KGNU Music

In an interview with Boulder-born singer-songwriter Dafna, she discusses her experiences writing and producing music in LA. She touches on her organic songwriting and production process and recent exploration into having sessions with other producers. As a woman in the industry, Dafna reflects on the lack of female producers and her own imposter syndrome, despite her evident talent. She encourages...

KGNU's Uncle Jam interviews Laraaji discussing the inspiration behind his mind-bending music and the sonic tools he used. Laraaji shares a transformative experience with music, acquiring an autoharp and experimenting with it in the late 70s and early 80s. He also talks about the interplay between darkness and light in his creative process, guiding his audience through emotions. Laraji recommends y...

KGNU's Music Director Indra Raj interviews musician Rosie Frater-Taylor. Rosie discusses her musical background, influences, and the evolution of her music career, particularly focusing on her new album 'Featherweight' (released Feb 2024). She also talks about her approach to collaboration and experimentation in music production, and her experiences as a female musician in the jazz and guitar comm...

Performing in Denver for the first time is Brooklyn-based, Oklahoma-born, singer, songwriter, pianist, and cellist, Gabriel Royal. Event: Gabriel Royal When: Thursday, March 14, 2024 Show: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Where: The Savoy Denver Address: 2700 Arapahoe Street Denver, CO, 80205 More info: https://www.maspresents.org/events/gabriel-royal

Cellista is a performance artist with creative roots in the Bay Area and Colorado. She creates stage poems like her one-woman show Élégie for cello, static trapeze, and cinema. Elegy will debut at the Gordon Gamm Theater in Boulder on March 23.

Courtney Taylor, lead singer and guitarist of The Dandy Warhols, stopped by KGNU to talk about their new single with Slash, the new album Rockmaker, and their concert at the Gothic Theatre on March 18th.

This interview is between KGNU's Steve Roby and Alex Gonzalez from Sphinx Virtuosi, a group of black and Latinx artists striving to transform classical music through diversity. Alex discusses the mission of the Sphinx organization, their role in the community, and the unique rehearsal structure of Sphinx Virtuosi. They also discuss success stories within the group and share information about their...

Jolie Holland calls in to chat about her new album and upcoming KGNU Presents show in Denver on February 15. Holland is an American singer and performer who combines elements of folk, traditional, experimental, and rock. A founding member of The Be Good Tanyas, Holland released her eighth studio album, Haunted Mountain, in October.

Charlotte Small from New Vista High School, interviews Eric Mattys about his electronic indie rock project Eat! Sleep! Sex! Die! In this feature, Eric discusses the meaning behind his artist name, his production techniques, and meanings behind songs featured in this interview. He also talks about his musical inspiration as a science teacher, and about how his feelings of not belonging to the conse...

New Vista High School student, Ronan Lynch, shares his favorites tracks by the independent electronic soundscape producer, Triponacci. Since the artist highly values anonymity, Triponacci participates in an on-line chat interview with Ronan about their musical inspiration and trajectory, and the meaning behind their name.

This interview features Shane Jonas (trumpet and lead vocals) and MC Billa Camp of the LowDown Brass Band. It covers the band's unique sound, their influences, the band members, their history, their upcoming single and album, and their upcoming show in Denver at Globe Hall on Thursday, February 8th.

This is an interview with acclaimed jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman, who discusses his latest album, "Where Are We," and his upcoming concert in Denver. Redman talks about the concept behind the album and how he chose the songs for it. He also discusses his collaboration with vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa and their unique album-making process. The interview concludes with Redman discussing his upcomin...

KGNU music journalist Steve Roby spoke with blues guitarist Albert Castiglia about his new solo album and upcoming show at the Oriental Theatre. Castiglia was nominated for two Blues Music Awards in the categories of Blues Rock Album of the Year and Blues Rock Artist of the Year and won Blues Rock Album of the Year.

This is an interview with Cuban pianist and composer Aldo López- Gavilán conducted by msuci journalist Steven Roby for KGNU Community Radio. We discussed what life was like for him as a musician in Cuba, the world premiere of his Clarinet Concerto with the Boulder Philharmonic, and the Vignettes and Promenades concert at the Macky Auditorium.

For KGNU Radio, entertainment journalist Steve Roby spoke with Small Island Big Song's producers about the performance’s origins, message, and what the audience can look forward to at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts in Denver on Friday, February 16. Small Island Big Song is a music, film, and performing arts project uniting the islands of the Pacific and Indian Ocean through artistic col...

Music Journalist Steve Roby speaks with Black Violin’s Wil Baptiste for KGNU about the group’s upcoming concert at the Paramount Theatre (February 4), a new album, and the Grammy nomination for “Best Americana Performance” for the track “The Message” in collaboration with The Blind Boys of Alabama.

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."