Inductees Category: Spotlight

John Moriarty served in various leadership roles with the Central City Opera (CCO) for more than three decades, and his successes as a conductor, director, vocal coach and educator at the venerable institution make him more than worthy of induction into Colorado Music Hall of Fame.

What began as a modest, 250-watt signal booming out of the little town of Boulder eventually grew into the nationally known 97.3 KBCO World Class Rock. In the process, it set the standard that every Adult Rock station strives for: a successful balance of creativity, radio fundamentals and commitment to the local community.

In Denver, the generation that grew up in the 1950s and 1960s had its world-view formed by KIMN Radio, located at 950 on the AM radio dial. The famous cinder block studio with its memorable “KIMN” sign was stationed up on 20th Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood. From this temple, larger-than-life disc jockeys broadcasted the greatest hits over the airwaves.

Coming out of the fluid California scene of the late 1960s, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band hit upon a unique Americana style. […]

No one who ever saw Candy Givens perform with Zephyr can forget her vocal power or her energetic presence. Whether opening for Jimi Hendrix at the Denver Pop Festival…