music
A Real Threat
What do you hear when you play the Prince song, “Let’s Go Crazy?” Perhaps it’s a standard Twin-Cities-soul-inspired, Purple Rain-era groove with plenty of synthesized wizardry and gospel chord changes. Me, I hear the sound of liberty dying.
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They Might Still be New Wave-They Might Be Giants
Looking at the musical landscape, you’d be hard pressed to find a New Wave band that’s been playing for 25 years, recording new and relevant material, writing TV theme songs and children’s records, and doing it all without…
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Harp on the Fringe
Naropa is on the Fringe. So is Boulder in popular opinion. The city at the base of the Flatirons always seems to add a twist to mainstream. Which is why it makes a perfect backdrop for the International Fringe Festival.
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Crowd Pleaser
Here’s a little trivia that’ll leave you stumped: What do Sonny Bono, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison have in common with the Broomfield Event Center? And no, it’s not that they are all performers who would never play…
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Stop Stealing Mike Ness’ Music
Typically, when a band releases a greatest hits album, it’s because they or the label they’re on hears a death knell ringing in the distance. Social Distortion released a Greatest Hits compilation (Time Bomb Recordings) June 26, and as far…
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