JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & THE 4TH DIMENSION 12/4/10 | Boulder Theater John McLaughlin knows a few things about playing fast. The 68-year-old McLaughlin, who some consider the fastest jazz guitarist in the world, has been honing his chops over four decades playing on albums like Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and In…

There were a few changes in the Denver bar and club scene last month, including the opening of Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill, the Rockstar Lounge and Rock-A-Billies. Read on for our bars and clubs roll call for November:…

As singer, guitarist and keyboardist for A Shoreline Dream, Ryan Policky helped sculpt that band’s lush “melodipsych” rock. In the Parallel Light, Policky teams up with Eddie Breidenbach, organist for the garage-rock band the Omens, to do something very different from what both players were doing previously. On Evans, the…

Jay Chadrom has spiced things up at Opal, his sushi restaurant and lounge at 100 East Ninth Avenue. On Friday nights, he now brings women into the lounge who stand on tables and have their bodies painted by Karolina McLean, of McLean Art and Design, who also has paintings on…

John McLaughlin says he was nervous as a kitten and had sweat pouring down his back the first time he played with Miles Davis on the In a Silent Way sessions in 1969. McLaughlin had just moved to the United States from England to join Tony Williams’s Lifetime group when…

After meeting at Metro State while studying under Ron Miles and Fred Hess, Three Squared formed four years ago as a quartet with a mutual love for freedom in music-making and improvisation. While 2008’s Let’s Play Ping Pong was a damn fine effort, drummer Antwon Owens, guitarist Jim Disner, bassist…

After being selected as the top vocalist at Longmont High School in 2006, Mandy Harvey went on to study music at Colorado State University. She began to lose her hearing due to nerve damage in her freshman year, but her limitations — she’s now legally deaf — never stopped her…

When he took over the space at 1320 15th Street that had held Alto (and Sambuca before that) last year, Paul Piciocchi split it into three 2,000-square-foot venues. The Drink opened in mid-November 2009, followed by the Rack & Rye gastropub a few weeks later, and then Mix Music Lounge…

One of the finest blues players to come of out of these parts, Otis Taylor has won blues album of the year awards from Downbeat for four of his albums, and he’s jammed with Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and many other legendary players. Over the years, he’s mastered…

The Way Low Down might employ your typical bluegrass instrumentation — mandolin, banjo, acoustic guitar and upright bass — and borrow a few things from the old-time music of the Appalachians, but the Denver-based quartet isn’t playing your traditional bluegrass music. The outfit, which has been together nearly a year,…

Rush-hour traffic making you nuts? Blood pressure through the roof? Need a place to escape to keep from going Michael Douglas on everyone? The Walnut Room and Paul Riola have teamed up on a new concept to pull your race car out of the red. For the past year, Paul…

Cherry Creek North has never been a great spot for live music. There have been noble attempts, like Vartan Jazz, but that left the neighborhood in 1997. And now Q Worldly Barbeque and Lounge, the restaurant/bar at 2817 East Third Avenue that brought in live blues and jazz acts four…