buddy.not.bud Captures the Sound of Gentrification on Uproot City
When Payton Johnson, better known in the local music scene as buddy.not.bud, left Denver for New York City back in 2017, he knew that he'd eventually be returni...
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Journey Simmons
Is Music Streaming Good for Local Artists?
The impact of music streaming is often talked about in terms of the Taylor Swifts and Jay-Zs of the world. Rarely do we hear about how up-and-coming artists are...
F.U.B.U. – Black Femmes in Denver Music on the Songs that Shaped Them
“All my niggas in the whole wide world, made this song to make it all y'all's turn, for us, this shit is for us." Beyoncé might have stopped the world, but it w...
Openness Translates Nature’s Lessons into Eclectic Dream-Pop on Newest LP
In the tradition of great Colorado musicians past, Denver-native Openness (Keelan McDorman) leans heavily on the natural world as a creative source. Upon listen...
Entertainment Industry Professionals Talk COVID-19 Impact
If you took a shot for every time you’ve read about entertainers struggling through the pandemic, you’d probably be in for a hell of a rough morning. Bylines th...
Bless the Block Brings Musical Benediction To Five Points
There are few things more endearing than an arts fundraiser — Denver locals, tatted and eclectic, coming together in the name of creativity to feed and finance ...
Dream Create Inspire Continues To Spread Black Joy
One may worry about the humanity of an interviewee being lost over Zoom, this, however, was not the case speaking with Wayne Watts and Destiny Hardney, co-found...
Journey Simmons
Black. Denver native. Probably listening to house music. Absolutely refusing to accept things as they are.