February 4, 2021| Songwriter's Corner| Barb Dye
By Lucas Shaw and Thomas Seal, MSN/Bloomberg Businessweek | Bob Dylan was supposed to spend the summer of... Read More → SONGWRITERS CORNER: Rock Stars Are Making Fortunes Cashing In on Their Old Songs
February 4, 2021| Colorado Music-Related Business| Barb Dye
By Keith Fischer, CBS 4 Denver | Since the pandemic began, Colorado restaurants have lost $ 3 billion,... Read More → BUSINESS NEWS: Restaurant Staff Now Beneath the Important Group to Get Vaccine – CBS Denver
January 28, 2021| Colorado Music-Related Business| Barb Dye
By Jon Solomon, Westword | Since COVID-19 restrictions were lowered to Level Orange in early January, music... Read More → BUSINESS NEWS: Here’s Where Live Music Is Happening in Denver
January 21, 2021| Events| Barb Dye
We’ll celebrate Chris Fischer’s Birthday and re-opening Herman’s Hideaway with a safely distanced show... Read More → EVENTS: Herman’s Hideaway Announces Limited Attendance Live Shows
January 8, 2021| Events| Barb Dye
Jon Solomon, Westword | On Monday, some counties including Denver that had been at Level Red on the Colorado... Read More → NEWS: Live Music Returns to Some Venues Under Level Orange
January 8, 2021| Thoughts and Prayers| Barb Dye
Chris Kresge: For my birthday this year, I’m asking for donations to Rocky Mountain Music Relief Inc.... Read More → THOUGHTS and PRAYERS: Chris Kresge Requests Birthday Donations to Rocky Mountain Music Relief, Inc.
January 8, 2021| Colorado Music-Related Business| Barb Dye
By John Wenzel, The Denver Post | Thanks to changes in the state’s color-coded COVID-19 dial this week,... Read More → BUSINESS NEWS: Denver Museums, Stages, Movie Theaters Reopening Amid New Level Orange Status
January 8, 2021| In Memoriam| Barb Dye
By Denise Oliver Perez, Daily Kos | This was a year when a host of musicians transitioned. As we ring out the... Read More → IN MEMORIAM: Their Music Will Not ‘be forgot’: RIP 2020
December 31, 2020| Samplings| Barb Dye
This week, COMBO Board Members Sheena Morgan and Alex Teitz sent a few articles that deal with the... Read More → SAMPLINGS: Mostly National News But All Gems to Read
December 31, 2020| Reports| Barb Dye
By Jeffrey Dallet, RMPBS | A year and a half ago, Rocky Mountain PBS visited Swallow Hill Music teacher and... Read More → REPORTS: Surviving the Wave: Music Instructor ‘Chadzilla’ Adapts to Virtual Lessons and a Year Without Shows
December 17, 2020| Reports| Barb Dye
By Katrina Leibee, Westword | When she was a middle-schooler in Arkansas, Sarah Slaton would stay up all... Read More → REPORTS: How Sarah Slaton Is Helping Save the Music Industry
December 17, 2020| In Memoriam| Barb Dye
By Lyndsey Parker, Yahoo Music | Charley Pride, the legendary baritone singer who broke barriers as the first... Read More → IN MEMORIAM: Trailblazing Country Superstar Charley Pride Dead at 86 From Coronavirus Complications // Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths
December 10, 2020| Colorado Music-Related Business| Barb Dye
BREAKING NEWS!!! It was announced on CBS This Morning that Chris Maunu of Arvada West High School has been... Read More → BUSINESS NEWS: The Latest From COMBO 12/10/20
December 10, 2020| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
COMBO Board Member Alex Teitz sent a few articles that deal with the entertainment business in Colorado and... Read More → INTERESTING BITS: Stories from Board Member Alex Teitz re The Tattered Cover, El Chapultepec’s Closing and Ohio Club Closed
December 10, 2020| Thoughts and Prayers| Barb Dye
Last month, it was revealed that the singer-rapper, 33, had been hospitalized and was in critical condition... Read More → THOUGHTS and PRAYERS: Jeremih Shares First Photos Since Dangerous Coronavirus Battle
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