Music 
Apr 12, 2013
A country song, assumptions _ and a racial outcry
"I think he had good intentions. I think he genuinely wanted to explore a topic," Irwin, who is black, said in an interview. However, "I don't believe he doesn't know what the Confederate flag symbolizes and what it means. There's nothing accidental about that."
Apr 11, 2013
Loud and local: Lowry’s Soiled Dove finding sweet spot outside of Downtown venue
AURORA | The staff at the Soiled Dove Underground have a gag about the music club that sits on the site of the former Lowry …
Mar 26, 2013
Shred school: Classrooms popping up around metro area dedicated to teaching students to rock
“We just learned almost all of Blink-182’s career,” he joked, pointing out that much of the band’s catalogue boiled down to three or four chords. “Music, to be good, doesn’t need to be complicated.”
Mar 26, 2013
Timberlake’s ’20/20′ album sells 968K in 1st week
"As the marketing sort of picks up for the new record and the single goes to radio ... you definitely start to see interest," said David Bakula, Nielsen's senior vice president of client development and analytics for entertainment.
Mar 8, 2013
Motown founder Berry Gordy readies for ‘last major endeavor’ on Broadway
DETROIT — For Berry Gordy, conquering Broadway is the next — and by his own admission, last — major milestone of a magical, …
Mar 8, 2013
Grammy winning bluegrass band comes to Colorado without Steve Martin
Win a Grammy and watch your band name climb the music charts. That’s what the members of Steep Canyon Rangers learned after they …
Mar 7, 2013
Q&A: Hank Williams’ grandaughter on music, family and hunting for meat
"I make venison jerky and venison roast and venison hot dogs and venison chili and it's a neat kind of barbaric feeling to get a hundred pounds of meat and have it for a whole family for a season."
Mar 6, 2013
Film Review: ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ isn’t exactly either
Franco seems too boyish for the role; he's neither charismatic nor self-loathing enough and his performance frequently consists of hammy goofing.
Mar 4, 2013
Bobby Rogers, founder of Motown group The Miracles, dies
Their hits included “Shop Around,” ‘’You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me,” ‘’The Tracks of My Tears,” ‘’Going to a Go-Go,” ‘’I Second That Emotion” and “The Tears of a Clown.”
Feb 22, 2013
Cleotha Staples, mainstay of the Staple Singers, dies in Chicago
CHICAGO — In a family of vocalists, it was Cleotha Staples’ smooth and velvety voice that helped set apart the sound of the influential …
