The Railsplitters’ The Railsplitters Select Upcoming Shows: May 1: CD RELEASE – Wildflower Pavilion/Planet Bluegrass, Lyons May 9: Swallow Hill, Denver May 25: Boulder Creek Fest, Boulder June 26: Clear Creek RapidGrass From their home in Colorado, The Railsplitters have been scaling new heights with a refreshing and charming range of bluegrass and beyond-bluegrass music. … Continue reading
Taarka: Making Tracks Home On March 24, Lyons-based band Taarka released its latest album, Making Tracks Home. It’s their sixth full-length album. Taarka features David Tiller and Enion Pelta-Tiller, who draw musical influences from Romania and Appalachia, on mandolin and violin. Making Tracks Home is their follow-up to the successful Songs from Vagabondia. It features … Continue reading
The Good Old Days Now by The Prairie Scholars On March 4, The Prairie Scholars releases its first full-studio album. At an expansive 20-tracks, the double album is unlike anything The Prairie Scholars have done before. “The Good Old Days Now” features the songs The Prairie Scholars have been charming audiences with over the last … Continue reading
Nederland’s Gipsy Moon released its new EP project at the band’s holiday show at the Fox Theatre in Boulder in December. Recorded at Boulder’s UI Sound Studios, the five song EP was engineered and mixed by Dan Rodriguez of Elephant Revival — who also produced the act’s debut full-length album, “Eventide” — and mastered by … Continue reading
Following a summer in the newly- built MST Studios, Nederland-based Mountain Standard Time—known for its “Rocky Mountain FreeGrass” sound—crafted a collection of fan-favorites and entirely new material into their latest album, “Highway Lines.” For the first time, band members took on the role of producer and engineer, as they constructed each track entirely themselves. From … Continue reading
Leftover Salmon’s latest album, “High Country,” was released in late November on Black Friday, exclusively at independent record stores. It’s now available in numerous outlets. The album includes the newest member of the band, and legendary Little Feat keyboardist, Bill Payne and was produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos. It features special guests Sugar … Continue reading
Album art by Jon McCartan Popular Boulder-based teen-age guitarist and songwriter Jaden Carlson released her latest album with a full band in October. Jaden Carlson Band’s “Polychromatic” has met with critical acclaim and compares with musicians twice her age or more. The album includes 10 original tracks. One highlight song, “Beyond These Walls,” features a … Continue reading
Hot Rize When I’m Free Colorado’s Hot Rize, who first appeared onstage together in 1978, are touring for the first time since 1990 to support their new album, “When I’m Free.” The band features original members Tim O’Brien, Pete Wernick and Nick Forster along with Bryan Sutton who replaces the late Charles Sawtelle. The album … Continue reading
Monocle Band/Monocle Band Led by the sweet and soaring vocals of Monica Whittington, Monocle Band combines the best of song-craft and captivating performance. This is original music, the acoustic sound of the spirit, innately authentic yet sonically aligned with the roots music revival. Monocle Band blends stirring songcraft, flatpicked guitar, fiddle, mandolin, upright bass, and … Continue reading
The Motet/The Motet With the release of its seventh album, The Motet once again showcases its commitment to pushing the sonic envelope, while remaining dedicated to the musical traditions that have defined the band’s sound. The new album, which is self-titled, boldly states that “this is the band The Motet has strived to become.” The … Continue reading
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