Music of Colorado

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The American state of Colorado has many music scenes and venues, especially in the larger cities like Denver and Colorado Springs.

Colorado's orchestras include the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.

Folk and traditional music in Colorado has been an intricate part of the local popular culture in the last century. The Colorado Bluegrass Music Society exists to promote Coloradan bluegrass music, and publishes a magazine called Pow'r Pickin'.^{[not verified in body]}

There are also online communities developed to promote Colorado music, such as COStandUp.com (that opened January 1, 2009) that is dedicated to the publishing of articles surrounding the Colorado hip-hop scene.^{[not verified in body]}

Colorado Bands and Artists

Local bands and musicians as well as those often associated with Colorado include:

• 16 Horsepower (Indie-Gothic-Country-Rock)
• 3OH!3 (Emotronic)
• 3 The Hard Way^[1] (Hip-Hop)
• Air Dubai^[2] (Alternative Hip-Hop)
• Antonia Brico (Classical)
• The Apples in Stereo (Indie/Pop)
• The Astronauts (Surf)
• Big Head Todd and the Monsters (Rock)^[3]
• Breathe Carolina (Emotronic)
• Cephalic Carnage (Grindcore/Death Metal)
• Choke the Word (Alt/prog rock)
• Churchill (Acoustic/Bluegrass/Folk Rock)
• The Czars (Rock/Indie/Alternative)
• DeVotchKa (Indie/Alternative - Post Rock)
• Dianne Reeves (Jazz)
• Dressy Bessy (Indie)
• Drop Dead, Gorgeous (Pitiful)
• Elephant Revival (Folk)
• The Epilogues (Alternative / Indie / Rock)
• Fear Before the March of Flames (Mathcore)
• Fierce Bad Rabbit (Pop)
• Firefall (rock)
• Five Iron Frenzy (Ska)
• Flobots (Rap-Rock)
• The Fray (Adult Contemporary Soft Rock)
• Hit and Run (band) (Bluegrass)
• India.Arie (R&B/Soul)
• Jill Sobule (Folk)
• John Denver (Folk)
• Judy Collins (Folk)
• Kan'Nal (Indie/Alternative)
• Leftover Salmon (Jam)
• Loveland Opera Theatre(Opera)
• The Minders (Indie)
• Meese
• Mr. J. Medeiros (Hip-Hop)
• The Northern Way (Pop/Rock)
• OneRepublic (Pop/Rock)
• Opera Colorado (Opera)
• Philip Bailey (R&B/Funk)
• Playalitical (Rap/Hip-Hop)
• The Photo Atlas (Post-Hardcore)
• Pretty Lights (Electronic)
• The Procussions (Hip-Hop)
• Roper (Pop/Punk)
• The Samples (Jam)
• Slim Cessna's Auto Club (Indie-Gothic-Country-Rock)
• The String Cheese Incident (Jam)
• The Subdudes
• Tickle Me Pink (Pop)
• Single File (Pop)
• Tommy Bolin
• Vaux (Alternative)
• Velvet Acid Christ (electronica/industrial)
• Yonder Mountain String Band (Bluegrass)
• Whiskey Tango (Jam/Bluegrass)
• Zephyr (Punk)

List of Colorado music venues

Boulder

• Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St.^[4]
• Macky Auditorium, CU-Boulder campus

Broomfield

• 1STBANK Center

Colorado Springs

• World Arena, 3185 Venetucci Blvd.
• The Black Sheep, 2106 Platte Avenue.

Denver

• Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St.
• Magness Arena, 2240 E. Buchtel Blvd.
• Ogden Theatre,^[5] 935 E. Colfax Ave.
• Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Pl.
• Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake Street.
• The Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer Street.
• The Gothic Theatre, 3263 Broadway.
• Bluebird Theater, 930 W. 7th Ave.

Fort Collins

• The Aggie Theatre, 204 S. College Ave.

Greenwood Village

• Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre

Loveland

• Budweiser Events Center

Morrison

• Red Rocks Amphitheatre

See also

• Music in Denver
• State of Colorado

References