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Pasta Jay's

The protean musician, artist and designer's years in Colorado found him composing, recording and performing countless works.

Tim Duffy

A symposium at Fiske Planetarium convened members of Spontanuity, whose psychedelic light show provided visual background for the Dead’s 1969 concert in Boulder.

Grateful Dead/Spontanuity

Having shot hundreds of concerts as a house photographer at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Lisa Siciliano has generously culled images from her voluminous collection in this gallery for Colorado Music Experience.

Neil Young, 2015
Dave Mason, 1978

Dave Mason, the English singer and guitarist who co-founded the seminal band Traffic before starting a successful solo career, died April 19, 2026. He was 79.

Ron Miles

A master cornetist, Ron Miles uses jazz as a starting point for his original voice, but he has helped elevate every style with which he’s involved, from funk to sophisticated big-band charts to Hank Williams songs. A pillar of the Colorado jazz community, he finds himself in high demand.

Eugene Chadbourne

Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne, former Shockabilly leader and free-jazz/country/rock innovator, grew up in Boulder; the prolific and innovative guitarist was a well-regarded eccentric.

On Record Book Series

On Record book series

Each volume of the award-winning On Record series gathers over 200 limited and extraordinary images and 100 interview-based profiles spotlighting an array of musical artists.

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merchandise

Explore the Colorado Music Experience’s store, stocked with stylish products and gifts for music fans.

hosted by g. brown

A non-profit organization established to preserve the legacies of Colorado music, CoME serves as a repository for informational and archival resources.

Jon Rizzi, G. Brown, Mark Zaremba and Chip Garofalo