A gifted pianist, conductor, arranger, composer and producer, Dave Grusin covered a lot of ground in the music business, winning an Oscar and 10 Grammy Awards for his film and TV scores.
John supervised Caribou and the staggering list of stars that recorded at the historic studio north of Nederland.
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A symposium at Fiske Planetarium convened members of Spontanuity, whose psychedelic light show provided visual background for the Dead’s 1969 concert in Boulder.
Photographer Jim Mimna has captured many iconic moments and musicians at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in his singular, vibrant style, including images of Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats’ first headlining shows at the hallowed outdoor venue.
Freddie Jackson, the Grammy-nominated singer who rose to fame for heartfelt R&B love songs, died on October 5 at age 69.
In 1997, Britain’s Chemical Brothers reigned as the kings of electronica—pulsing dance music with frenetic beats, lots of computer or synthesizer treated sound effects, minimal vocals and a generally ecstatic ambience. Unlike many of their brethren, “Chemical Brothers” Ed Simons and the bespectacled Tom Rowlands understood the potentially psychedelic nature of electronic music. On Dig Your Own Hole, (a U.K. No. 1 album), the track “It Doesn’t Matter” was a high-tech adaptation of a 30-year-old Lothar & the Hand People song, “It Comes on Anyhow.”
Tom Nix
Tom Nix, a Colorado native, played throughout the Rocky Mountain region; he made the Billboard Country Singles charts in 1981 with “Home Along the Highway” (#79).
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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