A gifted pianist, conductor, arranger, composer and producer, Dave Grusin covered a lot of ground in the music business, winning an Oscar and 10 Grammy Awards for his film and TV scores.

Dave Grusin

An idiosyncratic style has taken Nick and his band to the national charts and the world’s biggest stages, even Hollywood.

Devotchka

birthdays

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

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.

James Brown
Duncan Sheik, 1997

The hit “Barely Breathing” made an unlikely pop star out of Duncan Sheik, who went on to compose the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening. He died September 17, 2026, at age 56.

Gerard

During the mid 1970s, one of the most popular rock bands in Colorado was Gerard, a ten-piece aggregation known for melding sweet pop sensibilities with the roar of a big band. Whiz kid Gerard McMahon was the creative force behind the group—leader, chief writer and arranger.

Steve Conn

Steve Conn
Led by singer and keyboardist Steve Conn, Colorado’s Gris Gris played “slightly twisted funky New Orleans dance music” in the early 1980s. Conn was a regular soloist at the Hotel Boulderado’s mezzanine, and he served as eTown’s first musical director. He eventually moved to Nashville, where he made a career as a notable sideman and… more ≫

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.

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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