When the Trio Solisti started its Telluride Musicfest 10 years ago, its Artistic Director, the stellar Maria Bachmann, explained to us that the Trio is a unique type of ensemble. In string quartets, the whole effort is directed towards creating one integrated instrument, a “sound...
Naming a thing helps give the senses a place to aim, but sadly, the phrase "classical music" is a tour de force of negative publicity. The words suggest something inaccessible outside pop culture. "Classical music" conjures the sounds of dead white guys, for blue hairs...
Some four decades since his remarkable debut, John Prine has stayed at the top of his game, both as a performer and songwriter. Recently honored at the Library of Congress by U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, he has been elevated from the annals of songwriters...
Seryn everywhere you want to be: Main Stage, NightGrass (Palm) and Elks Park The New York Times did a feature on the place a few years ago, when the band Midlake were the poster boys for Denton, Texas's indie music scene, which includes musicians as noteworthy...
The beat of authentic, no-frills, Big Easy country music mixed with a strong shot of rockabilly will fill the halls of Ridgway, Colorado's New Sherbino Theater, Sunday, June 17, starting at 7 p.m., when Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue – an award-winning, crowd-pleasing...
Editor's note: Telluride and Tibet: two places linked by alliteration and mountain cultures. Tibet was recently celebrated through the work of photographer Phil Borges, whose penetrating portraits of the country were on display at the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art during Mountainfilm in Telluride. Rigzin...
Beloved a capella group to perform Wednesday, May 23, Ah Haa School for the Arts How to make your heart sing? Heartbeat, an eight woman a cappella group, performs a host of fun tunes, Wednesday, May 23, at the Ah Haa School for the Arts. Included...
Editor's Note: Our Tall Tales contributor, Mark Stevens, is the author of "Antler Dust" and "Buried by the Roan." "Buried by the Roan" is a finalist for the 2012 Colorado Book Award. Both books are the shelves at Telluride's own Between the Covers Bookstore, 224...
Vincent and Anne Mai (along with filmmaker/pianist Josh Aronson) produce the extraordinary Telluride Musicfest, an event that occurs annually in Telluride in June – this year, starting June 27, marks the 10th anniversary – to celebrate chamber music in its intended form: top tier musicians...
Editor's Note: For the past two days, Jennie Franks of the Telluride Playwrights Festival, this year, July 9 – July 15, has blogged about her spring trip to Russia. This is the final installment of her "Theatre Tales," but stay tuned to Telluride Inside...
