Critic's Notebook

While the pianist is wholly himself on his latest album, he’s also tipping his hat to Frank Zappa, Charles Mingus, Monty Python, and more.

Denver’s music scene is honoring the life of the maestro.

The shows must go on.

The indie-pop band is dropping a string of new music videos.

“I want to make sure we’re not going to be too quick to point the finger at COVID and our shutdowns for being the reason for this closure.”

Denver hip-hop has a new home at a barbershop.

The jazz club hosted artists like Wynton Marsalis, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Mick Jagger and even Bill Clinton.

The legendary trace bluesman on “Hey Joe,” lyrical minimalism, and his childhood learning folk music in Denver.

The Mile High City has plenty of options when it comes to choirs.

Why Denver metal scene keeps making global waves.

Latino and Native American rapper Alasadir releases “Fed Up!” on Halloween.

Owner Donald Rossa is throwing one last show before the state shuts down his Denver jazz club.

He was a manager who not only changed Denver’s nightlife landscape but transformed his employees’ lives as well.

The band’s latest, Mosaico, is a multilingual, multigenre hip-hop album that takes on the violence of borders.

Denver rapper Saint Joe discusses his new album Penmanship, dedicated to his late cousin Almighty Ravnous.

The music will continue.

Denver native and rapper At’Eaze talks about being a Christian and a rapper, but not a Christian rapper.

The ex-Dead Kennedys singer’s latest, Tea Party Revenge Porn, is always political and occasionally personal.

The band explores the violence of the Old West.

The Colorado Springs synth-metal act goes after the tech guru on a new concept album.

With hip-hop bravado and metal fury, the Denver band is raging.

The music journalist’s In Defense of Ska comes out on Clash Books in April.