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Music engineer Buggz, seated, works with Denver rapper Ramond, left, and producer DJ Zenas, right, during a creative session while working on their recording at Bright Future Media studio on September 5, 2019 in Aurora, Colorado. Colorado hip-hop musician Ramond is finishing an 12-song, all-local soundtrack for the New York-based company Black Sands, which will accompany the animated DVD of its popular Black Sands comic book. Ramond and the musicians involved look to expand the audience for comic books beyond white suburban teens. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post) Manuel Godoy usually ignores emails soliciting his interest in a new music project. “At first I was like, ‘Oh, another person throwing a song at me,'” Godoy, 34, said over the phone from Brooklyn, where his Black Sands Entertainment company is based. “But this email had an actual track on it and all of the manager’s information, so it looked legit. When I heard ‘Kings and … [Read more...] about Black Sands imagines a heroic black history, with the help of Colorado musicians

Not So Silent Night, Channel 93.3’s annual holiday show, is picking up stakes and moving to promoter AEG Presents Rocky Mountains’ new Mission Ballroom in the River North Art District, following years of operating at the FirstBank Center in Broomfield. Tickets to this year’s Dec. 5, 16-and-up event — which features co-headliners The Head and the Heart and Fitz and the Tantrums, along with opener Enzi — are on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 20. ($52.80-$99, axs.com) Intimidatingly talented singer, MC and producer T-Pain, who’s perhaps best known for popularizing Auto-Tune in hip-hop, is bringing the latest leg of his 1Up Tour to the Boulder Theater on Nov. 18. Tickets to this 12-date jaunt — which precedes new music from T-Pain — are on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 20. ($32.50-$35, bouldertheater.com)Superstar violinist Lindsey Stirling is returning for Colorado shows this fall after a planned raft of European dates. Tickets to her Nov. 25 … [Read more...] about The Head and the Heart, T-Pain, Lindsey Stirling and more Colorado concerts on sale this week

Cynthia Settje works on fabric for a corset at Redthreaded in Louisville, Colorado on Friday, June 21, 2019. The company has created several costumes in a touring Broadway production of "Anastasia." (Kelsey Brunner, The Denver Post) Despite her painstaking work with Tony-winning designers on Broadway musicals, Cynthia Settje will never win a Tony award. And that’s just fine with her. “I get a lot of people who say, ‘I can’t wait to see you win a Tony or an Oscar,’ ” said Settje, 31. “But that’s for the costume designers, the architects of these shows. I’m the general contractor who oversees the construction, and my stitchers are like the carpenters.”Settje owns the Lafayette-based costume shop Redthreaded, which she founded in 2009 in North Carolina — about three years before moving to Colorado. She and her team of five women spend their days sewing costumes and boutique corsets — some of which cost upwards … [Read more...] about Look closely at Broadway’s “Anastasia” to see Colorado costume shop Redthreaded

On Sept. 1, Colorado’s new Interstate 70 traction law went into effect, and it will impact outdoor aficionados and westward travelers this ski season. Before the weather turns nasty, here’s what drivers need to know to stay ticket-free: Which roads are part of this new law? The new traction requirements are mandatory for all drivers traveling on Interstate 70 between Dotsero and Morrison. Other roads will see driving restrictions only when there are adverse weather conditions.RELATED: How to navigate I-70 traffic during ski season without losing your mind What does my car need to be compliant? The new law mostly impacts drivers of two-wheel-drive vehicles. For nine months of the year, September through May, two-wheel-drive cars must have specialized winter tires or traction devices when driving on the mountainous section of I-70 — no matter what kind of weather is going on. Under the new law, drivers will need: All-season tires with a mud/snow designation (often … [Read more...] about Here’s what Colorado’s new traction law means for ski season travel

We sought out Colorado brewers who will be pouring in the hall during the 2019 Great American Beer Festival and asked them about trends, how the state’s grocery store sales of beer may have affected them, and what is making them happy, among other things. The festival is Oct. 3-5 at the Colorado Convention Center. For festival information and tickets, go to greatamericanbeerfestival.com. Check back over the next two weeks for continued coverage of this year’s GABF.Seth Townsend, co-founder and head brewer of Liquid Mechanics, Lafayette Q. What trends do you see in the craft beer world? Are you a fan? A. The trend I see most often is the quick reaction to jump to the next, greatest innovation in brewing. It works for some breweries, and for some it looks like they might be just trying anything to stay alive. Some breweries are becoming known for hopping on the fad-wagon. One month it’s a new glitter beer, then next it’s Brut IPA, then seltzer. But that’s … [Read more...] about Colorado brewers share what they’ll have on tap at this year’s Great American Beer Festival