This month, our colleagues at CPR Classical are beginning a yearlong series they're calling "Journey to Freedom: The Spirituals Radio Project," which is co-produced with M. Roger Holland II.

The synth-pop act was able to perform a couple of live gigs in 2020 during the pandemic, and also raise money for a music mentorship program.

The title track of harpist Margot Krimmel’s new album is “Ever The New Time Comes.” It came from a passage in a fairy tale. 

An essay from a Black Coloradan born in Ethiopia. “My Dear White Friends” is addressed to friends who think, because of her family’s more recent migration, she’s immune to racism. Read the full essay below.

In the age of staying-at-home and social distancing, live music is having to go virtual. That includes the Five Points Jazz Festival. For nearly 20 years, the celebration has typically attracted crowds in the thousands for a day-long event in Denver's historic Five Points neighborhood, with dozens of Colorado acts performing across multiple stages.

The Denver-based outfit just released their fifth full-length record, “The Light We Bring,” which marks a lyrical and instrumental expansion for their sound.

The band's lead vocalist Philip Bailey is a Denver native. He and two other original members of Earth, Wind, and Fire were presented with this year's Kennedy Center Honors.

The new album from Neil Young and Crazy Horse was recorded at the remote, mountaintop Studio in the Clouds outside Telluride, Colorado.

Steep Canyon Rangers, a Grammy-winning band from North Carolina, have been coming to Colorado for nearly 20 years. Just this summer, they performed at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, the Seven Peaks Music Festival in Buena Vista and this week they'll be at Red Rocks. Guitarist and lead vocalist Woody Platt shares some of his fondest memories touring in Colorado.

Singer-songwriter Marc Cohn found huge success in 1991 with "Walking In Memphis." It helped win him a Grammy, and established his career as a gifted storyteller, soul man and steward of American roots music. Cohn has worked with Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, David Crosby and Patty Griffin. For his latest project, he's teamed up with Grammy-winning veterans of the gospel world, The Blind Boys of Alabama. The new album, titled "Work To Do," comes out Friday. Next week, Marc Cohn and the Blind Boys of Alabama kick off the Western leg of their summer tour at Chautauqua Auditorium in Boulder. We're going to discuss that, and the event that nearly took his life in Denver 14 years ago.

The beloved Colorado musician and founder of Yonder Mountain String Band died this week at the age of 45.