Critic's Notebook

Aurora-raised, Berlin-based rapper Black Prez prepares to reintroduce himself with his fourth album, BERLA.

From fresh faces to seasoned pros, here are ten of the best individual hip-hop artists in the city.

It’s not always easy.

From covering Disney songs to railing against Nazis, the Denver punk scene is alive and well.

A storm’s coming. Can you weather it?

The saxophonist has been dazzled by the jam-band’s music.

Straight people infiltrating Black and Latino gay clubs brought the sound to the masses, says pioneering DJ Jesse Saunders.

The new Parker venue will host live music four nights a week.

The pop singer grew up on country music, and now he’s nodding to that tradition.

Maynard Mills discusses thirty years of making music, building car engines and shooting photographs.

After a sexual assault scandal, the Grateful Dead entrepreneur is stepping out of his role at So Many Roads.

The festival of classical music takes over Chautauqua Auditorium for a month.

Chris and Mary Brewer opened the joint to give people in recovery a place to socialize.

Xadie Antonio talks coming out as non-binary and embracing their queerness.

Railroad Earth’s Tim Carbone produced the band’s latest album.

After fifteen months of being nomadic, the orchestra returns to the Denver Performing Arts Complex.

A new documentary tells the story of the Family Dog — a short-lived Denver rock club with an outsized impact on the city’s music scene.

Legal threats, firings and fights have defined the community orchestra under the tenure of conductor Devin Patrick Hughes.

Denver rapper Resrface talks about his latest album, Virginia Place, which was in part inspired by his battle with leukemia.

Jeff Ball and Rochelle Ulrich see themselves as caretakers of the instrument and an iconic slice of Colorado history.

The Colorado DJ is at the top of her game.