Music

Rural Northeast Colorado has fewer employed artists than any other region in the state, according to a 2020 report. While musicians, dancers and fashion designers may sell a lot less out there, they are still creating. KUNC asked two musicians, one very young and one much older, to meet and discuss their craft.

Jamie Laurie, better known as Jonny 5, of the Flobots, and Isaac Slade of the Fray both use their music for social activism. The two visited with Platform…

Vocalist/guitarist Sue Foley was born in Ottawa, Canada, and lives in Austin, Texas, and she has made fans from North to South. Sadly few women have made…

Big Bill Broonzy was an amazing guitarist and competent vocalist who went from Country Blues in the 1920s, through a period in the 1930s and 40s of…

John Primer is another of a long list of Mississippi Blues players who made it in Chicago -- and in the bargain helped solidify the Chicago style of…

"It's a rare thing to share the stage with great talent like that young lady."When it's B. B. King who says that maybe the rest of us should take note… as…

If Lil Johnson was recording today, her albums would carry a warning: Contains sexually suggestive material and parental discretion is advised. The same…

Swedish singer Louise Hoffsten mixes Blues/Rock, Blues, and Rhythm & Blues with occasional hints of Jazz. She even does some folk, a bit of acting and has…

Founded in 1987, and later amicably disbanded in 2009, Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women were a trio of talented musicians and witty song writers who mined…

The Blues? During the holidays? I certainly hope not. But remember, the Blues are therapeutic.Merry Christmas.-8-XZU