Gil Asakawa
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Remembering influential musician, composer and sound artist Bruce Odland (opens the original)
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Bruce Odland, an internationally-known musician, composer and sound artist, died on Sept. 17 at the age of 74 at his home in Croton-on-Hudson in New York. But many are mourning his loss in Colorado because he made such an impact on the arts and music scene across this state. Most recently, he was the founder of the Tank Center for Sonic Arts in Rangely, close to the Utah border. A sonically pristine, 60-feet-tall water tank built around 1940 and left empty since the 1960s when it was moved to Ra
Denver Taiko celebrates 50 years of thunder (opens the original)
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If you’re at an outdoor event like this weekend’s Colorado Dragon Boat Festival or the Cherry Blossom Festival and you hear a thunderous sound that draws audiences towards the stage, chances are you’re hearing Denver Taiko beating their drums like a siren’s call. On Saturday, Aug. 29, Denver Taiko will make that rhythmic call to celebrate its 50th year performing as Denver’s ambassadors of traditional Japanese music with an anniversary concert at Colorado School of Mines. On Aug.30, the group wi
Looking back on a quarter-century of the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival (opens the original)
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The Colorado Dragon Boat Festival will open its 2026 weekend on Saturday, Aug. 29, at Sloan’s Lake, where it’s been held since 2001. That first festival was a one-day affair with 16 teams competing, five food vendors and a performing arts stage that drew 16,000 attendees, twice the number organizers expected for a new event introducing a sport new to Denver. This year, the festival expects 180,000 spectators to what has become the largest dragon boat festival in the country. Sara Moore, the exec
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