Live review of Rosanne Cash at Denver Botanic Gardens

Live review: David Berkeley @ Swallow Hill Music in Denver, Colorado

Liz Phair delights with mix of new and old hits at the Bluebird Theater

Yo Gabba Gabba lacks televised cache in real-life setting

David Sedaris uses humor as weapon of choice at the Boulder Theater

Jazz Aspen Snowmass, a polished jewel of a festival in the pocket of prosperity, provided sublime fodder for the rest of us on a beautiful weekend. We made the first two days of the three-day festival. DAY 1: Headliner Wilco played a typically restless and outstanding set on Friday evening, mixing ’70s-style rock and country with modern uneasiness and shards of sonic ambiguity. Wilco established this restlessness in the set’s first two songs. Opening with “Wilco (The Song),” Jeff Tweedy (toting guitar with owls on [...]

Live review: Meadowgrass Festival @ the La Foret Center in Colorado Springs

Some reviews of Kaki King’s new release, “Junior,” on which her vocals are more prominent than before, suggest that she does her music no justice by singing her own songs. Sometimes this suggestion is framed apologetically, or as a counterpoint to praise for her virtuosity and originality on guitar. And true, there may be no more interesting or talented woman guitarist on the scene today. But I understand why a music critic probing for affronts to perfection might prefer that King focus more on instrumental [...]

Live review: Bob Mould @ the Bluebird Theater

[photopress:greg.jpg,full,pp_image] Greg Brown’s literate, thoughtful musings on the season beat mindless, piped-in carols any day. Photo from gregbrown.org. A week before Christmas, Iowa folkie Greg Brown played a concert that, like the holiday, was variously a celebration, humble exercise and occasion for worship. “I’ll start with this poem,” said Brown, taking the stage at the L2 Arts and Culture Center on Saturday alone in wide-brimmed hat, dark sunglasses, and sleeveless shirt. The e.e. cummings poem, “most this amazing day,” set a commanding, reverent tone that [...]