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CU Hires Three Pulitzer Winners
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Shakeup in Denver Radio
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Sazza
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Crepes ’n Crepes
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Arapahoe County DA Charges Death-Penalty Fees to the State
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A Cold Case Frozen in Time (10)
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Con Artist Gives Funny Cause for Pregnant Pause (7)
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Big Trouble (8)
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To the Max (5)
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Hope for the Colorado Rockies Springs Eternal (5)
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Bad Luck City Haunts Denver
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Cue the Cricket
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Tia Fuller Has Sax Appeal
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SXSW 2008 Preview
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Boulder Gets a New Elixir
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Subject(s): DeVotchKa
When music-industry experts advise fledgling musicians how to achieve success, few probably suggest developing a weird blend of rock, pop and exotic folk music. DeVotchKa has done so anyhow, though, and A Mad & Faithful Telling, which will be spotlighted during a Tuesday, March 18, in-store appearance at Twist & Shout, is the highly enjoyable result.
Because the group stays true to the rudiments of its sound, devoted fans won't be caught off-guard by the stylistic flourishes contained herein: the Eastern European pizzazz of "Comrade Z," the waltz-centric "Blessing in Disguise." Yet even first-time listeners should warm to the likes of "Transliterator," built upon Tom Hagerman's lovely violin playing, Nick Urata's beguilingly woozy vocals and an arrangement that moves effortlessly from an introduction inspired by classical etudes to an aggressively melodramatic middle section and back again.
No sane artist would attempt to create such a hybrid. Thank goodness, then, that DeVotchKa's latest is thoroughly Mad.
