KGNU Music

KGNU DJ Doug Gertner interviews David Wax Museum on May 1, 2023. David Wax Museum are purveyors of Indie-Folk and Mexo-Americana music and this conversation introduces their latest release, You Must Change Your Life. Learn the origins of the album/song title (hint: a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke) and also why David says this album captures the sound his band’s been chasing since its inception in the...

Local band Phoebe Nix join Iris Berkeley for a special in studio performance on November 20, 2023.

KGNU intern from Metropolitan State University, Jinx Wilson, brings breakout musician and artist, N3ptune, to KGNU’s Denver studios to discuss his album: Renaissance, alongside fashion, the music industry, and pop culture. Additionally, he provides advice regarding the student population of Denver, reflecting on the struggles they face when it comes to gun violence.

Azzan Booker, KGNU intern from Denver Public Schools, brought Fabian Guerrero, Nick Guerrero, Dasan Leon, and Adam Diaz from Bruha to Denver’s KGNU studios to talk with the up-and-coming Colorado band composed of young hispanic musicians in their teens and early twenties. The band reflects on the excitement of playing at local venues for the first time and of people from the local music scene begi...

During his internship at KGNU, Jair Ramirez got the opportunity to interview Chris Bowers Castillo and Will Parkhill from the Denver-based and nationally acclaimed band: Kiltro. As a Denver-based high school graduate and aspiring musician with Mexican heritage, Jair chose to review Kiltro’s bilingual sophomore album, Underbelly, for its blend of shoegaze, ambient and neo-psychedelia with South Ame...

KGNU's Will Two-Step chats with Front Range musical icon Hazel Miller ahead of her performance at the 2023 Lafayette Music Festival.

KGNU's Cal Huss speaks with Grammy award-winning singer, composer, and producer Arooj Aftab, composer-pianist Vijay Iyer, and bassist, composer and producer Shahzad Ismaily ahead of their presentation of 'Love is Exile' at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts in Denver.

KGNU's Iris Berkeley speaks with Surprise Chef guitarist Lachlan Stuckey in August 2023 in advance of their KGNU Presents appearance in Denver at the Marquis Theater.

KGNU's Robin Claire speaks with the legendary Dale Ann Bradley about her 2023 release, "Kentucky For Me."

KGNU's Iris Berkeley speaks with Raquel Berrios and Luis Alfredo del Valle, the wife-and-husband team behind Buscabulla, in July 2023 — in advance of their appearance in Denver at the Bluebird Theater.

KGNU's Neil Smart hosts High Lonesome

KGNU's Donovan Makha hosts Aston Barrett Jr. from The Wailers

KGNU's Robin Claire hosts Wood Belly in studio on Old Grass Gnu Grass.

KGNU's Cal Huss welcomes local band Kiltro into the studio ahead of the release of their new album 'Underbelly' out on June 2, 2023.

Roots and Branches 05-21-2023 Twisted Pine

MSA River Arkansas 05-26-2023

MSA_05-11-2023_Jon Ridnell

Interview: Mighty Poplar 5/8/23

Studio Session: Derek Dames Ohl 05-06-2023

KGNU's Greg Schultz welcomes Elephant Revival to the studio, ahead of their performance at the Mission Ballroom on March, 25, 2023.

KGNU's Indra Raj catches up with Wax Tailor ahead of his 2023 international tour, including three stops in Colorado.

KGNU's Iris Berkeley speaks with legendary musician and guitar wizard Adrian Belew in February 2023 — in advance of his tour with Jerry Harrison and Cool Cool Cool performing the Talking Heads' iconic record Remain In Light.

KGNU DJ The Groove Thief interviews Denver's own Wake Up and Live, ahead of the 11th Annual Bob Marley Birthday celebration that they're headlining at Cervantes' Other Side this Saturday 2/4.

Listen to KGNU DJ The Groove Thief's interview with Denver's own dubwise supergroup Death by Dub, ahead of their Thursday, November 3 show at Ophelia's Electric Soapbox. Hear tracks off their recently released Abundance album and a wide-ranging discussion. (air dates 10/22/2022 & 10/23/2022)

KGNU DJ Iris Berkeley chats with Beth Orton about her latest album "Weather Alive", returning to life after lockdown, and the meaning in music-making. An edited version of this interview aired on the Afternoon Sound Alternative on Nov. 7, 2022. Hear archive episodes of the Afternoon Sound Alternative on AfterFM here: https://www.afterfm.com/morning