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FeaturesNoCo Music NoGo: COVID-19’s Massive Impact On Colorado’s Music Industry“It’s pretty easy to see how unprepared everyone was,” said Brian Claxton – a touring drummer and music educator based in Greeley, Colorado. Music venues, restaurants and bars across the globe and in Colorado have been ordered to close due to coronavirus precautions, essentially cutting off the lifeblood of the music industry. But the ramifications go deeper, from the 50th anniversary of the huge UNC Jazz Festival delaying one year to smaller bands such as Float Like A Buffalo cancelling their shoestring budget tours. “I think it will take a year to recover, not just in the economy but in the entertainment industry here,” Moxi Theater Ely Corliss said, “and that’s if we resume in April. If this goes until May 11 or so, it’ll be catastrophic for the Moxi and (his restaurant) Luna’s both.”Dan England and Valerie Vampola · Mar 25, 2020FeaturesInto The Original: Tyler Walker & John DeWitt at the RMCMAsAs the talent booker for the Greeley Stampede’s music acts, John DeWitt always liked the Tyler Walker Band.Dan England · Mar 6, 2020105.5 The Colorado Sound's Featured ArtistsThe Colorado Sound’s My5 – March 2020Cherokee Heirloom seeds locked in an arctic vault. An unsung hero known as “The Female Elvis.” The most famous mime saving children during a world war. Girls skateboarding in Kabul. The demise of the most rock’ n’ roll magazine ever (no, not us…). What do they have in common? Why they’re in this month’s My5 from The Colorado Sound, of course! Always worth checking out what’s on the minds of our radio gurus – March is no different!BandWagon Magazine · Mar 5, 2020FeaturesJim Curry Is Not John DenverJim Curry is not John Denver. Well, no #@%*!, you say, but when you see him sing on stage, you may have doubts.Dan England · Mar 3, 2020105.5 The Colorado Sound's Featured ArtistsThe Colorado Sound’s My5 – February 2020Probably the best short read you’ll do all month. Internet overwhelming? We get you. So does the Colorado Sound. Check out their My5 for February and sift through the music and culture mire no longer!Kevin Johnston · Feb 11, 2020105.5 The Colorado Sound's Featured ArtistsThe Colorado Sound’s My5 – January 2020We have a feeling 2020 is going to be epic. The pop, alternative, rock, folk scholars at The Colorado Sound sift through the flotsam of the new decade and deliver their top 5 notable arts thaangs each month right here, from 5,000 years of Chinese culture to Colorado artist’s Grammy nominations.BandWagon Magazine · Jan 13, 2020FeaturesThe Greeley Phil’s Got You (And Your Kazoo Too)The next time you attend a Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra concert, you may want to bring your kazoo.Dan England · Nov 2, 2018FeaturesGreeley Philharmonic to score Disney’s FantasiaGlen Cortese, Maestro of the GPO, said over the phone that the live scoring of Fantasia was one of many collaborative projects the Orchestra is doing with the UCCC.Jay Wallace · Mar 21, 2016