A symposium at Fiske Planetarium convened members of Spontanuity, whose psychedelic light show provided visual background for the Dead’s 1969 concert in Boulder.
Photographer Stephen Collector applied his attention to detail and lighting techniques to the world of ’80s music, a striking portfolio he shares with the Colorado Music Experience.
A founding member of the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir passed away on January 10, 2026, at age 78.
An in-concert home video and double live disc—both titled Live & Loud—documented Ozzy Osbourne’s “Theatre of Madness” and “No More Tours” treks in 1991-1992.
Townes Van Zandt
A highly influential Texas singer-songwriter, Townes Van Zandt enrolled at the University of Colorado in 1962; in the spring of his sophomore year, his parents, who were living in Houston, flew to Boulder to bring him back home. The wild, tragic cult artist later wrote and recorded while splitting his time between Texas, Tennessee and the… more ≫
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.
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