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Spotlight on Al Di Meola

September 6, 2019 Like 0 French Davis

For anyone with any idea what they’re listening to, there should be no question that Al Di Meola is a first ballot Mount Rushmore-of-Guitarists Honoree. The Jersey City-bred musician broke onto the scene when Chick Corea tapped the 19-year-old for…

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Spotlight: Jimbo Mathus and the Squirrel Nut Zippers

June 25, 2019 Like 0 French Davis

In the late 1990s, it was nearly impossible to turn on the radio or TV and not hear a neo-swing band underscoring a commercial for The Gap or a big box retailer. Swing was everywhere, enjoying a renaissance as unexpected…

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Spotlight on Emma Mayes and the HIP

May 24, 2019 Like 0 French Davis

Horns and big-stage bands are en vogue again, much to the delight of people who want to see a real show when they go out. And one of the burgeoning Colorado acts is finally getting some well-deserved traction. Emma Mayes…

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SPOTLIGHT on Tivoli Club Brass Band

April 21, 2019 Like 0 French Davis

In music — as with most things — things are cyclical in nature. Witness the popularity of the brass band, an evolution of the New Orleans Second Line style that has caught fire over the last couple of years —…

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Head for the Hills

April 4, 2019 Like 0 French Davis

It’s been 15 years since Adam Kinghorn (guitar/vocals), Joe Lessard (violin/octave violin/vocals) and Matt Loewen (upright bass/clarinet/vocals) first started playing together while students at CSU in Fort Collins as Head For The Hills — an Americana Grass band beset with…

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Spotlight on Clay Rose of the Gasoline Lollipops

February 21, 2019 Like 0 French Davis

Arguably the most popular alt. country-cow-punk act to come out of the Mile High since Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, the Gasoline Lollipops have racked up several Best of Westword awards en route to their seat at the head of the…

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SPOTLIGHT on Nick Urata of DeVotchKa

January 28, 2019 Like 0 French Davis

2006 was a banner year for DeVotchKa. The Colorado band had already been around almost a decade and toured extensively with burlesque superstar Dita Von Teese, but that was the year of their breakout performance at Bonnaroo, followed by their…

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Spotlight: Maria Bamford

December 18, 2018 Like 0 French Davis

It’s been 15 years since Maria Bamford’s first comedy album dropped, and to say that’s it’s been a straight line from there to the success she enjoys today would be a misstatement. If you’re fan, you know much of…

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Spotlight on Rebecca Remaly

October 30, 2018 Like 0 Deb Flomberg

Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (BETC) consistently leads the pack in terms of producing compelling and exciting new works for the stage. In keeping up with this tradition, BETC brings the regional premiere of The Wolves to the Carsen Theater at…

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Spotlight: St. Paul and the Broken Bones

September 28, 2018 Like 0 French Davis

Paul Janeway’s soft-spoken Alabama drawl belies a lot about what you might have come to expect from white guy who grew up in a conservative Christian community in the Deep South. And when you get him on stage, the part…