Noteworthy: Taarka’s Making Tracks Home
Noteworthy

Noteworthy: Taarka’s Making Tracks Home

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

Hiking/Backcountry

Winter pile burning planned for Boulder and Clear Creek Ranger Districts

BOULDER – The Boulder and Clear Creek Ranger Districts of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland plan to take advantage of changing winter weather conditions to burn slash piles resulting from multiple fuels reductions and hazardous tree removal projects. Firefighters will spend the upcoming winter months burning piles in a number … Continue reading

Culture / Music

Viva Lyons: Free Lyons concert marks Day of Service, one-year flood anniversary

LYONS The first annual Viva Lyons, featuring a free perfromance by the Grammy-nominated bluegrass-rock band Infamous Stringdusters, takes place, Sept. 13, in the town’s Bohn Park. Presented by Oskar Blues Brewery, Viva Lyons will be an event of remembrance, marking the one-year anniversary of the devastating floods and celebration, saluting the resilience and rebuilding efforts … Continue reading

Kinfolk Festival begins new era for band, venue
Music

Kinfolk Festival begins new era for band, venue

Night one audio: http://www.panicstream.net/vault/john-bell-with-yonder-mountain-string-band-09192014-lyons-co/ By Jeffrey V. Smith LYONS Yonder Mountain String Band has always had a strong relationship with Planet Bluegrass. Banjo player Dave Johnston says playing the main stage at the Lyons venue during the 1999 RockyGrass Festival was “the first big step in the band’s career.” To begin a new era for … Continue reading