Author: Steve Rabey
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Peaks, valleys score violinist’s music, life
Her three performances in Colorado Springs have earned 33-year-old violinist Rachel Barton Pine major-league adulation.Former Gazette arts critic Mark Arnest called her “one of the greatest violinists performing today.” Colorado Springs Philharmonic conductor Lawrence Leighton Smith said, “She has a God-like sound.”Barton Pine returns to town to perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major on…
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Sibling Revelry: Smothers Brothers hit fair
There’s a simple explanation for why the Smothers Brothers have been among the longest-lived comedy teams in his story.”It’s because neither one of us has died!” says Dick Smothers, the 68-year-old straight man who has spent nearly half a century playing string bass alongside his guitar-playing, Yo-Yo-tossing brother, Tom, who’s 71.The brothers perform Wednesday at…
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Lewis BLack: Between Blasphemy and Belief
Comedian and world-class ranter Lewis Black, the star of Comedy Central’s “Root of All Evil,” has roots that lead to Colorado Springs. Black honed his comedic craft here in the early 1970s. A thespian and playwright with a master’s degree from Yale’s School of Drama, he lived and worked in a group called Homestead…