Music

We should have known Ozzy Osbourne wouldn’t quit.

Fresh off of a two-night Red Rocks stand and ahead of their holiday shows, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats are taking a stand against gun violence.

We Banjo 3, which originated in Galway, Ireland, plays a fusion of traditional Irish, old time, and bluegrass music that has been dubbed “Celtgrass.”

Metropolitan State University’s music-education partnership with DIME Denver formed just over a year ago. Can the new program offer students a useful music-industry schooling?

“I have been surprised at how many people have been making the transition with me.”

After nearly a decade-long run, the Living Room, a wine and tapas bar that sported two patios, has closed without fanfare.

Pop-punk has always been about youth: the trials, tribulations, heartbreaks, and that wall between being young and becoming an adult. Out of all the bands that have embodied this ethos, Tigers Jaw is one of the most enduring.

La Pompe Jazz couldn’t fit under a 4×4 tent, so the musicians did their best to protect their instruments as they played in the rain.

For the fifth year in a row, philanthropist and musician Libby Anschutz, daughter of billionaire Phil Anschutz and founding member of Tracksuit Wedding, will be throwing Sing It to Me Santa, a benefit concert for music education. This year’s headliner is one of Colorado’s most beloved acts: the Fray.

In support of their album Been On Your Side, folk duo Courtney Hartman and Taylor Ashton toured Colorado’s assisted living communities.

Crooning poet Gregory Alan Isakov offered Red Rocks a gentle look at the soul.

The new festival made most of the noise during a big concert summer.

Matt Hoffman of Strange Americans drops his first solo album under the moniker New Mexican at the Ubisububi Room, the basement venue at the Thin Man.

Don’t miss these shows.

A new Joe Strummer box set shows the Clash frontman never stopped writing incredible songs – even after his most popular band broke up.

Writing songs for his new album, Evening Machines, singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov covered the inside of his barn in rural Boulder with poster-sized Post-it notes.

Don’t miss these concerts.

The next time activist musician Michael Franti comes to Colorado, he’s bringing more than just a concert to town; he’s going to be presenting his new self-directed documentary, Stay Human, which has been making waves on the festival circuit.