Colorado Springs Independent | John Benson

Great Lake Swimmers Keep Music Light and Suds Strongnew

If Canadian band Great Lake Swimmers ever calls it a day, singer-songwriter-band-visionary Tony Dekker can always get a job promoting Fort Collins' New Belgium Brewing Company.

Colorado Springs Independent | John Benson | 08-19-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Great Lake Swimmers, Ongiara

Steve Earle on TV Roles and Winning Another Grammynew

It was a case of art imitating life when Earle found himself cast as a recovering addict on The Wire, the alt-country troubadour having suffered for years from heroin addiction before finally going clean 13 years ago.

Colorado Springs Independent | John Benson | 07-08-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: HBO, The Wire, folk, TV, Steve Earle, Grammy, roots rock, Washington Square Serenade

A Good Match(box)new

Thirteen years after Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette embraces the undercard.

Colorado Springs Independent | John Benson | 03-04-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Alanis Morissette

Cinder Road Rehashes the '80snew

No big hair though.

Colorado Springs Independent | John Benson | 02-12-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Cinder Road, Superhuman

Riding the Wavesnew

Bayside's got plenty of reasons to be emo.

Colorado Springs Independent | John Benson | 02-12-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Bayside, The Walking Wounded

Tori Amos Wants You to Know How Hot She Isnew

... And why she's still fighting to be heard.

Colorado Springs Independent | John Benson | 11-27-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Tori Amos, American Doll Posse

Al Yankovic's Coming Up on 30 Years in Music. No Joke.new

From his first noteworthy success in 1979 with "My Bologna" to last year's Top 10 hit "White & Nerdy," Yankovic has sold more than 12 million albums, earned three Grammy Awards and become a fixture in mainstream popular culture.

Colorado Springs Independent | John Benson | 09-04-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Weird Al Yankovic