Posts tagged with country music

Last Updated: Jun. 12, 2018 · 7:41 p.m.

Denver’s honkytonks changed after country music’s heyday

As more residents flocked to the area and the city pushed past its rural roots country bars either faded away or adapted to meet the new market.

Atlanta built twice as much housing as Denver and rents rose half as much, and other numbers that tell our real estate story.

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The average luxury home in Longmont sold for nearly 29 percent more than it did last year.

One personal account of meeting Blake Shelton includes asking him, naturally, about one of his Colorado-specific lyrics.

Country music singer and songwriter Blake Shelton surprised his Denver fans with an unexpected tweet at 10 a.m. Thursday.