Music

The New Orleans-based Rebirth Brass Band funks up the Bluebird Theater for two nights this week while Grammy-winning gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama perform Christmas songs at the L2 Church tonight and Celtic Woman teams up with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra tomorrow for an evening of holiday favorites at Boettcher Concert Hall. Also, the Denver Noise Fest is at Globe Hall on Wednesday, December 21, and Thursday, December 22.

Here are four videos to help you decide whether you want to see Umphrey’s McGee

This has been a tumultuous week for Lupe Fiasco, who is reeling from accusations of antisemitism and may be retiring.

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats are more than just a band. They’re a brand.

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers bring their fortieth-anniversary tour to Red Rocks for two nights, on Monday, May 29, and Tuesday, May 30, with Joe Walsh opening; tickets ($49.50-$149.50) go on sale on Friday, December 16. at 10 a.m. Norah Jones, who released Day Breaks last October, headlines Red Rocks on Wednesday, June 14; tickets ($45-$68) go on sale on Thursday, December 15 at 10 a.m. Bell Biv DeVoe will be at the Bellco Theatre on Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, February 14; tickets ($49-$119) are on sale on now.

Daniel Hertel of blues-rock band Verses the Inevitable

Over the last decade, Nathaniel Rateliff has hosted holiday shows with various projects he’s fronted, including Born in the Flood and the Wheel. This weekend at the Ogden Theatre, he’s with his group the Night Sweats, who have had an epic year of touring. Also this weekend, Rose Hill Drive…

If you’d rather not sing along to “Deck the Halls” or the “Hallelujah Chorus” this year, don’t miss these world holiday concerts that are sure to spice up the season for all celebrations.

“Many of my close friends are grieving hard over the losses because we are involved in a similar lifestyle of hosting and performing in spaces that are sometimes dangerously unconventional.”

Denver indie-pop band Kissing Party has a complicated relationship with the holidays. Although the group has released a Christmas single every year for the past six, it’s ending that tradition this year and instead updating 2013’s Winter in the Pub album, a collection of holiday songs, with the addition of…

Lupe Fiasco will bring his thought-provoking hip-hop to the Fillmore Auditorium on Thursday, December 15, for what could be his last performance ever. That’s if he doesn’t cancel the show. After releasing his latest song “N.E.R.D.,” a freestyle over J. Cole’s “Everybody Dies,” listeners flocked to Twitter to criticize the…

He’s a respected singer/songwriter and former member of the Commodors. She’s a mega-pop star who can hit the shit out of some high notes. Lionel Richie and “very special guest” Mariah Carey have announced they are touring together next year. The All the Hits tour will hit 35 cities and…

Lupe Fiasco, who dropped his new song “Killers” last week, headlines the Fillmore Auditorium on Thursday, December 15 while the Brian Setzer Orchestra brings its holiday show to the Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, December 13. This week’s lineup also includes Mushroomhead, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Red Fang and Joe Russo’s…