Critic's Notebook

The Colorado Symphony has announced yet another Red Rocks concert: a solo performance by Yo-Yo Ma, who will be playing J.S. Bach’s cello suites.

The list of jazz legends that 82-year-old drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath has gigged with over six decades is extensive.

The Colorado Big Game Trophy Wook Hunters are on the prowl.

Jeff Campbell once fancied himself the next Mos Def. Now he’s bringing black theater back to Denver.

Suffering from depression, rapper Alyssa Taylor, aka Jay Triiiple, turned to writing and produced two albums in 2017: Who’s Triiiple 1 and, six months later, Who’s Triiiple 1.5.

The first time the Nuns of Brixton played the Bluebird, Jon Solomon nearly drowned in sweat.

Annie Booth takes inspiration from the poetry of Charles Baudelaire.

In a room at a local high school, Michael Acuña leads a group of students and Denver police in breathing exercises.

Alex Luciano, the singer, songwriter and guitarist for Diet Cig, which headlines at Lost Lake Lounge on Wednesday, February 7, didn’t set out to be an inspiration to young women who wanted to rock. It just sort of happened, like her entire career in music, as Luciano explains in the wide-ranging interview below.

When August Burns Red played Denver in January, one reader noticed how many Devil-horn hands were in the crowd.

Before William Hill wrote a note of The Raven, a tone poem for orchestra and chorus based on Edgar Allan Poe’s poem of the same that will be released on February 2, the principal timpanist for the Colorado Symphony spent months reading the poem out loud and studying everything he could find.

Anarchist rapper Sole is dropping sloganeering for something he says is more urgent: nuance and poetry.

Have a drink, watch a show, and tip well.

The artistry of Todd Anders Johnson lies at the intersection of jamming and shredding.

The first time Steve Pavey of Revenant played a show, chairs and bottles started flying.

“When you watch The Get Down, picture me as one of those kids in the crew,” hip-hop historian Joe Nipper says.

Beyond playing some of the most well-acclaimed bass on the planet for various groups including Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Victor Wooten is a student of nature and an instructor at his own nonprofit nature camp.

Colorado has long had a loving relationship with reggae music. By extension, that has led to a number of quality ska bands in the punk rock scene. Here are ten of the best reggae and ska bands in the region right now.

Sara Belle of the Pin Downs on surviving sewage at her first show.

Outside a Meow Wolf party on January 4, Wheelchair Sports Camp MC Kalyn Heffernan took City Councilman Albus Brooks to task.

Little Fyodor’s first concert took place at Left Hand Books in Boulder. It was there he found his style.

A man was shot at the first Slim Cessna’s Auto Club concert, and decades later, the band is still playing.