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Over 25 years ago, five Denver musicians who collaborated with Apples in Stereo, Neutral Milk Hotel, Warlock Pinchers and Dressy Bessy came together to play jazz standards on Tuesday afternoons as the Perry Weissman 3. Still together, the band has played under the moniker PW3 for the past decade. While the musicians originally formed to play jazz on a regular basis, they also started writing original material more in the vein of Chicago instrumental post-rock act Tortoise and German krautrock pioneer Neu! PW3 nods to both on Backlog, the group's new twenty-song, two-hour-long album that’...

Owner Loy Merck says his business, which reopened its outdoor area in mid-January for weekend service, was losing money in the fall because of limited capacity and shorter hours; nonetheless, he decided it was worth reopening now that the State of Colorado is allowing it. Erik Ludwig, who's been the Meadowlark's general manager for the past nine years, says being open has been a double-edged sword, because he wants to take care of his employees as much as possible. "You've got to balance it with being as safe as possible," he says. "Then trying to make the financials work is a whole other b...

10133 West Chatfield Avenue, Littleton The Littleton bar and restaurant recently started live music again and is bringing in bands like JK4 (Jakarta four-piece band), Woodland Park and Guild of Ages. Capacity is limited to fifty people, but there is additional seating in heated outdoor areas. 19552 East Main Street, Parker Tailgate hosts live music on Fridays and Saturdays on its patio stage. The spot also has patio heaters and fire-pit tables. 918 West First Avenue The Grateful Dead-centric bar hosts Hunter Graham Band on Wednesdays, Dueling Dead on Thursdays, and other acts througho...

Originally from Houston, multi-instrumentalist Mark Medina has lived in various parts of Colorado since 1997. Five years ago, he moved near the small town of Westcliffe in the Wet Valley, which is between the Wet Mountains and Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Southern Colorado. Although he and his family live off the grid and get spotty satellite internet through HughesNet, Medina is still able to collaborate with musicians around the world, through his ambient/jazz project Re-Evolution Cafe Orchestra, which just released Deep Into Wet Mountain Valley. Medina plays most of the instruments on t...

Although guitarist Eddie Roberts wasn’t able to tour last year with his group the New Mastersounds because of the pandemic, he’s been busy expanding Color Red, the Denver-based label he founded in 2018. Over the past year, Color Red has launched branches in Japan and France, released music from acts around the world, started the Roberts-curated vinyl club Rare Sounds, and also has a hand in the Larimer Records Cafe, set to open in Larimer Square on January 20. Since most members of Color Red’s team are musicians, who weren’t gigging because of COVID-19, they were able to ramp up thi...