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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

George Kealiher, Jr.’s relationship with management allowed him—and his camera—backstage when national acts were booked at the newly constructed Denver Coliseum, which started operation in 1952.

Elvis Presley - 1956
The Alarm, 1987

Mike Peters, the frontman and songwriter of the Alarm, died on April 28, 2025, at age 66 after a long battle with blood cancer.

Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor emerged in the 1980s as perhaps the most intriguing artist in the contemporary Christian genre.

Nathaniel Rateliff

Nathaniel Rateliff
Denver-based singer and songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff started out in the band Born in the Flood before forming the Wheel and developing a dedicated following within the Denver music community. Recording with the Night Sweats, an R&B project he formed in 2013, he scored a breakout hit with “S.O.B.” His 2020 solo album, his first in seven… 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.

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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