Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a male choral group from South Africa that sings in the vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube. They rose to worldwide prominence as a result of singing with Paul Simon on his album, Graceland.

KGNU Presents Ladysmith Black Mambazo on Monday March 9th at the Bo ...more details.

Artist: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Venue: The Boulder Theater

No other band today has the same credentials for playing traditional and progressive music. As the sons of bluegrass legend Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury on mandolin and Rob McCoury on banjo continue their father’s work—a lifelong dedication to the power of bluegrass music to bring joy into people’s ...more details.

Artist: Travelin' McCourys with Bill Nershi

Venue: Fox Theatre

No other band today has the same credentials for playing traditional and progressive music. As the sons of bluegrass legend Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury on mandolin and Rob McCoury on banjo continue their father’s work—a lifelong dedication to the power of bluegrass music to bring joy into people’s ...more details.

Artist: Travelin' McCourys with Bill Nershi

Venue: The Gothic Theatre

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings formed out of the ashes of Desco Records, a fiercely independent label that developed an international underground following for releasing hard funk vinyl in the nineties. Beyond their own records and performances, others have tapped them consistently for a sound that s ...more details.

Artist: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings

Venue: The Gothic Theatre

Members of Expedition have a long history of forging paths and pushing traditional boundaries in string band music. In 2011, banjo player and ringleader Jake Schepps released "An Evening in the Village: the Music of Bla Bartok," the first part of Jakes grander project of developing classical reperto ...more details.

Artist: Jake Schepps & Expedition ft. Matt Flinner

Venue: Daniels Hall at Swallow Hill Music

Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau has recorded and performed extensively as the front man of the Brad Mehldau Trio for nearly two decades. Mehldau is first and foremost an improviser, but he also has a deep fascination for the formal architecture of music and uses it to inform everything he plays. He will ...more details.

Artist: Brad Mehldau Trio

Venue: The Boulder Theater

Okkervil River is an American indie rock band from Austin, Texas. Formed in 1998. The band has garnered positive critical reception. Especially noted are each song's lyrics, intricate instrumentation, and relation to the album's themes.

KGNU is very proud to present Okkervil River at th ...more details.

Artist: Okkervil River

Venue: Bluebird Theater

Tinariwen is a band of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. The band was formed in 1979 in Tamanrasset, Algeria, but returned to Mali after a cease-fire in the 1990s. The Tinariwen sound is primarily guitar-driven and has its roots in West African music, specifically that ...more details.

Artist: Tinariwen

Venue: Bluebird Theater

JD McPherson is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He is known for a retro sound rooted in the rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and rockabilly music of the 1950s.

He will be bringing his retro sounds to the Bluebird Theater in Denver on Thursday Apri ...more details.

Artist: JD McPherson

Venue: Bluebird Theater