows one for Swallow Hill on November 9.

Struggling as a single mom with a full-time job, Carmen Sandim quit sleeping a couple nights a week before she could compose music.

Jonathan Richman is one of rock’s greatest originals.

Denver rappers Old Man Saxon and Jakob Campbell talk about competing on Netflix’s new hip-hop competition series, Rhythm + Flow.