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GREAT TUNES FOR JUNE! – NEW ADDS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE
By Corey Bodin The month of June brought some exceptional new music to our rotation. Here are some of our favorite new adds! La Sécurité is a five piece rock… more
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In the Groove: Inside the Record Store That Keeps Boulder Spinning
By Taylor Allen The view inside Paradise Found Records and Music. Boulder, CO, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (Radio 1190/Taylor Allen) Classic rock shuffles softly overhead as a customer flips through… more
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Freedom deferred, freedom declared, freedom demanded: a Juneteenth playlist from Prof. Reiland Rabaka
Prof. Reiland Rabaka is Director of the Center for African and African American Studies at CU Boulder, as well as host and creator of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History,… more
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MAY THE MUSIC GUIDE YOU! – NEW ADDS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY
The beginning of summer is upon us in Boulder, Colorado. The sun is beaming, the winds are blowing, and we have some great new adds to our rotation to share… more
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Sad songs sound happy – The Devil Makes Three performs live at Boulder Theatre
By William Flockton Pete Bernhard, guitarist and vocalist for the American roots band The Devil Makes Three. The Devil Makes Three Winter 2026 Tour at Boulder Theatre, Boulder, Colo., Sunday, March 1, 2026. (Radio… more
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FRESH NEW ADDS FOR THE SEASON OF SPRING!!
Some new adds reviewed by our volunteers specially for you, and a goodbye and farewell from this ol’ music director! 2charm – star scum city Move aside Troye Sivan (who nabs a songwriting… more
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1190 Conversation: Scott Fair of Mandy, Indiana
by Gavin Orth KVCU Radio 1190 · Interview with Scott Fair of Mandy, Indiana This February, Manchester-based band Mandy, Indiana released their second studio album, URGH. It’s noisy, aggressive, at… more
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In Vehmic Courts: 100 Years of Fascist Violence
By Nicholas Merl Detail from the cover of Carl Mertens’ 1926 book “Verschwörer und Fememörder” (Conspirators and Feme-murderers). (Nicholas Merl/Radio 1190) The late morning of Oct. 6, 1920, in a forest in… more
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CU Boulder students fill classroom to see influencer Adam Aleksic
By William Flockton Adam Aleksic, a linguist and educational influencer. Undergraduate Distinguished Speaker lecture, Boulder, Co., Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. Aleksic stressed the importance of spending time in the real world as internet usage continues to create uncertainty about what… more
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Radio 1190 chats with Len Brown of the Grammys
What’s it like to welcome one of the big names in one of the biggest showcases of music on the planet? That’s what we discovered March 9, when Len Brown… more
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Fifty-One Years at the World Famous Dark Horse
By Madison Shaw In 1975, a college baseball player named Joe Maddon found a bar just off campus and became a regular. “We found it pretty fast,” Maddon said. “And… more
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If a death happens in Illinois but no one in Colorado heard it did it really even happen?
Content warning: mentions of alcoholism, depression and suicide. If a death happens in Illinois but no one in Colorado heard it did it really even happen? Wolfie and me a… more
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It’s a ‘Strangeday Almanac’
By William Flockton Lydia Farrell’s exhibition, “Strangeday Almanac,” sits at the entrance of The Nick Ryan Gallery at University Hill, Boulder. (William Flockton/Radio 1190) A flying saucer hovers behind a house… more
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To Life, With Love
By Lily Dennis Saint-Valery-en-Caux, France (Lily Dennis/Radio 1190) I look at the ground while I walk, stark absence of music in ears— yet not quite silence, either. Indistinct murmur between… more
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Boulder’s International Film Series
By Gavin Orth The bulletin board directly outside of Muenzinger Auditorium on CU Boulder campus, Nov. 11, 2025. Meunzinger is the main theater for screenings at the International Film Series.… more
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LOVELY LOVELY ADDS FOR FEBRUARY
Here are some adds for your listening pleasure, picked with LOVE for the February season and reviewed by our LOVELY volunteers: Dry Cleaning – Secret Love This album is defined… more
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The Issue of Coats
Coats, jackets, fleeces, what to chooseBy Grace Moore A pinterest board of cute fur coats (Grace Moore/ Radio 1190) First and foremost, we need to talk about the “Arc-pocalypse.” As… more
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“Frankenstein”
Guillermo del Toro’s Creature Watches a New Sun Rise By Payton Cordova Jacob Elordi stars as The Creature in Guillermo del Toro’s 2025 adaptation of Frankenstein. (Courtesy: Netflix) There stands… more
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Everything wrong with Colorado, with love, a Midwesterner
By Grace Moore A Boulder December night. (Grace Moore/Radio 1190) Earlier this week, The Guardian put out an interview with cultural critic Fran Lebowitz so naturally, as a tiny white… more
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The Death of the Music Festival
By Lily Dennis Chase Atlantic performing in Phoenix, AZ at Comerica Theatre on November 16, 2024 (Lily Dennis/Radio 1190) After the global lockdown due to COVID-19 was lifted, the live… more