Music of Colorado
| Music of the United States | ||
|---|---|---|
| Local music | ||
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| History (Timeline) | Ethnicities | |
| to 1900 | African American | |
| 1900–1940 | Native American (Inuit and Hawaiian) | |
| 40s and 50s | Latin (Tejano and Puerto Rican) | |
| 60s and 70s | Cajun and Creole | |
| 80s to the present | Other immigrants (Jewish, European, South and East Asian, modern African and Middle-Eastern) | |
| Genres (Samples): Classical – Hip hop – Rock – Pop – Folk | ||
Colorado is a state of the United States. The state has a vibrant garage rock and hip hop music scene, especially in the larger cities like Denver and Colorado Springs. The Colorado Music Association exists to promote Coloradan music.
Colorado's orchestras include the Colorado Springs Symphony, Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra, Telluride Chamber Orchestra, Pikes Peak Philharmonic, Pueblo Symphony (affiliated with the University of Southern Colorado), Colorado Symphony Orchestra and the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra.
Music festivals in modern Colorado include the Strings in the Mountains Music Festival.
Folk and traditional music in Colorado includes modern bands like The Blue Canyon Boys and High Plains Tradition. The Colorado Bluegrass Music Society exists to promote Coloradan bluegrass music, and publishes a magazine called Pow'r Pickin'.
Punk
In the early 1970s, the band Zephyr became the hottest regional act, though they never broke in across the country. During the same period, a large number of Californian musicians, especially hippies, moved to Colorado. Coloradan punk rock began in 1976, with the formation of a Boulder group called The Ravers, who released a single for Screwball Records, the first punk recording from Colorado, before moving to New York City and becoming The Nails.
Though The Ravers had to leave Colorado for New York, the state's punk scene grew steadily more vibrant. A Wax Trax! Records store in Denver helped in this transition; store owners Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher had an enormous impact on the local music scene. The store hosted weekly parties beginning in 1977, where DJs played New Wave and punk rock. By the end of the decade, local bands became well-known in cities across the state; these included The Front, Corvairs, The Young Weasels, Dancing Asseholes, Defex, The Violators, The Guys and Johny Three.
In the 1980s, popular local bands included the funk-punk band Urban Leash, Gothic rock band The Soul Merchants, Acid Ranch, Electric Third Rail, Jux County, The Pink and Church and State. The Fluid was perhaps the most notable band, however, and was one of the very first to sign to the Sub Pop record label.
Later punk bands from Colorado included the Down-N-Outs, All, Descendants and Pinhead Circus.
Categories: Colorado culture | Music of U.S. subdivisions