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As the daughter of longtime Denver music fixture and Colfax Museum founder Jonny Barber, Sophia Barber was bound to work in the music business. Jonny took Barber to a lot of concerts throughout her childhood, and during her time at George Washington High School, she put on her own shows. After graduating from high school, Barber moved to Los Angeles in 2018 to study in the University of Southern California’s music-industry program. She met St. Louis native Sophie Moser in the program, and the two went on to form Sophia Productions, their own event production company, in January 2020. A f...

The Sopranos when he heard Morphine’s song “Buena,” from the trio’s 1993 album Cure for Pain. Ortega, who was 28 years old at the time, had never heard the band before, but took a deep dive into Morphine’s music. He was particularly drawn to frontman Mark Sandman’s two-string slide bass, and became so obsessed that he had local luthier Scott Lofquist build him two basses, one of which is a left-hand replica of the instrument played by Sandman, who died from a heart attack during a concert in Italy in 1999. When Ortega, who plays in a duo called the Two-String Project, heard ab...

While the past year has challenged media outlets, there have been a few bright spots for KUVO. Last year, the jazz station at 89.3 FM — which had been based at the Five Points Media Center since 1994 — and its hip-hop channel, the Drop, officially moved into the Buell Public Media Center, at 2101 Arapahoe Street. Offically, the new center also houses Rocky Mountain PBS, Rocky Mountain Public Media, the Colorado Media Collaborative and the Community Media Center, although most employees of those outlets are working remotely.  Tina Cartagena, KUVO’s senior vice president of radio and ...

The last year was a hell of a roller-coaster ride for talent buyer Tony Mason. In early 2020, Mason wrapped up his long-running gig as talent buyer for Lost Lake, Globe Hall and Larimer Lounge and was set to move to Dallas to take a job at Gas Monkey Bar N’ Grill. Last February, he started booking shows for Gas Monkey remotely from Denver, but then the pandemic hit the following month. Mason continued to work remotely from Denver for Gas Monkey for the next few months, but when it became clear that the virus wasn't going to be managed anytime soon, he tentatively rescheduled his move to Da...

Gingerich says that the landlord has been extremely gracious, letting them keep furnishings, restaurant equipment and other items in the location since the business has been closed. Soon they'll start unpacking it all, with a goal of reopening Local 46 by the end of April. This summer will mark what would have been the last season on a ten-year lease. As in previous summers, Gingerich says that Local 46 will host outdoor concerts this year. The short-term lease over the summer will give the Gingeriches time to transition to their new location, dubbed Local 38, at 3930 West 38th Avenue, which...