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Recording at Caribou Ranch in 1977, Carole King was on the lookout for a backup band. Dan Fogelberg, who lived in neighboring Nederland, suggested Boulder’s Navarro.

Led by Patti Smith look-alike Marc Campbell, the Nails began their musical life as the Ravers, Colorado’s punk rock forefathers.

Born May 25, 1877 in Philadelphia, Billy Murray and his family moved five years later to Denver, where he spent most of his early years expressing an interest in show business.

Michael Murphey was one of the cornerstones of Austin’s so-called “cosmic cowboy” scene. In 1972, the Dallas native had “Geronimo’s Cadillac” scrape into the Top 40.

With a string of releases in the contemporary jazz field, Rob Mullins rose to international acclaim as a composer and performer.

Colorado’s Matt Morris made an indelible mark on pop culture with a breakout performance in front of millions of TV viewers.

Sustaining a string of smash country records in the 1980s, Gary Morris credited Colorado as the place where he gained his most valuable experience.

Ragtime virtuoso Max Morath was born in Colorado Springs on October 1, 1926. His mother had lugged a piano bench full of music west from the family farm in Iowa; as a youngster, he said, he’d [...]

For most of the 1970s, Katy Moffatt was a fixture in the Denver folk music scene, playing clubs and small rock venues and spending countless hours at musicians’ haunts like the Denver Folklore Center.