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Terrapin Care Station
Cambridge Audio

The protean musician, artist and designer's years in Colorado found him composing, recording and performing countless works.

Tim Duffy

A symposium at Fiske Planetarium convened members of Spontanuity, whose psychedelic light show provided visual background for the Dead’s 1969 concert in Boulder.

Grateful Dead/Spontanuity

The Rolling Stones put their talent on stage in Colorado for the first time on Nov. 29, 1965, when they were still a pop group. Nicholas DeSciose, 19, took on the assignment of shooting the concert.

Mick Jagger
Jimmy Cliff, 1985

Singer Jimmy Cliff, reggae music’s first international hitmaker, died November 24, 2025. He was 81.

Devotchka

Take unorthodox instrumentation—sousaphone, trumpet, violin, accordion, clarinet, guitars and percussion. Liberally season with varied influences—traditional Eastern European dance, Argentine tango, Spaghetti Western instrumentals, Mexican folk, American roots music and angular post-punk. Top off with crooning tenor—equal parts flamboyant lounge singer and sensual balladeer.

Robben Ford

Robben Ford
Robben Ford, a touring guitarist with Joni Mitchell, George Harrison and the L.A. Express, lived in Boulder in the mid-1970s to study technique, composing and Buddhism.

On Record Book Series

On Record book series

Each volume of the award-winning On Record series gathers over 200 limited and extraordinary images and 100 interview-based profiles spotlighting an array of musical artists.

merch

merchandise

Explore the Colorado Music Experience’s store, stocked with stylish products and gifts for music fans.

hosted by g. brown

A non-profit organization established to preserve the legacies of Colorado music, CoME serves as a repository for informational and archival resources.

Jon Rizzi, G. Brown, Mark Zaremba and Chip Garofalo